More Hospitals Lag Than Leap on Quality - WSJ

The Leapfrog Group anointed its latest crop of “top hospitals” that meet quality-of-care standards set by the consortium of big employers and other health-care buyers.

The 2007 honor roll for the health-quality set spotlights 41 institutions, including eight children’s hospitals.

But what struck the Health Blog wasn’t the accomplishments of the few, but the shortcomings of the many. “The vast majority of hospitals are not putting into place practices that are known to protect patients from mistakes and to improve quality,” Leapfrog CEO Suzanne Delbanco told the Health Blog....