CHI Health Good Samaritan (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
KEARNEY — CHI Health Good Samaritan once again earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog that sets standards for excellence in patient care. Only three hospitals in Nebraska, including two CHI Health hospitals in Omaha, received the prestigious “A” rating.
Leapfrog assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” grade to general hospitals across the country based on more than 30 national performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and infections, as well as the systems hospitals have in place to keep patients safe from preventable harm and medical errors.
“Another ‘A’ rating reflects our 100-year commitment to ensuring our region’s access to the highest-level and safest health care in the nation,” says Curt Coleman, president, CHI Health Good Samaritan. “It’s a point of pride that our patients don’t have to travel for the best possible health care. Leading-edge technology is in their backyard along with expert clinicians who are also friends and neighbors.”
CHI Health St. Francis in Grand Island was one of four hospitals in the state, and the only hospital in central and western Nebraska, to earn a highly-regarded “B” rating.
To see Good Samaritan’s full grade details and to access patient tips for staying safe in the hospital, visit HospitalSafetyGrade.org.
More about Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is the only hospital ratings program exclusively based on hospital prevention of medical errors, infections and injuries that kill more than 500 patients a day nationally. It is peer-reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public.
Founded in 2000 by large employers and other purchasers, The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization driving a movement for giant leaps for patient safety. The Leapfrog Hospital Survey collects and transparently reports hospital performance, empowering purchasers to find the highest-value care and giving consumers the lifesaving information they need to make informed decisions. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade assigns letter grades to hospitals based on their record of patient safety, helping consumers protect themselves and their families from errors, injuries, accidents and infections.
About CHI Health Good Samaritan
Established by the Sisters of Saint Francis in 1924, CHI Health Good Samaritan is a 287-bed regional referral center in Kearney, NE. A member of CHI Health, Good Samaritan provides specialty care to more than 350,000 residents of central Nebraska and northern Kansas. Good Samaritan boasts Nebraska’s first accredited Chest Pain Center, a Level II trauma center featuring AirCare emergency helicopter transport, advanced orthopedic care, comprehensive neurosurgery and a nationally accredited cancer center among its many unique tertiary care services.
About CHI Health
CHI Health is a regional health network, operating in Nebraska, southwest Iowa, North Dakota and Minnesota with 28 hospitals, two stand-alone behavioral health facilities, 200 clinics and nearly 13,000 employees. Our mission is to make the healing presence of God known in our world by improving the health of the people we serve, especially those who are most vulnerable, while we advance social justice for all.
In fiscal year 2023, CHI Health provided $231.1 million in community benefits, including $183.6 million in care for the underinsured and uninsured, helping over 426,000 patients.
CHI Health is part of the six state Central Region within CommonSpirit Health, one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the United States. CommonSpirit Health was created in February 2019 through the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. CommonSpirit Health operates 145 hospitals and more than 2,200 care sites across 21 states. In FY 20233, CommonSpirit Health provided $4.9 billion in charity care and community benefits.
