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|The Leapfrog Group Announces Annual Top Hospitals List |

|Recognizes Hospitals for Their Achievement in Providing the Highest Quality Care in America |

|Washington, DC − Sixty-five hospitals have earned The Leapfrog Group’s annual “Top Hospital” designation, equaling 2010’s record-setting total. The “Top |

|Hospital” designation, which is the most competitive national hospital quality award in the country, recognizes hospitals that deliver the highest quality |

|care by preventing medical errors, reducing mortality for high-risk procedures like heart bypass surgery, and reducing hospital readmissions for patients |

|being treated for conditions like pneumonia and heart attack.  |

|While numerous agencies and organizations collect and publicize hospital quality data, the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, now in its eleventh year, is the |

|toughest standard-bearer and provides the most complete picture of a hospital’s quality and safety. The survey focuses on three critical areas of hospital |

|care: (1) how patients fare, (2) resources used to care for patients, and (3) management practices that promote safety and quality. In each of the three |

|areas, Leapfrog asks hospitals to report on nationally standardized measures so healthcare consumers can compare hospitals in their community and across the|

|country. |

| “Employers and other large healthcare benefits purchasers look to The Leapfrog Group to identify high- performing hospitals,” said Keith Reissaus, Leapfrog|

|Board Chair and vice president of Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana, Inc.  “Leapfrog’s members and supporters believe that the challenges for American |

|healthcare go far beyond just keeping costs down. It’s about making certain that patients get the right care at the right time; that value is an equal part |

|of the equation.” |

|Leapfrog’s CEO Leah Binder added, “Nearly a fourth of America’s hospitals have committed themselves to Leapfrog’s exceptionally high level of transparency |

|and accountability—a sign that the hospital industry is increasingly transparent and committed to earning the public trust.” |

|University and other teaching hospitals, children’s hospitals, and community hospitals in rural, suburban, and urban settings were all represented in the |

|2011 rankings.  A complete list of 2011 Leapfrog Top Hospitals and the survey results for all participating hospitals are posted on a website |

|at . The site is open to patients and families, the public, and employers and other purchasers of healthcare. |

|The hospitals were honored at the Leapfrog Group’s 2011 annual meeting in Washington on December 6th, where the group celebrated the five-year anniversary |

|of its ground-breaking Never Events policy. The 2011Top Hospital list is culled from a field of nearly 1200 hospitals that voluntarily and publicly report |

|their performance by participating in the Leapfrog Hospital Survey. |

|The Leapfrog Group is a coalition of public and private purchasers of employee health coverage founded more than a decade ago to work for improvements in |

|healthcare safety, quality, and affordability.  Initially organized by the Business Roundtable, it is now an independent organization working with a broad |

|range of partners, including hospitals and insurers.  The Leapfrog Hospital Survey is the only voluntary effort of its kind.  For more information, |

|visit . |

|2011 LEAPFROG TOP HOSPITALS |

|Kaiser Permanente Antioch Medical Center (CA) |

|Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center (CA) |

|Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (CA) |

|Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center (CA) |

|Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center (CA) |

|Kaiser Permanente Richmond Medical Center (CA) |

|Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center (CA) |

|Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (CA) |

|Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center (CA) |

|Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (CA) |

|Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center (CA) |

|Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center (CA) |

|Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center (CA) |

|Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco Medical Center (CA) |

|Kaiser Permanente Vacaville Medical Center (CA) |

|Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek Medical Center |

|Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center (CA) |

|Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center (CA) |

|Mills-Peninsula Health Services (CA) |

|Stanford Hospital and Clinics (CA) |

|UC San Diego Health System, Hillcrest (CA) |

|Baptist Health South Florida Homestead Hospital (FL) |

|NorthShore University HealthSystem-Evanston Hospital (IL) |

|NorthShore University HealthSystem-Glenbrook Hospital (IL) |

|Northwestern Memorial Hospital (IL) |

|Rush University Medical Center (IL) |

|Baystate Medical Center (MA) |

|Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (MA) |

|Brigham and Women's Hospital (MA) |

|Anne Arundel Medical Center (MD) |

|University of Maryland Medical Center (MD) |

|Detroit Receiving Hospital/University Health Center (MI) |

|Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital (MI) |

|Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital (MI) |

|St. Joseph Mercy Oakland (MI) |

|University of Michigan Health System (MI) |

|Regions Hospital (MN) |

|St. Mary's Hospital of Rochester (MN) |

|University of North Carolina Hospitals (NC) |

|Hackensack University Medical Center (NJ) |

|The Valley Hospital of Ridgewood(NJ) |

|Presbyterian Hospital (NM) |

|Montefiore Medical Center, Weiler Division (NY) |

|Roswell Park Cancer Institute (NY) |

|The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OH) |

|The Christ Hospital of Cincinnati (OH) |

|University Hospitals Case Medical Center (OH) |

|Lehigh Valley Hospital (PA) |

|Bon Secours St. Francis Health System - Downtown (SC) |

|Vanderbilt University Hospital (TN) |

|Swedish Medical Center First Hill Campus (WA) |

|Virginia Mason Medical Center (WA) |

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|2011 LEAPFROG TOP RURAL HOSPITALS |

|Mariners Hospital (FL)         |

|Miles Memorial Hospital (ME) |

|Sebasticook Valley Hospital (ME) |

|2011 LEAPFROG TOP CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL |

|Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CA) |

|CHOC Children's (CA) |

|Children's National Medical Center (DC) |

|Children's Memorial Hospital (IL) |

|Children's Hospital Boston (MA) |

|Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (OH) |

|Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota- |

|St. Paul (MN) |

|Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota- Minneapolis (MN) |

|Nationwide Children's Hospital (OH) |

|Cook Children's Medical Center (TX) |

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