By Yavonda Chase
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit that awards letter grades to general hospitals around the country based on more than 30 measures of errors, accidents, injuries and infections as well as the systems that hospitals have in place to prevent them.
UAMS was one of six hospitals in Arkansas to receive an “A” ranking, and it was the only one in the Greater Little Rock region.
“I am personally thrilled by this ranking because it represents the importance that we at UAMS put on safety, which is one of our core values,” said Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, UAMS chancellor and CEO of UAMS Health. “We are committed to improving the health of all Arkansans, and providing our patients with safe and effective health care is key to fulfilling our mission.”
