The latest hospital safety grades released Monday morning show a continuance of “B” in scoring for Floyd Medical Center in Rome.

The grade was announced this week as part of a biannual report card issued, in which Floyd Medical Center has previously scored grades of B, B, B, B.  The healthcare report card is produced twice a year by The Leapfrog Group, an independent, national not-for-profit organization founded more than a decade ago by the nation’s leading employers and private health care experts. The Leapfrog Group advocates for public access to quality and safety data from all U.S. hospitals.

Floyd Medical Center Detailed Scorecard

Outcomes measures include errors, accidents, and injuries that this hospital has publicly reported.

Measure	The Hospital’s Score	Worst Performing Hospital	Avg. Performing Hospital	Best Performing Hospital	Data Source	Time Period Covered
Dangerous object left in patient’s body What’s This?	0.000	0.354	0.017	0.000	CMS	07/01/2017 – 06/30/2019
Air or gas bubble in the blood What’s This?	0.000	0.037	0.000	0.000	CMS	07/01/2017 – 06/30/2019
Patient falls and injuries What’s This?	0.416	1.716	0.432	0.000	CMS	07/01/2017 – 06/30/2019
Infection in the blood What’s This?	1.120	2.513	0.669	0.000	2019 Leapfrog Hospital Survey	07/01/2018 – 06/30/2019
Infection in the urinary tract What’s This?	0.685	2.452	0.724	0.000	2019 Leapfrog Hospital Survey	07/01/2018 – 06/30/2019
Surgical site infection after colon surgery What’s This?	0.701	2.797	0.809	0.000	2019 Leapfrog Hospital Survey	07/01/2018 – 06/30/2019
MRSA Infection What’s This?	1.152	2.863	0.791	0.000	2019 Leapfrog Hospital Survey	07/01/2018 – 06/30/2019
C. diff. Infection What’s This?	0.770	1.733	0.583	0.000	2019 Leapfrog Hospital Survey	07/01/2018 – 06/30/2019
Dangerous bed sores What’s This?	0.22	2.78	0.58	0.03	CMS	07/01/2017 – 06/30/2019
Death from treatable serious complications What’s This?	194.08	215.05	164.44	82.00	CMS	07/01/2017 – 06/30/2019
Collapsed lung What’s This?	0.31	0.43	0.25	0.10	CMS	07/01/2017 – 06/30/2019
Serious breathing problem What’s This?	4.53	12.99	6.36	1.52	CMS	07/01/2017 – 06/30/2019
Dangerous blood clot What’s This?	2.72	6.93	3.74	1.53	CMS	07/01/2017 – 06/30/2019
Surgical wound splits open What’s This?	0.99	1.20	0.91	0.67	CMS	07/01/2017 – 06/30/2019
Accidental cuts and tears What’s This?	0.90	2.36	1.26	0.47	CMS	07/01/2017 – 06/30/2019

Process measures include the management structures and procedures a hospital has in place to protect patients from errors, accidents, and injuries.

Measure	The Hospital’s Score	Worst Performing Hospital	Avg. Performing Hospital	Best Performing Hospital	Data Source	Time Period Covered
Doctors order medications through a computer What’s This?	100	5	83.56	100	2019 Leapfrog Hospital Survey	2019
Safe medication administration What’s This?	100	5	83.44	100	2019 Leapfrog Hospital Survey	2019
Specially trained doctors care for ICU patients What’s This?	50	5	60.35	100	2019 Leapfrog Hospital Survey	2019
Effective leadership to prevent errors What’s This?	120.00	9.23	117.31	120.00	2019 Leapfrog Hospital Survey	2019
Staff work together to prevent errors What’s This?	120.00	0.00	116.86	120.00	2019 Leapfrog Hospital Survey	2019
Enough qualified nurses What’s This?	100.00	17.65	98.37	100.00	2019 Leapfrog Hospital Survey	2019
Handwashing What’s This?	60	24	59.10	60	2019 Leapfrog Hospital Survey	2019
Communication with nurses What’s This?	91	74	91.06	96	CMS	10/01/2018 – 09/30/2019
Communication with doctors What’s This?	89	81	90.94	97	CMS	10/01/2018 – 09/30/2019
Responsiveness of hospital staff What’s This?	85	65	84.29	94	CMS	10/01/2018 – 09/30/2019
Communication about medicines What’s This?	74	60	77.75	88	CMS	10/01/2018 – 09/30/2019
Communication about discharge What’s This?	83	66	86.51	93	CMS	10/01/2018 – 09/30/2019

You can read the complete Fall 2020 report card here.