The Leapfrog Group’s latest batch of Hospital Safety Grades is out, and with it a new focus on high performances among system-affiliated hospitals. The watchdog group’s twice-annual grading, now in ...

Mike Wood, founder of LeapFrog, died by assisted suicide at age 72 in Zurich after an Alzheimer's diagnosis. Wood created LeapFrog in the 1990s to help children learn through fun, launching the ...

The creator of the beloved educational electronic toy company LeapFrog has died by way of physician-assisted suicide, according to a report. Mike Wood, 72, decided to end his life on April 10 after he ...

When going to the hospital for medical treatment, surgery or a simple exam, patients in California expect medical staff to meet a certain standard of care. Falls, infections after surgery, ...

While several New England hospitals are considered among the safest in the country, a new Leapfrog study shows that some Vermont hospitals fell short. The healthcare nonprofit just released its fall ...

More than three out of four hospitals where high-risk, very-low birth weight babies are electively delivered before the onset of uterine contractions do not meet the Leapfrog Group’s safety standards, ...

Twenty-four local hospitals received A grades for protecting patients from preventable events, while six hospitals saw D grades in the Fall 2023 LeapFrog Hospital Safety Grades. There were no failing ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. The Detroit Medical Center’s Detroit Receiving Hospital, ...

Eighteen U.S. hospitals have received consecutive “A” safety grades since 2012, according to The Leapfrog Group’s fall safety grades, which were released Nov. 6. Since 2012, Leapfrog has assigned ...