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« Boston dominates NIH grants to innovators | Main | Today's Globe: homeless man's bond, TB treatment, Harvard Pilgrim campaign » Tuesday, September 18, 20075 Mass. hospitals get top honors from Leapfrog GroupBy Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff Five Massachusetts hospitals have received top honors from The Leapfrog Group, a national coalition of employers based in Washington, D.C., that promotes patient safety. Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Lahey Clinic in Burlington, and Massachusetts General Hospital are among 33 Leapfrog top hospitals for 2007. The Leapfrog Group said these hospitals have the best records for implementing measures to improve the safety and quality of medical care, including adopting computerized physician order entry, a system for doctors to order patient prescriptions and other treatments that includes error prevention software, and staffing intensive care units with trained ICU specialists. Posted by Gideon Gil at 05:47 PM
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