SUMMARY OF CHANGES TO THE 2021 LEAPFROG HOSPITAL SURVEY & RESPONSES TO PUBLIC COMMENTS

As a result, the CPOE Evaluation Tool will be included in Section 2 of the Hospital Survey for adult and general hospitals, but Leapfrog is making a one-time only update to the scoring algorithm, giving hospitals two options to Achieve the Standard. [...] Based on valuable feedback received during the public comment period and via the pilot test of the 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Survey, Leapfrog has made updates to both the questions and response options in Section 1B to address many of the comments received. [...] Hospital and Surgeon Volume Standard Score For each of the procedures performed by the hospital… (Performance Category) • The hospital met the minimum hospital volume standard for the Achieved the Standard procedure; and • The hospital’s process for privileging surgeons does include meeting or exceeding the minimum surgeon volume standard. [...] • The hospital uses a nationally endorsed protocol to collect data on the accuracy of its medication reconciliation process, but • The hospital did not sample at least 30 patients OR • The hospital uses a nationally endorsed protocol to collect data on the Some Achievement accuracy of its medication reconciliation process, • The hospital sampled 30 patients, but • The hospital’s rate of unintentio. [...] UPDATES TO THE 2021 SURVEY DUE TO COVID-19 One commenter supported Leapfrog's decision to not maintain some of the exceptions made in 2020 in response to COVID-19, while others asked Leapfrog to consider additional concessions for the 2021 Survey due to the continued impact of COVID-19.