Three Roper St. Francis Healthcare hospitals recognized as best in country
December 13, 2021
Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital, Roper St. Francis Berkeley Hospital and Roper St. Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital were among just 46 nationally to be honored in the general hospital category
The only three South Carolina hospitals to earn the prestigious 2021 Leapfrog Top Hospital Award in the general hospital category belong to Roper St. Francis Healthcare.
Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital, Roper St. Francis Berkeley Hospital and Roper St. Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital were among just 46 nationally to be honored in the general hospital category and among 149 total to receive Top Hospital Award recognition.
“These awards are a testament to the exceptional quality our team provides to patients on a daily basis,” said Marian Savage, vice president for quality and patient experience. “We’re proud of our caregivers for this latest accomplishment and for continuing our more than 160-year legacy of healing our community. Quality is embedded in our culture and in our strategic plan for the future in which we ‘provide convenient, high value and clinically integrated care to all.’”
The award is among the nation’s most competitive recognition for excellence in hospital safety and quality. Top Hospitals have better systems to prevent medication errors, higher quality on maternity care and lower infection rates, among other qualities. Hospitals that are eligible to receive a Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade must have received an A in the most recent round of scoring to be eligible.
Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital and Roper St. Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital both earned As on Hospital Safety Grade ratings released in November. The Safety Grades by Leapfrog evaluate hospitals’ performance on more than 30 evidence-based measures of patient safety, including for the first time, post-operative sepsis, blood leakage, and kidney injury. Roper Hospital earned a B on the ratings and Roper St. Francis Berkeley Hospital was not rated.
About Roper St. Francis Healthcare
As the area’s only private not-for-profit healthcare system, Roper St. Francis Healthcare chooses purpose over profits by putting our extra money back into our system to help meet the health needs of our community. The largest healthcare system features four flagship hospitals: Roper Hospital, Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital, Roper St. Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital and Roper St. Francis Berkeley Hospital. In an emergency, the healthcare system offers six strategically placed ERs. With roughly 6,000 teammates, RSFH is the Lowcountry’s largest private employer with nearly 1,000 doctors representing almost every medical specialty. RSFH’s 657-bed system consists of 117+ facilities and services across five counties.
