CFMH listed in Becker's as top hospital in Healthgrades Patient Safety

I am proud to announce that Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital has been recognized by Healthgrades and Becker's as a top hospital in the 2025 Patient Safety Excellence Awards. Please see the copy and pasted paragraph from Becker"s below. 

Copy and pasted from Becker's

Healthgrades recognized 442 hospitals with its 2025 Patient Safety Excellence Awards released March 11.

Recipients were in the top 10% of hospitals nationwide based on their performance across 14 patient safety indicators from MedPAR data. Learn more about the methodology here.

Patients treated at award-winning hospitals had a lower risk of experiencing four safety events:

• In-hospital fall resulting in fracture: 54% less likely
   
• Collapsed lung due to a procedure or surgery in or around the chest: 54.8%
   
• Hospital-acquired pressure or bed sores: 69.4%
   
• Catheter-related bloodstream infections acquired in the hospital: 72% 

If all hospitals performed similarly as the award winners, they could have avoided 100,891 patient safety events between 2021 and 2023. 

To view the complete list of recipients, click here.