Source:  WRAL, 5/10/22

North Carolina ranks No. 1 in the nation for hospital safety, based a report from Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. As part of the watchdog group's report, a letter grade was assigned to nearly 3,000 hospitals based on 30 different elements of patient safety. N.C.'s high score came from the prevalence (60%) of N.C. hospitals that scored As.

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