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217 Today: New hospital safety report gives Carle Foundation a ‘C’ and OSF Heart of Mary a ‘B’

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The Leapfrog Group grades hospitals using up to 30 metrics, including preventable errors and infections. Hospitals that opt out of the survey are rated using publicly available data. In Urbana, OSF HealthCare participated in this fall’s survey and Carle did not.
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November 9, 2023

Today’s headlines:

  • President Joe Biden is speaking to United Auto Workers members in Belvidere today.
  • Veterans Day is this weekend, and the state of Illinois is looking to honor veterans at home.
  • Illinois state lawmakers are split over how to elect members to Chicago’s school board.

In today’s deep dive, we’ll listen to a conversation with Leapfrog’s Director of Health Care Ratings to learn more about the findings from the nonprofit’s new report.

217 Today is produced by Stephanie Mosqueda. Reporting contributed by Peter Medlin, Mawa Iqbal, Noah Jennings and Madison Holcomb.

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Stephanie Mosqueda

Stephanie Mosqueda is a senior majoring in journalism at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with minors in Spanish and public relations. She is the 217 Today producer and a reporter for the Illinois Student Newsroom.