Quality and Safety
The research underscores the need for doctors to talk to patients about ways to keep the drugs safely, especially if children are in the household.
According to Leapfrog, patient safety issues kill more than 200,000 patients a year.
Many high-scoring hospitals reversed lower scores in prior ratings periods.
On the other hand, 954 hospitals earned a C, 157 earned a D and 20 scored an F in the latest release of the group's Hospital Safety Score.
Patient factors must weigh equally under Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program to avoid crippling penalties for safety-net facilities, study says.
Standard now will be reviewed by the Office of Administrative Law, which proponents expect will approve the new rules.
If quality of a hospital or system is made public and easier to understand, organizations have a market incentive to improve, says Leapfrog CEO.
2015 survey found 15 percent of pediatric residents at Stanford had experienced, witnessed mistreatment of medical residents by patients or families.
FDA inspected 17 hospitals after events had been reported to other entities, found no corresponding reports filed with them.
Rhode Island, where more than 1,000 people have died from painkiller or heroin overdoses since 2009, is taking the lead.