Leapfrog Group Names Heart Hospital of New Mexico to Top Hospital List

ALBUQUERQUE – July 19, 2022 – Heart Hospital of New Mexico at Lovelace Medical Center (HHNM) has been named The 2022 Best Hospital in America (Teaching, small) by Money and the Leapfrog Group. HHNM is the only facility in New Mexico to make the list, which includes 148 hospitals nationally.

“Being named to The Best Hospital in America is a proud moment for all of us,” said Brian Miller, COO of Lovelace Medical Center. “It underscores our dedication to delivering the highest quality of care to our patients, while ensuring they are safe and well-cared for throughout their stay.”

The nonprofit Leapfrog Group, which helps consumers make informed decisions around the safety and value of health care, partnered with Money to create the list that assessed 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade A hospitals across 39 performance measures in seven categories, including inpatient care management, adult and pediatric complex surgeries, pediatric care, medication safety, maternity care, outpatient procedures and infections.

Leapfrog applied additional criteria related to safe medication ordering practices (to prevent medication errors), intensive care unit staffing, the response to “never events” (medical errors that are so serious they should never happen to patients, like operating on the wrong body part or a transfusion of the wrong type of blood), and performance related to certain high-risk surgeries including heart surgeries, bariatric surgery, hip replacements and lung cancer surgeries.

To learn more about Heart Hospital of New Mexico and its commitment to providing quality and compassionate care, please visit lovelace.com. To learn more about The 2022 Best Hospital in America (Teaching, small) by Money and the Leapfrog Group, click here.


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Contact:
Whitney Marquez, Lovelace Health System  
Phone: 505-727-5503  


Heart Hospital of New Mexico at Lovelace Medical Center
Heart Hospital of New Mexico at Lovelace Medical Center is New Mexico’s only hospital dedicated exclusively to cardiovascular care, including the state’s only facility performing ventricular aortic device (LVAD) implants. The 55-bed facility, which features a state-of-the-art hybrid operating room where surgeons can perform advanced surgical services for cardiovascular patients, has become synonymous with high quality, technologically advanced cardiac care in the state. Heart Hospital of New Mexico at Lovelace Medical Center was named a Top Teaching Hospital in 2021 by Leapfrog Hospital Safety for its quality of care, including practices for safer surgery and capacity to prevent medication errors and was recently named to 2022 The Best Hospital in America List (small teaching hospital category) by Money and the Leapfrog Group for its quality, safe care, a reputation for excellent patient experiences and an ethical approach to treatment. To learn more about the state-of-the-art treatment options, innovative health care providers and award-winning quality initiatives at Heart Hospital of New Mexico at Lovelace Medical Center, visit hearthospitalnm.com.

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