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A Leapfrog Group A decrease is Dept. of Public increase is gathered from from Health in Health in an Group in through decrease is an Group in through 6- an Public Health Health in an hospitals by hospitals by Facility Network or Affiliation 2014 2014 improvement. 2013 6-30-14 improvement. 2013 30-14 improvement. in 2014 2014. improvement WBUR WBUR Anna Jaques Hospital Beth Israel Deaconess 0.232 0.203 -0.029 0.033 0.000 -0.033 0.047 0.026 -0.021 0.100 0.225 0.125 0.710 0.62 Medical Center Baystate Franklin Medical Center Baystate Health 0.146 0.200 0.054 0.000 0.043 0.043 0.011 0.013 0.002 0.267 0.313 0.046 0.750 0.7 Baystate Medical Center Baystate Health 0.219 0.234 0.015 0.026 0.016 -0.010 0.042 0.051 0.009 0.166 0.162 -0.004 0.250 0.5 Berkshire Medical Center Berkshire Health Systems 0.145 0.141 -0.004 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.030 0.009 -0.021 0.207 0.227 0.020 0.800 0.78 Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Beth Israel Deaconess 0.229 0.200 -0.029 0.000 0.028 0.028 0.057 0.062 0.005 0.078 0.202 0.124 0.560 0.58 Plymouth (Formerly Jordan Medical Center Hospital) Beth Israel Deaconess Medical 0.251 0.234 -0.017 0.028 0.136 0.108 0.094 0.035 -0.059 0.141 0.165 0.024 0.630 0.534 Center Beverly Hospital Lahey Health 0.202 0.213 0.011 0.031 0.032 0.001 0.042 0.023 -0.019 0.050 0.071 0.021 NA 0.391 Boston Medical Center 0.216 0.201 -0.015 0.013 0.027 0.014 0.031 0.052 0.021 0.359 0.185 -0.174 0.500 0.51 Brigham and Women's Hospital Partners HealthCare 0.244 0.230 -0.014 0.020 0.000 -0.020 0.040 0.136 0.096 0.034 0.065 0.031 0.650 0.61 Brockton Hospital Signature Healthcare 0.246 0.196 -0.050 0.000 0.006 0.006 0.167 0.020 -0.147 0.130 0.126 -0.004 0.570 0.799 Cambridge Hospital Cambridge Health 0.138 0.143 0.005 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.012 0.029 0.017 0.199 0.246 0.047 0.730 NA Alliance Cape Cod Hospital Cape Cod Healthcare 0.207 0.221 0.014 0.012 NA NA 0.073 0.075 0.002 0.056 0.076 0.020 0.470 0.4 Charlton Memorial Hospital Southcoast Health 0.220 0.230 0.010 NA 0.000 NA NA 0.075 NA NA NA NA NA 0.787 Cooley Dickinson Hospital Partners HealthCare 0.194 0.182 -0.012 0.000 0.022 0.022 0.092 0.029 -0.063 0.112 0.118 0.006 0.930 0.652 Emerson Hospital Brigham and Women's 0.236 0.181 -0.055 NA 0.000 NA 0.037 0.048 0.011 0.168 0.191 0.023 0.625 0.92 Hospital Fairview Hospital Berkshire Health Systems 0.146 0.154 0.008 0.000 NA NA 0.064 NA NA 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.915 NA Falmouth Hospital Cape Code Healthcare 0.213 0.259 0.046 0.013 0.000 -0.013 0.116 0.241 0.125 0.000 NA NA 0.823 NA Good Samaritan Medical Center Steward Health Care 0.361 0.288 -0.073 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.260 0.115 -0.145 0.036 0.029 -0.007 0.800 NA Harrington Hospital Harrington HealthCare 0.227 0.142 -0.085 0.000 NA NA 0.119 NA NA 0.000 0.000 0.000 NA NA System HealthAlliance Hospital UMass Memorial Health 0.157 0.162 0.005 NA 0.087 NA NA 0.010 NA 0.028 NA NA NA 0.472 Care Heywood Hospital Heywood Medical Group 0.104 0.123 0.019 0.010 0.060 0.050 0.097 0.309 0.212 0.216 0.161 -0.055 0.530 NA Holy Family Hospital Steward Health Care 0.281 0.311 0.030 0.090 0.000 -0.090 0.300 0.043 -0.257 NA NA NA 0.800 0.8 Holyoke Medical Center 0.185 0.162 -0.023 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.035 0.052 0.017 0.184 0.284 0.100 0.750 NA Lawrence General Hospital Beth Israel Deaconess 0.148 0.151 0.003 0.048 0.003 -0.045 0.058 0.061 0.003 0.047 0.031 -0.016 NA NA Medical Center, Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center Lowell General Hospital 0.195 0.184 -0.011 0.038 0.017 -0.021 0.122 0.077 -0.045 0.091 0.119 0.028 0.520 0.413 Martha's Vineyard Hospital Partners HealthCare 0.202 0.156 -0.046 NA NA NA NA NA NA 0.000 0.000 0.000 NA NA Massachusetts General Hospital Partners HealthCare 0.230 0.231 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.043 0.045 0.002 0.197 0.220 0.023 0.500 0.592 Melrose-Wakefield Hospital Hallmark Health System 0.230 0.229 -0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.096 0.150 0.054 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.650 0.67 Mercy Medical Center Sisters of Providence 0.147 0.196 0.049 0.000 0.008 0.008 0.040 0.029 -0.011 0.044 0.113 0.069 0.730 0.33 Health System MetroWest Medical Center Vanguard Health Systems 0.226 0.213 -0.013 0.085 NA NA 0.114 NA NA 0.053 0.070 0.017 0.350 NA Milford Regional Medical Center UMass Memorial Health 0.219 0.188 -0.031 0.000 0.007 0.007 0.314 0.168 -0.146 0.086 0.095 0.009 0.710 0.54 Care Morton Hospital Steward Health Care 0.226 0.222 -0.004 0.020 0.000 -0.020 0.178 0.114 -0.064 0.000 0.000 0.000 NA NA Mount Auburn Hospital 0.154 0.152 -0.002 0.010 0.000 -0.010 0.035 0.054 0.019 0.250 0.271 0.021 NA 0.693 Nantucket Cottage Hospital Partners HealthCare 0.217 0.194 -0.023 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.022 0.000 -0.022 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.820 0.84 Newton Wellesley Hospital Partners HealthCare 0.217 0.212 -0.005 0.010 0.070 0.060 0.154 0.151 -0.003 0.073 0.050 -0.023 0.515 0.58 North Shore Medical Center Partners HealthCare 0.196 0.198 0.002 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.069 0.086 0.017 0.076 0.090 0.014 0.470 0.45 Norwood Hospital Steward Health Care 0.178 0.156 -0.022 0.023 0.000 -0.023 0.113 0.110 -0.003 0.060 0.164 0.104 NA NA Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center Steward Health Care 0.239 0.242 0.003 0.010 0.010 0.000 0.146 0.125 -0.021 0.095 0.164 0.069 0.800 NA Saint Luke's Hospital Southcoast Health 0.247 0.199 -0.048 NA NA NA NA 0.018 NA 0.000 NA NA NA NA Saint Vincent Hospital Vanguard Health System 0.242 0.223 -0.019 0.015 0.016 0.001 0.081 0.071 -0.010 0.165 0.186 0.021 NA NA South Shore Hospital South Shore Health and 0.253 0.273 0.020 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.107 0.079 -0.028 0.079 0.086 0.007 0.820 0.7 Educational Corporation Sturdy Memorial Hospital 0.218 0.209 -0.009 0.041 0.015 -0.026 0.175 0.127 -0.048 0.093 0.084 -0.009 0.630 0.61 Tobey Hospital Southcoast Health 0.103 0.128 0.025 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.018 0.008 -0.010 NA 0.000 NA NA 0.7 Tufts Medical Center 0.307 0.331 0.024 0.019 0.000 -0.019 0.050 0.045 -0.005 0.119 0.166 0.047 0.860 0.458 UMass Memorial Medical Center 0.187 0.181 -0.006 0.038 0.018 -0.020 0.051 0.041 -0.010 0.202 0.155 -0.047 0.660 0.443 Winchester Hospital Lahey Health 0.252 0.259 0.007 0.000 0.027 0.027 0.213 0.205 -0.008 0.088 0.071 -0.017 0.800 0.504 0.203.