This is a group backed by large employers that gathers safety and quality data (from voluntary surveys) and uses it to promote higher quality, safer, more efficient health care
Leapfrog has its own version of hospital safety data – searchable by hospital and by procedure. The caveat is that hospitals submit information voluntarily and hospitals must pay the group to use its designation in marketing materials, but it can still be a useful tool. See this blog post about the limitations of so-called “hospital report cards.”