The updates include corrections to the preview data received by Oct. 28, which may have changed standard deviations and standard measure weights. The Leapfrog Group urges hospitals to review their updated scores at www.leapfroggroup.org/data-validation/hospital_data_review using the username and passwords they received in October.
The Leapfrog Group will translate the scores into a letter grade and make them available publicly in the next few weeks, according to the report.
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