Submit the 2026 Leapfrog Survey With Evidence, Not Estimates

The 2026 Leapfrog Hospital Survey closes June 30, and the Hospital Safety Grade letter that lands on your front page each spring and fall is built on what you submit. The 2026 Hand Hygiene Standard runs across five domains and offers two pathways to fully meet it — Path A (≥200 hand-hygiene opportunities per unit per month) and Path B (≥100 per unit per month, with all four other domains fully met). Either way, you need a defensible direct-observation program with documented sample sizes, coverage, and feedback — not a spreadsheet rebuilt the week of the deadline.

Leapfrog Readiness layers a survey-prep workflow on top of the audit data clearPath already collects: five-domain evidence views, observation-volume tracking against the 200 / 100 pathway thresholds, unit coverage alerts, real-time feedback workflows, and a one-click Leapfrog submission packet. All shipping today in Enterprise and Ultimate, aligned to the 2026 Survey.

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Why It Matters

  • Annual survey window with a hard June 30 close
  • 2026 Hand Hygiene Standard scored across five domains
  • Two pathways: 200 opportunities/unit/month, or 100 with all four other domains fully met
  • Independent observers and real-time feedback expected
  • Hospital Safety Grade published twice yearly — visible to patients and payers
  • Public “decline to respond” designation if you skip the survey

What's Included

All live in clearPath Enterprise and Ultimate. Each capability is wired into the audit data and dashboards your team already uses — no new collection workflow, no parallel system.

Leapfrog Readiness Dashboard

Leapfrog Readiness Dashboard

Per-facility and per-unit gauges show observation volume vs. Leapfrog sample-size minimums, unit coverage, % compliance trend, days until the June 30 submission close, and open feedback follow-ups. Drops into the same dashboard grid you already use, scoped by the same facility / unit / time-period filters.

  • Observation volume vs. Leapfrog minimums per unit
  • Unit coverage map — spots units missing from the program
  • Submission-window countdown
  • Open feedback and follow-up count

Five-Domain Evidence View

The 2026 Leapfrog Hand Hygiene Standard scores hospitals across five domains: Monitoring, Feedback, Training and Education, Infrastructure, and Culture. clearPath maps your existing programs and audit data into each domain and surfaces the gaps before the survey opens, not after you've started filling it out.

  • Domain-by-domain evidence checklist
  • Linked artefacts: policies, training records, audit data, feedback logs
  • Gap flags so you know what's missing months in advance
  • Pathway tracker: see whether you're on Path A or Path B before submission
  • Exports into the Leapfrog submission packet
Five-domain evidence view
Leapfrog Submission Packet

Leapfrog Submission Packet

One-click PDF or Excel binder for the survey reference period: monthly observation counts per unit, compliance rates, observer attribution, sample-size adequacy summary, and the six-domain evidence index. Builds the supporting documentation your patient-safety lead would otherwise spend a week assembling.

  • Reference-period scoping aligned to the Leapfrog survey window
  • Monthly observation counts per unit, with adequacy flags
  • Six-domain evidence index with linked source documents
  • PDF or Excel output, submission-ready

Real-Time Feedback Workflow

Leapfrog expects timely, individualized feedback to staff. clearPath captures observer-attributed observations at the bedside and makes the feedback loop visible: who observed, what was missed, who delivered the coaching, and when the next re-audit closes the loop on that unit.

  • Observer-attributed observations from web, kiosk, or mobile
  • Coaching events logged against unit, observer, and HCP type
  • Re-audit linkage proves the feedback worked
  • Feedback cadence visible on the readiness dashboard
Feedback and coaching log
Sample-size adequacy by unit

Sample-Size Adequacy By Unit

Leapfrog's sample-size expectations vary by unit type and patient volume. clearPath flags units that are tracking below the monthly minimum early in the reference period, while you still have time to schedule additional rounds — not after the data window closes.

  • Per-unit monthly observation targets, configurable by unit type
  • Trailing-month and reference-period adequacy flags
  • Suggests rounds to schedule before the window closes
  • Adequacy status surfaces inline on the readiness dashboard

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Independent-Observer Audit Trail

Every observation is time-stamped and observer-attributed, and Auditor Groups let you scope auditors out of the units they staff — supporting Leapfrog's expectation that the people being observed are not the people doing the observing.

Submission Cycle Calendar

The Leapfrog survey opens April 1 and closes June 30 each year, with the Safety Grade refresh in spring and fall. clearPath surfaces the upcoming windows on the readiness dashboard so submission prep starts in Q1, not the week of the deadline.

Hospital Safety Grade Lookback

Trend your contributing measures across reference periods so you can see how this year's submission compares to last year's grade — and which domain moved the needle.

How It Maps to the 2026 Leapfrog Hand-Hygiene Standard

  • Monitoring — direct observation with WHO Five Moments + HCP type + technique + attributes per observation, sized to the 200 or 100 opportunities-per-unit-per-month pathway.
  • Feedback — observer-attributed observations, monthly compliance feedback to staff, action plans, and leadership accountability surfaced through performance dashboards.
  • Training and Education — on-hire and ongoing training records, WHO Five Moments competency artefacts, indexed alongside compliance trends.
  • Infrastructure — ABHR dispenser placement, soap-and-water sink availability, and product-supply audits run as custom audit templates.
  • Culture — leadership rounding logs, speak-up / non-retaliation tracking, and just-culture event records surfaced in the domain index.

Built on the Platform You Already Use

Leapfrog Readiness doesn't introduce a parallel data store or a separate workflow. It's a layer of submission-prep tooling sitting on top of the same audit sessions, custom audits, dashboards, and security model your team uses every day.

  • Time-stamped, observer-attributed audit trail per session
  • WHO Five Moments + HCP type + technique + attributes per observation
  • Custom audits for any compliance topic, with standards tagging
  • Two-factor authentication, role-based permissions, LDAP / Active Directory
  • FHIR R4 publish-out for BI and EHR integration

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Built for the Hospitals Leapfrog Surveys

Acute Care & AMCs

The hand-hygiene standard's monitoring domain is core platform — WHO Five Moments, HCP type, technique, attributes per observation. Auditor Groups roll units into programs of care so the readiness dashboard and submission packet match how IPC and patient-safety teams operate.

Multi-Hospital Systems

Each facility submits its own Leapfrog survey, but the patient-safety office wants one rollup. clearPath's facility hierarchy gives each hospital its own packet and the system office a single dashboard tracking every facility's adequacy and grade trend in one view.

Children's and Specialty Hospitals

Leapfrog's Children's Hospital Survey shares the hand-hygiene standard structure. clearPath's custom HCP types, custom audit templates, and unit-typed sample-size minimums adapt to pediatric, NICU, and specialty unit definitions without forking your data model.

See Leapfrog Readiness in Your Data

Show us your facility hierarchy and last reference period; we'll walk you through what your readiness dashboard looks like and how the submission packet would render for your most recent Leapfrog window.

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