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Healthcare quality data,
at warehouse scale.

We extract Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, maternity care metrics, ICU staffing, and infection rates. Delivered as clean JSON, CSV, or Parquet to S3, BigQuery, or Snowflake on your cadence.

Hospitals tracked
3,219 /run
ASCs monitored
1,482 /run
Safety grades
18,491 /year
Active pipelines
14
Uptime
99.98%
Data Dictionary

Every field we extract from leapfroggroup.org

Structured, schema-consistent data across all major object types — delivered clean, typed, and ready to query.

Complete list of extractable fields for Hospital Safety Grades objects from leapfroggroup.org. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

facility_idfacility_namestatecurrent_safety_gradepast_grades_arraysurvey_statustotal_infections_scorepractices_preventing_errors_scoreproblems_with_surgery_scoresafety_problems_scoredoctors_nurses_staff_scorelast_updated
hospital_safety grades
● 200 OK
"facility_id": "LF-98214",
"facility_name": "General Hospital West",
"state": "CA",
"current_safety_grade": "A",
"survey_status": "Submitted",
"total_infections_score": "Above Average",
"doctors_nurses_staff_score": "Average",
"last_updated": "2023-11-04T00:00:00Z"
# facility_idfacility_namestatecurrent_safety_gradepast_grades_arraysurvey_status
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Complete list of extractable fields for Infection Rates objects from leapfroggroup.org. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

facility_idmrsa_scoremrsa_statusc_diff_scorec_diff_statusblood_infection_scoreurinary_tract_infection_scoresurgical_site_infection_scorereporting_period_startreporting_period_endnational_average_comparison
infection_rates
● 200 OK
"facility_id": "LF-98214",
"mrsa_score": 0.45,
"mrsa_status": "Better than average",
"c_diff_score": 0.82,
"c_diff_status": "Average",
"blood_infection_score": 0.31,
"reporting_period_start": "2022-07-01",
"national_average_comparison": "Achieved Standard"
# facility_idmrsa_scoremrsa_statusc_diff_scorec_diff_statusblood_infection_score
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Complete list of extractable fields for Maternity Care objects from leapfroggroup.org. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

facility_idc_section_ratec_section_target_metepisiotomy_rateearly_elective_delivery_ratehigh_risk_delivery_capablenewborn_bilirubin_screeningdvt_prophylaxismaternity_care_standard_metmidwifery_available
maternity_care
● 200 OK
"facility_id": "LF-98214",
"c_section_rate": 21.4,
"c_section_target_met": true,
"episiotomy_rate": 2.1,
"early_elective_delivery_rate": 1.5,
"high_risk_delivery_capable": true,
"maternity_care_standard_met": "Achieved Standard"
# facility_idc_section_ratec_section_target_metepisiotomy_rateearly_elective_delivery_ratehigh_risk_delivery_capable
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Complete list of extractable fields for Medication Safety objects from leapfroggroup.org. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

facility_idcpoe_implementation_statuscpoe_scorebcma_implementation_statusbcma_scoremedication_reconciliationsafe_practice_scorepharmacist_on_staffalert_fatigue_managemente_prescribing_rate
medication_safety
● 200 OK
"facility_id": "LF-98214",
"cpoe_implementation_status": "Fully Implemented",
"cpoe_score": 95,
"bcma_implementation_status": "Fully Implemented",
"bcma_score": 98,
"pharmacist_on_staff": true,
"safe_practice_score": "Achieved Standard"
# facility_idcpoe_implementation_statuscpoe_scorebcma_implementation_statusbcma_scoremedication_reconciliation
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Complete list of extractable fields for ASC Survey Data objects from leapfroggroup.org. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

asc_idfacility_namestatevolume_by_procedure_categorypatient_experience_scoremedical_staff_credentialinghand_hygiene_compliancesafe_surgery_checklist_usedtransfer_agreements_activesurvey_year
asc_survey data
● 200 OK
"asc_id": "ASC-4412",
"facility_name": "Valley Surgery Center",
"state": "AZ",
"patient_experience_score": 88,
"hand_hygiene_compliance": "Achieved Standard",
"safe_surgery_checklist_used": true,
"survey_year": 2023
# asc_idfacility_namestatevolume_by_procedure_categorypatient_experience_scoremedical_staff_credentialing
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Capabilities

Extract every quality metric, systematically

Our Leapfrog pipeline navigates state-by-state search interfaces, expands nested quality scorecards, and maps historical grade changes across bi-annual release cycles.

Hospital Safety Grades

Extract A to F letter grades, historical grade tracking across release cycles, and individual component scores for over 3,000 facilities.

Infection Metrics

Capture standardized infection ratios for MRSA, C. diff, CLABSI, and CAUTI, mapped against national averages.

Maternity Care Data

Track C-section rates, episiotomy rates, and early elective delivery percentages for facilities offering obstetric services.

Medication Safety

Extract CPOE and BCMA implementation scores, evaluating hospital protocols for preventing medication errors.

ASC Quality Reporting

Parse Ambulatory Surgery Center survey responses, including procedure volumes and patient experience scores.

ICU Staffing Models

Identify intensivist presence and critical care staffing compliance ratios across adult and pediatric intensive care units.

Never Events Policies

Extract facility policies on serious reportable events, including billing practices following preventable errors.

Pediatric Care Metrics

Capture specialized pediatric staffing levels and pediatric-specific medication error prevention protocols.

Bi-Annual Cycle Tracking

Monitor Spring and Fall release cycles, detecting grade changes and survey status updates automatically.

// engagement pipeline

From target list to warehouse record

Brief in. Clean data out.

Define Scope
d 0

Provide specific states, facility types, or request full national coverage. We define the schema together.

Pipeline Build
d 2–4

We configure crawlers to navigate search interfaces, expand nested scorecards, and extract historical data.

Validation & QA
d 4–6

Schema validation, survey status mapping, and score normalisation before full execution.

Delivery
ongoing

JSON, CSV, or Parquet pushed to your S3 bucket, BigQuery dataset, or Snowflake stage.

Under the hood

Overcoming Leapfrog extraction hurdles

Extracting data from leapfroggroup.org requires handling nested UI components and complex search pagination. We manage the logic so you get clean records.

pipeline-monitor · leapfroggroup.org · live ● active
// fingerprinting
Identity rotation
TLS fingerprintrandomised
User-agentrotated
IP poolresidential
Challenges blocked0
// pagination
Page coverage
48,291 pages queued running
// observability
Pipeline health
99.9%
uptime
142ms
p99 lat
0.3%
null rate
2
alerts
Search Pagination
Navigating state and radius searches

The site uses geography-based search interfaces to list facilities. Our crawlers iterate systematically through all states and zip codes to guarantee 100% national coverage without missing unlisted facilities.

Dynamic Rendering
Expanding nested scorecards

Detailed sub-scores for infections and practices are hidden behind JavaScript accordions and tabbed interfaces. We use Playwright to trigger these elements and extract the underlying DOM nodes.

Historical Mapping
Extracting past grades

Past safety grades are often displayed in modal popups or separate historical views. We map these into a structured time-series array for longitudinal analysis.

Survey Status Parsing
Normalising participation states

Facilities have varying participation levels. We standardise statuses like 'Declined to Respond', 'Did Not Meet Standard', and 'Achieved Standard' into consistent enum fields.

Change Detection
Tracking bi-annual releases

We monitor the Spring and Fall grade release windows, emitting diff records for facilities that experience a grade change or survey status update.

Applications

Who uses Leapfrog data

Teams across industries use leapfroggroup.org data to build competitive products and smarter operations.

01
Payer Contracting

Health plans use safety grades and infection metrics for tiering facilities and designing narrow networks.

02
Value-Based Care

Accountable Care Organizations monitor partner facility quality metrics to ensure shared savings compliance.

03
Employer Purchasing

Benefits consultants guide self-funded employers toward high-value, high-safety facilities for direct contracting.

04
Real Estate Evaluation

Healthcare REITs evaluate tenant quality, clinical reputation, and market position during site selection.

05
Academic Research

Public health researchers correlate hospital safety grades with demographic data and regional outcomes.

06
Competitive Intelligence

Hospital systems benchmark their performance metrics against regional peers to identify operational gaps.

Why DataFlirt

"Leapfrog data dictates market share for health systems and network design for payers, but manually aggregating 3,000 facility profiles is an operational anti-pattern."

Scraping leapfroggroup.org requires navigating complex search interfaces, expanding nested scorecards, and tracking bi-annual grade releases. DataFlirt handles the extraction logic, standardises the taxonomy, and delivers clean facility records directly to your data warehouse.

Technical Spec

Leapfrog scraper — technical capabilities

Everything supported by our leapfroggroup.org scraper — rendered SPA elements, auth walls, rate-limit evasion and beyond.

Hospital Safety Grades
Current letter grades and component scores
Supported
Standardized Infection Ratios
MRSA, C. diff, CLABSI, and CAUTI metrics
Supported
Maternity care metrics
C-section and early elective delivery rates
Supported
ASC survey responses
Outpatient facility quality and volume metrics
Supported
Historical grade time-series
Past grades extracted from modal interfaces
Supported
Search radius pagination
Systematic iteration across all geographic regions
Supported
Change detection (diffs)
Hash-based diffs for Spring and Fall release cycles
Supported
Webhook delivery
HTTP POST per facility update
Supported
Unreleased draft survey responses
Pre-publication facility data requires authenticated hospital portal access
Partial
Hospital C-suite contact emails
Direct contact information is not published on the public Leapfrog domain
Partial
Infrastructure

Infrastructure powering the pipeline

Open-source tooling on proven cloud infra — no vendor lock-in, full observability.

ScrapyPlaywrightPython 3.12RedisPostgreSQLApache AirflowAWS LambdaS3CloudWatch2CaptchaCapSolverResidential ProxiesDockerKubernetesGrafanaPrometheus
Scrapy + Playwright Stack

Scrapy handles crawl orchestration, deduplication, and retry logic. Playwright handles JavaScript rendering, cookie sessions, and interaction flows. Combined via scrapy-playwright middleware.

Residential Proxy Infrastructure

We maintain pools of residential ISP proxies across US regions. Rotation happens per-request with sticky sessions where required. IP score monitoring prevents blacklisted pool contamination.

Cloud-Native Orchestration

Pipelines run on AWS Lambda (burst) and ECS (sustained). Airflow handles scheduling, dependency management, and SLA alerting. All state stored in managed Postgres.

Output & Delivery

Your data, your destination

Data delivered to where your team already works — no new tooling required.

JSON
Newline-delimited or nested — schema versioned per run
CSV
Flat file with typed columns — Excel/Sheets compatible
XLS
Formatted spreadsheet delivery for analyst teams
Parquet
Columnar format for BigQuery, Snowflake, Athena
AWS S3
Direct bucket delivery — compatible with any data lake
Webhook
HTTP POST per record for downstream processing
API
REST endpoint for on-demand facility queries
BigQuery
Streamed directly into your dataset with schema auto-detect
Snowflake
Stage + COPY INTO workflow — incremental or full-replace
S3
Direct bucket delivery — compatible with any data lake
// faq

Common questions.

About leapfroggroup.org scraping, legality, and pipeline operations.

Ask us directly →
Is scraping Leapfrog Group legal?

Scraping publicly available information from leapfroggroup.org is generally permissible. DataFlirt targets only public, non-authenticated facility and quality data. We do not circumvent authentication walls.

How often are safety grades updated?

Leapfrog updates Hospital Safety Grades twice a year, typically in the Spring and Fall. We monitor the site for these release windows and trigger extraction runs accordingly.

Do you extract the full survey or just the letter grade?

We extract the letter grade, the historical grade array, and all available sub-scores across infection rates, maternity care, medication safety, and staffing protocols.

Can you track historical grade changes?

Yes. Every pipeline run produces timestamped snapshots. We capture the historical grade data presented on the site to build a longitudinal record for each facility.

How do you handle unrated hospitals?

Hospitals that do not receive a grade or decline to respond to the survey are extracted with null metric fields and a specific survey status flag indicating their non-participation.

Do you map Leapfrog IDs to NPI or CMS Certification Numbers?

Leapfrog uses proprietary facility identifiers. If you provide a crosswalk or facility address list, our pipeline can join the Leapfrog data against your existing NPI or CCN taxonomy.

What formats do you deliver?

We deliver structured data via JSON, CSV, Parquet, and XLS. Delivery destinations include AWS S3, Google BigQuery, Snowflake, or via direct Webhook.

$ dataflirt scope --new-project --source=leapfroggroup.org ready

Tell us what
to extract.
We do the rest.

20-minute scoping call. Pilot dataset within the week. Production within two. Whether you need a one-off national facility dump or continuous bi-annual monitoring across 3,000 hospitals — we scope, build, and operate the pipeline. Tell us what you need.

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