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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — El director general de OpenAI, Sam Altman, activó un “código rojo” para que los empleados mejoren su producto estrella, ChatGPT, y retrasen otros desarrollos de productos, informó The Wall Street Journal.

El periódico reportó que Altman envió un memorando interno al personal el lunes, indicando que se necesitaba más trabajo para mejorar la velocidad, la fiabilidad y las características de personalización del chatbot de inteligencia artificial.

Esta semana se cumplen tres años desde que OpenAI lanzó ChatGPT, lo que ayudó a despertar una fascinación global y un auge comercial en la tecnología de inteligencia artificial generativa. Sin embargo, la empresa enfrenta una competencia creciente con rivales, incluyendo a Google, que el mes pasado lanzó Gemini tres, la última versión de su propio asistente de IA.

OpenAI no comentó al respecto el martes. El medio de noticias tecnológicas The Information también informó sobre el memorando. ______

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https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/el-ceo-de-openai-declara-cdigo-rojo-para-mejorar-chatgpt/ 

DHS: Nearly 7000 Predatory Migrants Set Free From NYC Jails Since January

Tyler Durden
Tue, 12/02/2025 – 12:00

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Northwestern University’s $75-million deal with the White House has brought a mix of relief and concern to campus — concluding months of research cuts, while also marking a significant advance in the president’s push to reshape higher education.

The agreement, announced Friday, restores nearly $800 million in research funding and closes several government probes related to federal anti-discrimination laws.

Some researchers, exhausted by months of cost-cutting in their laboratories, are feeling relieved. But other faculty members and students raised alarms about the implications of negotiating with the Trump administration for academic freedom and institutional independence.

“I still wouldn’t have made a deal,” said Talia Winiarsky, a 22-year-old American studies major. “But I think the university is in such a tough position, and I do empathize with (administrators).”

The deal is a major milestone in President Donald Trump’s quest to bring universities to heel. Northwestern is the sixth university to announce a formal agreement with the White House to restore funding. The president has criticized elite schools as hubs for antisemitism and ideological indoctrination.

Northwestern’s $75 million fine will be paid to the U.S. Department of the Treasury over three years, the university said. Research funding, which was paused in April, is expected to flow again within the month.

In a news release, administrators noted that it does not give the government authority “to dictate faculty hiring, University hiring, admission decisions, Northwestern’s curriculum, or the content of academic speech and research.”

“Northwestern runs Northwestern. Period,” interim President Henry Bienen wrote in a statement.

Still, the sweeping, 12-page agreement touches on a wide range of Northwestern’s policies.

In exchange for restored funding, the university pledged to continue following federal anti-discrimination laws, review its international admissions policies and revoke a 2024 agreement with pro-Palestinian protestors, among other conditions.

“​​I think the central issue here is the White House desire for ideological control over institutions,” said Ian Hurd, a professor of political science and president of the Faculty Senate.

The terms of the deal

The deal closes three federal probes from the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Education and Justice, which investigated alleged antisemitism and racial discrimination in admissions. Northwestern’s $75 million fine is not an admission of guilt, according to the document.

The terms of the settlement offer a glimpse into the Trump administration’s vision for higher education, and its broader push against so-called “woke-ism” and diversity, equity and inclusion policies.

Northwestern and its medical school are required to revise its policies related to hormonal interventions and gender-affirming surgeries for minors, “in compliance with federal laws.” The university said it has never performed those surgeries, but it has published research on the benefits for minor mental health.

The university also committed to following Title IX — which prohibits sex-based discrimination — by providing single-sex housing for women upon request and all-female locker room facilities, “defined on the basis of sex.”

Another provision is a “comprehensive” review of its international admissions policies. That includes training to “socialize international students to the norms of a campus dedicated to free inquiry,” according to the agreement.

The deal also revokes the so-called Deering Meadow Agreement, reached in 2024 between former President Michael Schill and pro-Palestinian protestors. That agreement had allowed students to continue demonstrations for several weeks, in exchange for the removal of their encampment. It was believed to be a first for a major U.S. university.

Schill, who is Jewish, faced an onslaught of criticism over the agreement from Republican lawmakers. Amid the federal pressure, he resigned in September. Most faculty and students reject the notion that there is widespread antisemitism on campus.

Northwestern’s webpage on the Deering Meadow Agreement has been removed. As part of the now-defunct agreement, the university agreed to provide greater information to students about its investments and create spaces for Muslim and Middle Eastern students on campus.

The university is required to continue mandatory antisemitism training, and provide the government with all complaints and reports of antisemitism since Oct. 7.

“I think that the university has been making great progress, and will continue to make progress, in learning more about campus antisemitism,” Claire Conner, president of Northwestern Hillel, said of the deal.

Uncertainty eases in laboratories

For faculty reliant on federal funding, Friday’s announcement offered a reprieve to months of uncertainty. Northwestern had been self-funding research — but at a cost of roughly $40 million a month, it was unclear how long it could continue. This summer, administrators pursued a string of cost-cutting measures, including hundreds of layoffs.

With a $14.3 billion endowment, Northwestern is among the wealthiest universities in the country. The school’s business model, however, was built on grants: During its 2023-24 fiscal year, Northwestern received $1.05 billion in research funding.

Amid the freeze, faculty were to reduce laboratory expenses wherever possible. Carole LaBonne, a professor in the Department of Molecular Biosciences, said she was unsure how much longer she could maintain a bare-bones operation. Her lab studies stem cell populations causing cancer and birth defects.

“Scientists at this university have been living in a state of existential dread for months,” LaBonne said. “The biggest reaction (to the deal), I can tell you, is relief that the worst of it is over.”

Scott Budinger, chief of pulmonary and critical care in the department of medicine, has spent more than two decades researching drugs to treat pneumonia. But his team’s clinical trials had effectively ground to a halt, at the expense of patients, he added.

“I try to think of things objectively, and take the politics out of it,” Budinger said of the deal. “The costs of the freeze, I think, are pretty clear … This imposed a delay on that research that’s going to benefit patients.”

Academic freedom, institutional independence

While recognizing the need for restored funding, several students and faculty members said they felt Northwestern was bowing down to government overreach.

“Any deal with the Trump administration is a bad decision and sets a bad precedent,” said Cass Dempsey, a 20-year-old political science major. “Northwestern, and other high-profile universities and educational institutions, should have taken a stand.”

Some wondered if the university should have challenged the freeze in court. Harvard University won back $2.2 billion in paused grants after a months-long legal battle this fall. Northwestern countered that litigation was too costly, and could have been drawn out for years.

Jackie Stevens, president of Northwestern’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, noted that a large cohort of faculty feels “ongoing disappointment” about the agreement. She characterized it as both an acquiescence to Trump and a betrayal to academic freedom.

“It’s extortion,” Stevens said. “I don’t even think it’s about the $75 million, I think it’s just about the show of power, right?”

Others, like political science professor Paul Gowder, expressed concern that the Trump administration would not uphold its end of the agreement. He called the $75 million fee “embarrassing.”

Gowder is a member of the Faculty Concerned Faculty Group, which this summer released a statement urging Northwestern to avoid dealmaking with the White House. “The reality is that the Trump administration can’t be trusted,” he said. “This is a temporary fix at best.”

Guillermo Oliver, a professor in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, was left more conflicted. His lab, which studies the biological development of the lymphatic system, was hammered by cuts and squeezed for funding each day under the freeze. But he also wonders about the ramifications for free scientific inquiry.

“Every university should be able to make their own decisions. There should be no interference from any government,” Oliver said. “The fact that we will need to pay a penalty, no one will be happy.”

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/northwestern-deal-trump-administration/ 

The Clarendon Hills Public Library has named a local resident as its first poet laureate.

The Village Board approved the appointment of resident David W. Berner to the position, in which he will promote poetry through public readings, community projects, or by composing poems for special occasions.

The village and library agreed that creating a village of Clarendon Hills poet laureate position seemed like a great way to build community through the creative writing arts, “something the community could appreciate,” said Library Director Lori Craft.

“After meeting with David, his enthusiasm, vision and writing experience, made him seem a perfect fit for the inaugural poet laureate,” she said.

Berner will serve a two-year term. After his inaugural appointment expires, the next poet laureate will be selected through an application process.

Kraft said Berner will use his voice and vision to celebrate the spirit of Clarendon Hills through original work, public readings and educational programming. His responsibilities will include composing a poem that reflects on the current moment in the village, leading at least one public poetry event and teaching two community writing workshops annually through the library.

Officials with the village of Clarendon Hills and the Clarendon Hills Public Library have named David W. Berner as the village’s first poet laureate. (David W. Berner)

“David Berner brings a deep understanding of the transformative power of storytelling,” Craft said. “His work resonates with authenticity, reflection, and a genuine sense of place. We are thrilled to have him share his voice and inspire others to do the same.”

Berner is an award-winning author and widely-published poet whose work explores personal narrative, place, and connection. In addition to his writing, he is an educator and radio journalist, with a longstanding commitment to fostering literary engagement.

Berner contacted the village to offer the suggestion of creating the new position at the library.

“You may have heard of big cities and states, and of course the nation, naming poet laureates as a way to promote the arts, to offer reading and literary events, and even writing workshops for adults and young adults interested in a creative life,” he wrote in a letter to the village.

Chuck Fieldman is a freelance reporter for Pioneer Press. 

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/clarendon-hills-poet-laureate/ 

After pushback from organizers and vendors, city officials have decided to let up — to a degree — on the contentious capacity limit at Daley Plaza’s 29th annual Christkindlmarket, a development organizers say is a step in the right direction but still not sustainable for the beloved holiday tradition.

Christkindlmarket 2025: Heart-shaped mugs, cultural tours — and partying with Krampus
Editorial: Chicago’s capacity limits for Christkindlmarket are a terrible idea. Here’s why this issue matters.

The Chicago Picasso looks over the Christkindlmarket in Daley Plaza, Dec.1, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
An ornament is handed from vendor to customer in the Christkindlmarket at Daley Plaza on Nov. 22, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
A man carries away two soft pretzels while visiting the Christkindlmarket at Daley Plaza on Nov. 22, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
A vendor prepares a Raclette sandwich in the Christkindlmarket at Daley Plaza on Nov. 22, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
A child dunks a gingerbread cookie in hot chocolate while visiting the Christkindlmarket at Daley Plaza on Nov. 22, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
A woman waves to people across the way while visiting the Christkindlmarket at Daley Plaza Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
Jackson Alpert and Chili Cheese take a stroll though Christkindlmarket Chicago in Daley Plaza, Dec.1, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
Dennis Zinke roasts roasts almonds with Nutella at Christkindlmarket Chicago in Daley Plaza, Dec. 1, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
Dana Keiner takes a group picture while visiting the Christkindlmarket at Daley Plaza on Nov. 22, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
A man drinks from the 2025 Christkindlmarket mug while visiting the German-style Christmas market at Daley Plaza in Chicago on Nov. 22, 2025. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
A man drinks from the 2025 Christkindlmarket mug while visiting the German-style Christmas market at Daley Plaza Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
People spend time at Christkindlmarket Chicago in Daley Plaza, Dec.1, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)

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Lake Bluff trustees have taken a formal step toward establishing policies governing how the village responds to potential actions by the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, though some residents question whether it is an issue the board should address.

At their Nov. 24 meeting, trustees unanimously approved the first reading of an ordinance outlining village procedures in light of Operation Midway Blitz, a controversial federal immigration crackdown in which officers have detained numerous people, including some in nearby communities.

After reviewing the matter at two previous meetings, trustees advanced an ordinance that includes:

A statement affirming that Lake Bluff is a community where all people — regardless of immigration status — are treated with respect and dignity.
Direction that village employees, including law enforcement, must comply with the 2017 Illinois Trust Act, which prohibits state and local agencies from participating in civil immigration enforcement.
Restrictions on the use of village-owned property, barring garages, parking lots and other spaces from being used as staging areas, processing sites or operational bases for civil immigration enforcement.

Trustees also amended one component, opting to provide residents with electronic signage, such as PDFs, if they want to post notices prohibiting civil immigration enforcement on their property, rather than supplying printed signs.

While municipalities may adopt their own ordinances, Village Attorney Peter Friedman reminded the board that Lake Bluff cannot interfere with federal immigration enforcement.

“This ordinance tries to thread that needle so that it is focused on the restrictions on the use of village property,” he said.

Trustee Susan Rider reiterated that the ordinance concerns only civil enforcement and does not prevent cooperation when legally required.

“We will, of course, do what we need to do to follow the criminal process,” she said.

Village President Regis Charlot, who was absent, submitted a letter indicating support for the ordinance.

“This is not about taking a position on immigration policy,” Charlot wrote. “Rather, it is about recognizing a fundamental right guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution: that all individuals on U.S. soil — citizens and non-citizens alike — are entitled to due process and a fair opportunity to defend their rights.”

Trustee Raffi Elchemmas, while voting in favor, questioned whether the village board should be weighing in on broader societal issues.

“I’m adamantly against turning our village into a social issues community,” he said. “I believe I was elected by 560 of my neighbors to address roads, sewers, bridges, bluffs, and our infrastructure.”

Rider agreed the board was not elected to take on political debates, but said the ordinance clearly defines operational policy.

“It is something more than a symbolic gesture,” she said.

Resident Peter White again voiced concerns, as he had at an earlier meeting, about the necessity of an ordinance.

“The ordinance seems to be overkill,” he said. “Anything more than this is aspirational, symbolic, and most likely unenforceable, serving only as a political interest rather than addressing the real issues of the village.”

After the meeting, Police Chief Matt Smizinski said he was not aware of any immigration enforcement activity occurring in Lake Bluff.

A final vote on the ordinance is expected at the board’s Dec. 8 meeting.

 Daniel I. Dorfman is a freelance reporter for Pioneer Press.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/lake-bluff-policies-federal-agents-actrvities/ 

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When Pi-Isis Ankhra asked her New School students what would happen if college were free, she expected debate about access. Instead, students worried their degrees would lose value, defending the very scarcity that made their own lives harder. That moment crystallized something Ankhra has observed across 25 years in philanthropy and nonprofit leadership: the way institutional structures teach people to accept constraint not just as reality, but as identity. Exclusivity becomes proof of legitimacy. Scarcity becomes virtue. And the systems built on those beliefs remain largely unquestioned.

Ankhra is now the founder of P.S.314, a consulting collective that supports organizations and philanthropic networks in redesigning how resources move through institutions. Over the firm’s first decade, she and her collaborators have partnered with cultural institutions, arts funders, community coalitions, legacy nonprofits, startups and philanthropic intermediaries. Her perspective is not that institutions lack commitment or intelligence. It’s that they are often built on inherited assumptions about who holds authority, how decisions get made and where resources should gather.

She describes her work not as organizational development or management consulting, but as systems design. “I think like an urban planner,” she says. “But instead of cities, I work on the infrastructure that shapes how organizations function.”

Ankhra applies urban planning analysis to the social sector: tracing how funding decisions are made, how authority concentrates, whose labor is visible and whose becomes invisible, where bottlenecks appear and who absorbs the cost when systems strain.

The patterns, she says, are consistent. Across nonprofits, philanthropic institutions, government agencies and corporate social impact divisions, resources tend to pool at points of administrative control while the work itself is resourced thinly. Budgets tighten furthest from where impact is delivered. Decision-making sits far from those closest to the problem. Emotional and cultural labor — listening, building trust, holding conflict — is relied upon but rarely structurally supported or compensated.

“You can see it if you trace it like a map,” she explains. “Where the water goes, where it doesn’t, who is constantly walking uphill to access what others receive without friction. Once you see the pattern, it becomes architectural, not personal.”

The data confirms these observations: Donor-advised funds now hold more than $250 billion in charitable assets that have already received tax benefits but are not required to be deployed. Black-led organizations consistently receive less unrestricted support than white-led organizations, even when working in similar contexts. Ankhra says these are not anomalies of leadership style or program effectiveness but are structural patterns.

Her work is not to critique the sector but to redesign system conditions. In one collaboration with a cultural organization that received a grant for local artists, she asked directly: If the purpose is to invest in artists, who should control the funds? The resulting shift put 75% of grant dollars directly in artists’ hands, with the institution serving as steward rather than gatekeeper. The structure changed the relationship, and the relationship changed the outcome.

P.S.314 has also redesigned its own internal systems. Early on, Ankhra noticed the firm was absorbing payment delays to ensure consultants were paid on time — mirroring the sector’s persistent problem of delayed payments to practitioners. The firm implemented new contract structures: payment within 14 days, scopes tied to real capacity, escalation clauses when timelines shift. “If we say we value people, the structure has to show it.”

The distinction between belief and behavior is central to her philosophy. Many organizations articulate equity, trust, collaboration or shared leadership as values. Ankhra’s question: What happens to those values when budgets tighten, when pace accelerates, when someone hits exhaustion? The gap between stated value and practiced value is not a failure of intention, it is a structural design question.

She pushes organizations to ask: What are we protecting? Is it the mission, or our position in the hierarchy that surrounds it? Who is allowed to influence decisions when stakes are high? What becomes negotiable when pressure arrives, and what remains non-negotiable? And why?

“Every system is designed to produce the outcomes it produces,” she says. “If we want different outcomes, we have to redesign the system. Not just work harder inside of it.”

Her approach offers frameworks, not templates; questions, not directives. She is currently completing a book, “The P.S.314 Experiment: The Matchmaker’s Guide to Social Impact,” which documents the first decade of the firm’s work, not as proof of a model, but as a record of what happens when organizations choose to slow down, examine their infrastructure, and redesign based on what they find.

“I am not offering certainty,” she says. “I am offering a way to see.”

The core of her argument is simple: Systems are not neutral. They reflect beliefs about who matters, who decides and how value is defined. If exclusivity remains the measure of legitimacy, the velvet rope remains in place, even in spaces committed to equity.

The work ahead, as she frames it, is not to simply unlock more resources or expand programs. It is about examining the architecture through which resources move and asking whether the structure matches the mission.

“Where the water goes tells the truth,” she says. “If we trace that honestly, we can redesign what flows next.”

Pi-Isis S. Ankhra is the founder of P.S.314, a consulting collective that has facilitated over $100 million in philanthropic investment using partnership-based models. Her forthcoming book, “The P.S.314 Experiment: The Matchmaker’s Guide to Social Impact,” documents a decade of experiments in building systems where financial sustainability, human development, and social impact reinforce each other. For advisory engagements or speaking inquiries, visit PS3OneFour.com.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/where-does-the-water-go-rethinking-how-resources-flow-in-the-social-sector/ 

NUEVA YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione está de regreso en el tribunal el martes para el segundo día de una audiencia en su intento de impedir que los fiscales de Nueva York utilicen algunas pruebas que, según ellos, lo vinculan con el asesinato del año pasado del CEO de UnitedHealthcare.

Varios agentes de la ley están tomando el estrado de los testigos el martes.

En las audiencias preliminares se han exhibido videos de vigilancia del asesinato del CEO, Brian Thompson, en una acera de Manhattan y grabaciones de seguridad del arresto de Mangione cinco días después en un McDonald’s en Altoona, Pensilvania.

Los abogados de Mangione, de 27 años, quieren impedir que los fiscales muestren o cuenten a los jurados en su eventual juicio en Manhattan sobre las declaraciones que supuestamente hizo y los objetos que las autoridades dijeron que incautaron de su mochila durante su arresto. Los objetos incluyen una pistola 9mm que, según los fiscales, coincide con la utilizada en el asesinato y un cuaderno en el que dicen que Mangione describió su intención de “eliminar” a un ejecutivo de seguros de salud.

La defensa sostiene que los objetos deben ser excluidos porque la policía no obtuvo una orden antes de registrar la mochila de Mangione. También quieren suprimir algunas declaraciones que Mangione hizo a los policías como supuestamente dar un nombre falso, porque los policías comenzaron a hacer preguntas antes de decirle que tenía derecho a permanecer en silencio.

Las leyes sobre cómo interactúa la policía con posibles sospechosos antes de leerles sus derechos u obtener órdenes de registro son complejas y a menudo disputadas en casos penales.

En el caso de Mangione, las preguntas cruciales incluirán si él creía que era libre de irse en el momento en que habló con los policías que lo arrestaron, y si había “circunstancias excepcionales” que justificaran registrar su mochila antes de obtener una orden.

Mangione, descendiente de una rica familia de Maryland y graduado de una prestigiosa universidad, se ha declarado inocente de los cargos de asesinato estatales y federales. Los cargos estatales conllevan la posibilidad de cadena perpetua, mientras que los fiscales federales buscan la pena de muerte. Ningún juicio ha sido programado.

Los abogados de Mangione quieren excluir pruebas de ambos casos, pero la audiencia de esta semana se refiere solo al caso estatal.

Los fiscales de Manhattan aún no han presentado sus argumentos para permitir las pruebas en disputa. Sus homólogos federales han dicho en documentos judiciales que la policía estaba justificada al registrar la mochila para asegurarse de que no hubiera objetos peligrosos y que las declaraciones de Mangione a los policías fueron voluntarias y hechas antes de que estuviera bajo arresto.

Cinco testigos testificaron el lunes, incluido un guardia de prisión de Pensilvania que dijo que Mangione le contó que, cuando fue arrestado, tenía una mochila con moneda extranjera y una pistola impresa en 3D.

El video de vigilancia muestra a un pistolero enmascarado disparando a Thompson por la espalda mientras el ejecutivo caminaba hacia un hotel en el centro de Manhattan para la conferencia anual de inversores de su empresa el 4 de diciembre de 2024. Los fiscales dicen que las balas llevaban inscritas las palabras “retrasar”, “negar” y “deponer”, las mismas, que según críticos usan las compañías aseguradoras para negar solicitudes.

Thompson, de 50 años, trabajó en el gigante UnitedHealth Group durante 20 años y se convirtió en CEO de su rama de seguros en 2021. Estaba casado y tenía hijos que estaban en la escuela secundaria.

Mangione fue arrestado mientras desayunaba en un McDonald’s en Altoona, a unos unos 370 kilómetros (unas 230 millas) al oeste de Manhattan. La gerente del restaurante había dicho a un despachador del 911: “Tengo un cliente aquí del que algunos otros clientes sospechan, que se parece al tirador del CEO de Nueva York”.

Añadió que solo podía ver las cejas de Mangione porque tenía un gorro bajado cerca de sus ojos y llevaba una mascarilla médica.

El policía Joseph Detwiler testificó el martes que cuando fue enviado al restaurante, estaba tan escéptico sobre la pista que no encendió las luces y sirenas de su patrulla.

“No pensé que fuera a ser él”, indicó.

Los funcionarios del tribunal dicen que la audiencia podría durar más de una semana.

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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/mangione-regresa-a-corte-por-disputa-sobre-pruebas-en-caso-de-asesinato-de-ceo-de-unitedhealthcare/ 

Endeavor Health Edward Hospital in Naperville earned an “A” grade from The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit watchdog organization that analyzes data related to health care.

Leapfrog recently released its biannual safety grades assigned to all general hospitals and their ability to protect patients from medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections. Grades are given on an A to F scale.

“We’re fully invested in having the safest health care for our patients and one thing that really helps us stay grounded in that, in national comparisons, is participating in the Leapfrog survey,” said Cheri Moore, system assistant vice president of acute care quality and patient safety for Endeavor Health.

Edward Hospital has been given grades of A and B since 2022, the Leapfrog website said.

In addition to this fall, Edward was received A designations in spring 2025 and fall 2024 and 2023. It received a B grade in spring 2024 and 2023.

“I think what’s really exciting about this year is we really had a strong performance and (Leapfrog) gives us a numerical score behind the scenes that really helps us see that we are really bringing forward a strong performance and making a strong difference,” Moore said.

One of the areas Edward particularly scored well in this year was in addressing complications that come up for a patient during a hospital stay.

“A really strong area of focus for us has been infections in the last 12 to 24 months, making sure that we are reducing the ability for a patient to get an infection by removing the lines and tubes early on in their stay,” Moore said, thus decreasing the likelihood of an infection.

When it came to preventing infections in the blood, Edward scored better than average hospital score in the category.

Another important aspect of the hospital’s care is providing bed alarms and bedsitters for patients and making sure call lights are in their proper place to prevent the likelihood that a patient has a fall, Moore said. This is especially critical if someone is experiencing dizziness, having mobility issues or experiencing other symptoms.

Leapfrog has two categories for measuring patient falls at hospitals, one for falls and injuries and the other for falls causing broken hips. Edward scored better than the average in both categories.

Six area Endeavor Health hospitals earned A grades this fall. In addition to Edward, they included Elmhurst, Evanston, Glenbrook, Highland Park and Northwest Community hospitals, an Endeavor news release said.

Elmhurst Hospital is one of only 11 hospitals in the country and three in Illinois to receive an A in every grading period since the program began in 2012, the release said.

Each hospital’s grade is based on more than 30 national performance measures, the release said.

For more information on the Leapfrog grades, go to www.hospitalsafetygrade.org.

Michelle Mullins is a freelance reporter for the Naperville Sun.

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https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/edward-hospital-naperville-endeavor-leapfrog-grade/