Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara earns dual honors for patient safety

The Leapfrog Group recognized Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara hospital with a top score of “A” in its biannual Hospital Safety Grades report, which examined and graded nearly 3,000 hospitals throughout the United States. Santa Clara is also named to the 2022 Cal Hospital Compare Patient Safety Honor Roll.

A total of 16 Kaiser Permanente Northern California hospitals received “A” grades including: Antioch, Fremont, Fresno, Manteca, Modesto, Redwood City, Roseville, San Francisco, San Jose, San Rafael, Santa Rosa, South San Francisco, Vacaville, Vallejo and Walnut Creek. Additionally, Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Oakland, Richmond, Sacramento, and San Leandro received “B” grades.

“Patient safety is at the heart of everything we do here at Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara,” said Eric Williams, senior vice president and area manager for Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara. “These recognitions validate our continuing commitment to the health and safety of our patients.”

Kaiser Permanente Northern California hospitals continue to be consistently recognized as among the country’s best for outstanding patient safety, positive outcomes, and patient experience.

“We are committed to providing safe, compassionate care to our members and patients,” said Rakesh Chaudhary, physician in chief of the medical center. “Our physicians put our patients at the center of everything they do.”

In addition to being recognized by The Leapfrog Group, Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara hospital was also named to the 2022 Cal Hospital Compare Patient Safety Honor Roll. The Patient Safety Honor Roll uses objective, publicly available patient safety measures to evaluate hospitals across a variety of domains including hospital acquired infections, adverse patient safety events, sepsis management, patient experience, and Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. In total, 323 acute care hospitals were considered for Honor Roll status.