Patient safety honors for Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Hospital

With a commitment to providing high-quality, safe patient care, Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center has been named to the Cal Hospital Compare 2024 Patient Safety Honor Roll.

The 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 the Leapfrog Group’s Hospital Safety Grade.

This year, 72 of the state’s 306 adult, acute-care hospitals made the honor roll. Kaiser Permanente Northern California had 10 hospitals on the list – representing 14% of the hospitals recognized.

“Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara has continually been recognized for providing safe patient care,” said Eric Williams, FACHE, senior vice president and area manager for Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara. ” To be named among the top hospitals in the state for keeping patients safe reflects the skill and dedication of our physicians, nurses, and staff on behalf of our patients.”

Kaiser Permanente Northern California hospitals are consistently recognized as among the country’s best for outstanding patient safety, positive care outcomes, and exceptional patient-care experiences.

“We are committed to providing high-quality patient care in the safest way possible,” said Rakesh Chaudhary, MD, physician in chief of Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara. “Our physicians, nurses, and staff put patient safety at the forefront of everything they do as they care for our members and patients.”

Hospitals on the honor roll had to meet a rigorous threshold of performance by having at least two-thirds of measure results above the 50th percentile and no measure result below the 10th percentile and/or an “A” grade in the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for the past three reporting periods.

This honor roll offers Californians a rigorously evaluated list of hospitals that have consistently demonstrated a strong culture of safety across multiple departments, according to Cal Hospital Compare.