Kaiser Permanente Roseville Hospital Recognized For Patient Safety

Kaiser Permanente Roseville hospital earned a top score of “A” for keeping patients safe in The Leapfrog Group’s biannual Hospital Safety Grades report.

After reviewing hospital clinical performance, Leapfrog assigns hospitals grades based on approximately two dozen measures that analyze patient injuries, medical and medication errors, and infections.

“When you go to a hospital, you expect to receive safe care that will help you recover and feel better. We are pleased that the Leapfrog Group recognizes that our team in Roseville is living up to that standard,” said Kim Menzel, senior vice president and area manager, Kaiser Permanente Roseville. “It’s the goal of our physicians and staff to provide care that not only meets expectations but exceeds them and helps return our patients to overall health.”

This fall, 13 Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Northern California received “A” scores from Leapfrog including: Antioch, Modesto, Oakland, Richmond, Roseville, San Francisco, San Leandro, San Rafael, Santa Clara, Santa Rosa, South San Francisco, Vallejo, and Walnut Creek.

“Whether it’s an outpatient procedure or a hospital stay, we want our patients to feel they are getting the best and safest care possible,” said Richard Florio, MD, physician in chief, Kaiser Permanente Roseville. “Nothing is more personal than our health and we take great pride that people are entrusting us to provide them with safe patient care.”

The Leapfrog Group assigns letter grades to nearly 3,000 hospitals throughout the United States. The grades are updated twice annually, in the fall and spring. More than 60% of Kaiser Permanente Northern California hospitals received an “A” grade. In California overall, only about 30% of the state’s hospitals earned the top grade.

The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit run by employers and other large purchasers of health benefits, released its Hospital Safety Grades after examining publicly available data on patient injuries, medical and medication errors, and infections at U.S. hospitals. The report includes data collected by national health care organizations, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Scores are calculated based on more than two dozen publicly available measures, and hospitals are then assigned A, B, C, D or F grades for their safety records. The grades are released as a free resource to help patients and their families make informed health care decisions.

Kaiser Permanente is one of America’s leading integrated health care providers and serves more than 12.7 million members. Nationally, 26 of 39 Kaiser Permanente hospitals, nearly 67% percent, received a Leapfrog Safety “A” grade. In contrast, less than 30% of the nation’s hospitals received an “A” rating.

For more information and a complete list of the hospital safety grades, visit Leapfrog.