Kaiser Permanente Roseville Hospital Recognized For Patient Safety

Kaiser Permanente Roseville hospital is recognized with an “A” grade for patient safety as part of a longstanding commitment to provide safe, high-quality care to our members and patients.

According to The Leapfrog Group’s biannual Hospital Safety Grades report, 15 Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Northern California this spring received A grades including: Antioch, Fresno, Manteca, Modesto, Oakland, Roseville, Redwood City, Santa Clara, San Francisco, San Leandro, San Rafael, Santa Rosa, South Sacramento, South San Francisco, and Vacaville.

This is the 23rd consecutive “A” rating Kaiser Permanente Roseville has received from the Leapfrog Group.

“This remarkable accomplishment places us among an elite group of only 25 hospitals in the nation to have maintained this level of excellence, and one of just five to do so in California,” said Kim Menzel, senior vice president and area manager for Kaiser Permanente Roseville. “This means we are ranked among the safest hospitals in the nation which is what we strive to be every day.”

Leapfrog reviews hospital clinical data, assigning hospitals grades based on approximately two dozen measures that analyze patient injuries, medical and medication errors, and infections.

“I can personally attest to the dedication, hard work, and commitment to patient safety demonstrated by every physician and staff member,” said Richard Florio, MD, physician in chief for Kaiser Permanente Roseville. “This recognition means so much because we know that patients and their families use this information to make informed health care decisions.”

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 70% of Kaiser Permanente Northern California hospitals received an A 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 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 12.5 million members. Nationally, 27 of the 39 Kaiser Permanente hospitals that were eligible for a grade, or more than two-thirds of our hospitals, received a Leapfrog Safety A grade. In contrast, less than one-third of the nation’s other hospitals received an A rating.

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