Kaiser Permanente San Rafael named to Cal Hospital Compare 2025 Patient Safety Honor Roll

Kaiser Permanente San Rafael Medical Center was named to the Cal Hospital Compare 2025 Patient Safety Honor Roll in recognition of its commitment to providing safe patient care.

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, 93 of the state’s 311 adult, acute-care hospitals made the honor roll. Kaiser Permanente Northern California had 9 hospitals on the list – representing nearly 10% of the hospitals recognized.

“We are proud to once again be recognized for the commitment and dedication of our teams to making Kaiser Permanente San Rafael a safe place to work and receive care,” said Tarek Salaway, senior vice president and area manager of the Kaiser Permanente Golden Gate Service area. “We know that patient safety is paramount to providing high-quality care to our members and patients.”

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

“We want every patient who walks through our doors to feel confident they are getting safe care in a warm and comforting environment,” said Naveen Kumar, MD, physician in chief of the Kaiser Permanente San Rafael Medical Center. “Our clinical teams and staff work hard every day to deliver on our promise to put safety at the forefront of all we do.”

Hospitals on the honor roll had to meet a rigorous performance threshold by having at least two-thirds of patient-safety 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.

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

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