Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Hospital Recognized for Patient Safety

Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa 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.

“Since 2020, Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa has received straight As in patient safety from the Leapfrog Group. We are proud to be consistently recognized with the top safety rating and proud of our commitment to clinical excellence and patient safety,” said Abhishek Dosi, senior vice president and area manager of Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa. “This honor is a testament to the hard work of our physicians, nurses, and staff who are committed to making Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa one of the best places in the nation to give and receive care.”

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

“We are proud of our continued safety record and the high-quality, exceptional care we provide to our patients and members,” said Patricia Hiserote, DO, Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa physician in chief. “We are always striving to deliver safe, compassionate care in a welcoming and healing environment.”

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.

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