Kaiser Permanente hospitals rated among nation's best

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Jul 16, 2024, 12:57 ET

U.S. News & World Report recognizes Kaiser Permanente's medical facilities for providing safe, high-quality care.

OAKLAND, Calif., July 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaiser Permanente, the nation's largest nonprofit, integrated health care provider, today announced that 37 of its hospitals received recognition from U.S. News & World Report in its annual hospital analysis.

U.S. News & World Report's 2024-25 Best Hospitals report shows how well hospitals perform in 35 areas of care. Nearly 5,000 U.S. hospitals were evaluated.

According to the report:

In one or more areas of care, 37 Kaiser Permanente hospitals are "high performing." High performers are among the top 10% to 20% of all hospitals rated.
The number of Kaiser Permanente hospitals that are "high performing" in specific categories are as follows:

Stroke treatment: 32
Heart failure treatment: 29
Kidney failure treatment: 16
Heart attack treatment: 16
Colon cancer surgery: 8

Nationwide, 4 Kaiser Permanente hospitals are in the top 50 for an area of specialty care:

The Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center is 23rd in California for overall care and 40th nationwide for neurology and neurosurgery.
The Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center is 28th nationwide for rehabilitation services and treatment.
Kaiser Permanente's Orange County–Anaheim and Orange County–Irvine medical centers are 47th in the nation for pulmonology and lung surgery.

At least one of Kaiser Permanente's hospitals are nationally ranked or rated as "high performing" in these 8 specialty care areas:

Cardiology and heart surgery
Gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery
Geriatrics
Neurology and neurosurgery
Orthopedics
Pulmonology and lung surgery
Rehabilitation
Urology

High-quality, equitable care

For the first time, the U.S. News Best Hospitals report honored success in caring for patients in historically underserved communities. These patients often face many social and economic challenges in receiving health care.

Three Kaiser Permanente hospitals received the new recognition. Kaiser Permanente's Fontana, Ontario and South Sacramento medical centers were on U.S. News' list of Best Regional Hospitals for Equitable Access.

"This recognition reflects our dedication to providing quality care for all our members," said Andrew Bindman, MD, executive vice president and chief medical officer at Kaiser Permanente. "Year after year, our strong quality rankings show the value of our unique model of health care."

State rankings

Fourteen Kaiser Permanente hospitals in California ranked among the top 60 in the state for overall care:

Orange County–Anaheim Medical Center
Baldwin Park Medical Center
Fontana Medical Center
Orange County–Irvine Medical Center
Los Angeles Medical Center
Oakland Medical Center
Ontario Medical Center
Richmond Medical Center
Roseville Medical Center
San Diego Medical Center
San Francisco Medical Center
Santa Clara Medical Center
South Sacramento Medical Center
Zion Medical Center (in San Diego)

Kaiser Permanente's Moanalua Medical Center in Honolulu ranked second in Hawaii while Kaiser Permanente's Sunnyside Medical Center in Clackamas, Oregon, ranked fifth in the state.

"Our hospitals' performance in their home states reflects the breadth of medical expertise across Kaiser Permanente's footprint and the patient-centered care delivered by our multidisciplinary teams of doctors, nurses and other clinicians," said Nancy Gin, MD, FACP, executive vice president of quality and chief quality officer for The Permanente Federation. "To be high performing in so many areas of advanced care and treatment highlights our specialty physicians and clinicians, who meet the care needs of our patients every day."

In its hospital analysis, U.S. News uses measures such as risk-adjusted mortality rates, preventable complications, level of nursing care, expert opinion and patient experience. For more information, visit U.S. News & World Report.

About Kaiser Permanente

Kaiser Permanente is committed to helping shape the future of health care. We are recognized as one of America's leading health care providers and nonprofit health plans. Founded in 1945, Kaiser Permanente has a mission to provide high-quality, affordable health care services and to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve. We currently serve nearly 12.6 million members in 8 states and the District of Columbia. Care for members and patients is focused on their total health and guided by their personal Permanente Medical Group physicians, specialists, and team of caregivers. Our expert and caring medical teams are empowered and supported by industry-leading technology advances and tools for health promotion, disease prevention, state-of-the-art care delivery, and world-class chronic disease management. Kaiser Permanente is dedicated to care innovations, clinical research, health education, and the support of community health. For more information, go to about.kp.org.

For more information, contact:
Vincent Staupe, [email protected]

SOURCE Kaiser Permanente