Twenty Kaiser Permanente Hospitals Honored by U.S. News & World Report

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Jul 21, 2015, 04:19 ET

OAKLAND, Calif., July 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Twenty Kaiser Permanente hospitals are among the nation's elite specialty care providers, according to the U.S. News & World Reports' 2015-16 Best Hospitals for Specialty Care rankings, published this week.

The annual rankings, considered to provide an objective guide to excellence in complex hospital care, are based on the evaluation of the nearly 5,000 medical centers nationwide. This year's rankings include the top 15 U.S. hospitals overall and the top 50 according to their performance in 16 key medical specialties. Now in its 26th year, the report also analyzes and rates facilities in most states and in major metropolitan regions (all U.S. regions with at least 500,000 in population).

Four Kaiser Permanente hospitals – Los Angeles, Downey, Sacramento and San Francisco – are among the nation's top 50 (99^th percentile) for four specialties: diabetes and endocrinology, cardiology and heart surgery, geriatrics and gynecology. Another 16 Kaiser Permanente hospitals are ranked among the top 50 in their state overall.

"Kaiser Permanente's commitment to world-class quality care is supported by this latest report from U.S. News & World Report," said Patrick Courneya, MD, executive vice president and chief medical officer for Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan. "This recognition of our specialty care is directly attributable to Kaiser Permanente's culture of continuous improvement, evidence-based practices and personalized service."

In all, Kaiser Permanente facilities are rated "high performing" in 12 different specialties.

"We're gratified to hear the latest report from U.S. News & World Report places us within the top tier of hospitals nationwide," said Amy Compton-Phillips, MD, chief quality officer, The Permanente Federation, the national umbrella organization for nearly 18,000 physicians who provide care to Kaiser Permanente's more than 10 million members. "Our tens of thousands of dedicated physicians, nurses, clinicians and care teams strive to put our patients at the center of everything we do, and these results validate that our quality care is working."

Hospitals in the U.S. News & World Report survey are ranked according to reputation, mortality, patient safety and other areas, including nurse staffing, technology and volume thresholds. Kaiser Permanente improves care outcomes by assembling specialized teams at regional centers of excellence for specialty care, such as cardiac surgery, neurology and oncology. In directing specialty cases to these centers, not all Kaiser Permanente hospitals meet the U.S. News & World Report volume thresholds.

For more information and complete rankings, visit U.S. News & World Report.

The Best Hospitals for Specialty Care recognition follows the recent release of the U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals for Common Care. In that study, 22 Kaiser Permanente hospitals were rated "high-performing" for at least one of five routine care procedures: heart bypass, hip replacement, knee replacement, congestive heart failure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

KAISER PERMANENTE'S "BEST HOSPITALS" FOR SPECIALTY CARE
Hospital	State ranking	Metro Area Rankings	Specialty "Ranked"
CALIFORNIA
Anaheim	23^rd	9^th (L.A. area)	High performing: orthopedics
Antioch	40^th	8^th (S.F. area)
Baldwin Park	40^th	15^th (L.A. area)
Downey	13^th	6^th (L.A. area)	Nationally ranked: 47th for diabetes & endocrinology High performing: gastroenterology & GI surgery, geriatrics, gynecology, neurology & neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology, urology
Fontana	19^th	1st (Riverside area)	High performing: diabetes & endocrinology, geriatrics, gynecology, orthopedics, pulmonology, urology
Los Angeles	10^th	4^th (L.A. area)	Nationally ranked: 25^th for cardiology & heart surgery, 39^th for geriatrics High performing: cancer, diabetes & endocrinology, gastroenterology & GI surgery, gynecology, nephrology, neurology & neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology, urology
Manteca	40^th	Best Hospitals: Central Valley & Stockton area
Oakland	40^th	8^th (S.F. area)
Riverside	33^rd	3^rd (Riverside area)	High performing: gynecology, orthopedics
Sacramento	27^th	2nd (Sacramento area); Best hospitals: Northern Sierras	Nationally ranked: 50^th for gynecology
San Diego	33^th	4^th (S.D. area)
San Francisco	12^th	3rd (S.F. area)	Nationally ranked: 45^th for cardiology & heart surgery High performing: cancer, gastroenterology & GI surgery, geriatrics, gynecology, neurology & neurosurgery, pulmonology, urology
Santa Clara	27^th	3rd (San Jose area)	High performing: urology
Santa Rosa	40^th	Best hospitals: Sonoma-Napa
South Sacramento	40^th	4th (Sacramento area); Best hospitals: Northern Sierra	High performing: gastroenterology & GI surgery, urology
South San Francisco	23^rd	6^th (S.F. area)	High performing: geriatrics, pulmonology
West Los Angeles	33^rd	14th (L.A. area)
Woodland Hills	27^th	11^th (L.A. area)	High performing: gastroenterology & GI surgery
HAWAII
Moanalua	2^nd (Hawaii)	Best hospitals: Honolulu & Honolulu (metro area)
OREGON
Sunnyside	4^th (Oregon)	4^th (Portland area); Best Hospital: Northwest Oregon	High performing: orthopedics, pulmonology

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 not-for-profit health plans. Founded in 1945, our mission is to provide high-quality, affordable health care services and to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve. We currently serve more than 10 million members in eight states and the District of Columbia. Care for members and patients is focused on their total health and guided by their personal 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: kp.org/share.

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