U.S. News & World Report Honors Alta Bates Summit Medical Center

Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, part of the Sutter Health not-for-profit, integrated network of care, today achieved recognition as among the best hospitals in California for 2020-21 from U.S. News & World Report. The annual rankings rate top hospitals in the state and in major metropolitan regions according to their performance across 26 adult specialties, procedures and conditions.

Alta Bates Summit Medical Center’s Oakland campus earned a ranking of #51 in California and #8 in the San Francisco metro area. Alta Bates Summit’s Oakland campus earned high-performing rankings in three procedures/conditions: heart failure, heart bypass surgery and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Alta Bates Summit’s Berkeley campus achieved high-performing rankings in two procedures/conditions: heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

"I’m both pleased and proud to share the news that Alta Bates Summit Medical Center earned a spot in the annual U.S. News & World Report hospital rankings. Recognitions like this one honor the employees and clinicians who dedicate themselves daily to delivering high-quality, compassionate care," said David D. Clark, Alta Bates Summit CEO.

Two other Sutter hospitals are among the top 10 hospitals in the San Francisco metro area: California Pacific Medical Center – Van Ness Campus* in San Francisco and Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame. Additionally, two Sutter hospitals are among the top 10 hospitals in the Sacramento metro area, including Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento and Sutter Roseville Medical Center.

“Safety and quality are in our DNA,” said Bill Isenberg, M.D., chief quality and safety officer for Sutter Health. “Recognitions like these honor our network’s doctors, nurses, clinicians and employees who compassionately care for patients and their families across Northern California.”

Other Sutter hospital campuses ranked among the top 50 in the state include:

• California Pacific Medical Center – Van Ness Campus* (High-performing in five procedures/conditions and four specialties)
• Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento (High-performing in six procedures/conditions and one specialty)
• Sutter Roseville Medical Center (High-performing in five procedures/conditions)

Five additional Sutter hospital campuses earned recognition today as “high performers” in at least one adult specialty, condition or procedure, including:

• Memorial Medical Center (High-performing in two procedures/conditions)
• Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (High-performing in three procedures/conditions)
• Stanislaus Surgical Hospital (High-performing in one procedure/condition)
• Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital (High-performing in two procedures/conditions)
• Sutter Delta Medical Center (High-performing in two procedures/conditions)

Sutter Health’s not-for-profit network set out to build a truly integrated system—one that offers comprehensive patient services and quality health programs tailored to the diverse communities it serves. Today, Sutter Health cares for more than 3 million patients throughout its Northern California network of physicians, hospitals, home health providers and other services. Its coordination and focus on standardizing best practices reduce complications in care, lower hospital readmission rates and bring down the total cost of care.

“For more than 30 years, U.S. News & World Report has been helping patients, along with the help of their physicians, identify the Best Hospitals in an array of specialties, procedures and conditions,” said Ben Harder, managing editor and chief of health analysis at U.S. News. “The hospitals that rise to the top of our rankings and ratings have deep medical expertise, and each has built a track record of delivering good outcomes for patients.”

The U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals survey ranked hospitals according to risk-adjusted survival and readmission rates, volume, patient experience, patient safety, quality of nursing care, physician surveys and other care-related indicators.

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

* Many of the services recognized had originally been performed at California Pacific Medical Center – Pacific Campus and are now located at California Pacific Medical Center – Van Ness Campus.