Scripps Encinitas Ranks Among Top 100 Hospitals For 2021

ENCINITAS, CA — As the coronavirus places renewed importance on our access to safe, quality health care, a new ranking by Healthgrades has recognized hospitals in San Diego County, including Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, for superior performance in the years leading up to the pandemic.

Healthgrades, an online health care information company, recently released its 2021 list of America’s Best Hospitals. The annual ranking recognizes the top 1, 2 and 5 percent of hospitals in the nation.

To compile the ranking, researchers looked at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid data from fiscal years 2017-19 for more than 4,500 hospitals nationwide. Researchers then analyzed how each performed across 32 conditions and procedures including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, respiratory failure, sepsis and stroke.

In a release announcing the 2021 list, Healthgrades said that patients treated in ranked hospitals have a 27.4 percent lower chance of dying than if they were treated in hospitals that are unranked.

This also means that if all hospitals performed similarly to Healthgrades America’s Best Hospitals, 167,235 lives could potentially have been saved, the release says.

After identifying eligible hospitals, Healthgrades used a series of steps to compile its final rankings. Read the full methodology for the rankings.

Here are the San Diego area hospitals ranked among the best in the nation:

Top 50:

• Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla)

Top 100:

• Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (Encinitas)

Top 250:

• Palomar Medical Center Escondido (Escondido)
• Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego (San Diego)
• UCSD Medical Center - Hillcrest (San Diego)

“Now more than ever, consumers understand the importance of researching hospitals and finding the best organization to meet their health care needs,” Dr. Brad Bowman, chief medical officer of Healthgrades, said in a release. “Especially in this era of COVID-19, we commend the recipients … for their commitment to providing superior outcomes and keeping their communities safe.”

In addition to its Best Hospitals ranking, Healthgrades provides information to consumers based on patient surveys, data from government sources and data that comes directly from providers or practices.

You can see the full list of the top 50, 100 and 250 hospitals from Healthgrades on its website.