Kaiser Permanente Oakland Among Best Hospitals In Nation

OAKLAND, CA — Twenty-two California hospitals received Healthgrades' "America's Best Hospitals Award" for 2018. Ten hospitals that received the award were in the top 1 percent of hospitals in the country and the others were in the top 2 percent of hospitals in the country. Among the recipients - Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Oakland

According to Healthgrades, the hospitals that receive its awards have superior clinical outcomes across the majority of common inpatient conditions and procedures. Healthgrades says that these hospitals sustained their performance for at least five consecutive years.

The analysis by Healthgrades found that these hospitals outperformed their counterparts in treating a core group of conditions that account for more than 80 percent of deaths in the areas evaluated for the rankings.

The California hospitals that ranked among the best 100 hospitals in America are:

• Cedars - Sinai Medical Center West Hollywood, CA (Top 1 percent)
• Eden Medical Center Castro Valley, CA (Top 1 percent)
• Hoag Hospital Newport Beach Newport Beach, CA (Top 1 percent)
• John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Walnut Creek, CA (Top 1 percent)
• Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center Baldwin Park, CA (Top 2 percent)
• Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center Oakland, CA (Top 2 percent)
• >>Including: Kaiser Permanente Richmond Medical Center Richmond, CA (Top 2 percent)
• Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center San Francisco, CA (Top 2 percent)
• Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center San Jose, CA (Top 2 percent)
• Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center Santa Clara, CA (Top 2 percent)
• Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center Santa Rosa, CA (Top 2 percent)
• Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center Sacramento, CA (Top 2 percent)
• Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center Woodland Hills, CA (Top 1 percent)
• Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael, CA (Top 2 percent)
• Mills-Peninsula Medical Center Burlingame, CA (Top 1 percent)
• >>Including: Mills Health Center San Mateo, CA (Top 1 percent)
• Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge, CA (Top 1 percent)
• Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills, CA (Top 2 percent)
• Providence Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana, CA (Top 2 percent)
• Scripps Green Hospital La Jolla, CA (Top 1 percent)
• Sutter Roseville Medical Center Roseville, CA (Top 1 percent)
• Washington Hospital Fremont, CA (Top 2 percent)

The top 50 hospitals in the country received Healthgrades' Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence for at least seven consecutive years. The top 100 hospitals received the award for at least the last five years. Hospitals that receive the Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence are evaluated for performance on 32 procedures and conditions to identify the hospitals with superior performance overall. Healthgrades then determines an overall performance score for each hospital.

The procedures and conditions evaluated in the methodology include heart attack, pancreatitis, pneumonia, sepsis, stroke, bariatric surgery, defibrillator procedures and spinal fusion. (Read more about the methodology here.)

To be eligible for the rankings, a hospital must be evaluated in at least 21 of the procedures and conditions. Healthgrades uses Medicare inpatient data purchased from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

See the full list of hospitals that made the list here.

Written by Maggie Avants; Image via Shutterstock