33 Of CA’s Best Hospitals Named Among New 2022 Rankings
CALIFORNIA — In the last two years, the coronavirus pandemic has placed a renewed emphasis on access to safe, quality health care, and 33 California hospitals were named in a 2022 list of America's Best Hospitals.
Healthgrades, an online health care information company, released its list of hospitals on Tuesday, which highlights the top 1, 2 and 5 percent of hospitals in the nation.
Researchers looked at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid data between 2018 and 2020 for more than 4,500 hospitals nationwide to complete the study. Hospitals were ranked based on their performance regarding 31 commonly treated conditions and procedures including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, respiratory failure, sepsis and stroke.
Just 22 percent of U.S. adult patients said that they considered hospital quality the last time they selected a specialist, according to the report. Healthgrades said it connects consumers with the providers and hospitals who are right for their care needs.
"It is crucial to know the top-performing hospitals in your community and look to these centers of clinical excellence to support you and your family's health long-term," Burt Kann, executive vice president and Head of Product at Healthgrades said in a news release on Tuesday.
"Many individuals choose a specialist without considering the quality of the hospital where that doctor treats patients. These questions need to be asked, and Healthgrades has the answers."
If all hospitals performed similarly to Healthgrades America's Best Hospitals, 167,235 lives could potentially have been saved, the release says.
Healthgrades used a series of steps to compile its final rankings after a preliminary selection. Read the full methodology for the rankings.
"Healthgrades is putting the nation’s leading hospitals right at your fingertips," said Brad Bowman, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Head of Data Science at Healthgrades. "These consumer-focused awards highlight the quality and outcomes data needed in order to make an informed decision, an invaluable tool to have when considering your medical care."
Top 50:
Cedars - Sinai Medical Center
Eden Medical Center
Hoag Hospital Newport Beach
Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center
Mills-peninsula Medical Center
Northridge Hospital Medical Center
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center
Scripps Green Hospital
Sutter Roseville Medical Center
Top 100:
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
Memorial Medical Center
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego
St. Jude Medical Center
Stanford Health Care
UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
Top 250:
UCSD Medical Center - Hillcrest
UC Davis Medical Center
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital
St. Joseph Hospital Orange
St. John's Regional Medical Center
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Enloe Medical Center
Adventist Health Bakersfield
Adventist Health Glendale
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates Campus
Kaweah Health
Regional Medical Center Of San Jose
Arroyo Grande Community Hospital
Marian Regional Medical Center
Mountain View Campus (El Camino Hospital)
Queen Of The Valley Medical Center
This article originally appeared on the San Diego Patch
