Local Kaiser Hospitals Given 'Top Performer' Status

By Kaiser Permanente

The Fremont and Hayward hospital campuses of Kaiser Permanente are among four Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Northern California named “Top Performers in Key Quality Measures” in an annual report released this week by the Joint Commission.

The Joint Commission is the leading health-care accreditation organization in the U.S., responsible for inspecting and approving more than 19,000 health-care organizations and programs around the country.

The new “Top Performers” designation “recognizes accredited
hospitals and critical-access hospitals that attain and sustain excellence” on benchmarks that measure how well they treat a variety of serious medical conditions.

The four Kaiser Permanente Northern California hospitals on the list actually comprise seven campuses: Hayward/Fremont, Manteca/Modesto, Sacramento/Roseville, and South San Francisco.

They are joined by three Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Southern California — Harbor City, Panorama City and Woodland Hills.

“This honor is a testament not only to the seven hospitals named in Northern California, but to the work we are doing in all 21 of our hospitals in the Northern California region to provide high-quality health care and services and to improve the health and well-being of
our members and patients,” said Barbara Crawford, Vice President for Quality and Regulatory Services, Kaiser Permanente Northern California.

“Our integrated model of care, industry-leading use of health-information technology, expert doctors and staff, and practice of
evidence-based medicine, combine to make our hospitals models for quality of care in the 21st century," Crawford added.

The 405 organizations on the “Top Performer” list are identified as attaining and sustaining excellence in accountability measure performance for the full previous year.

They represent approximately 14 percent of Joint Commission-accredited hospitals and critical-access hospitals that report core measure performance data.

All of Kaiser Permanente hospitals named in the report performed at or better than 95 percent on all four of the core measures (acute myocardial infarction, pneumonia, heart failure and surgical care).

Click here to view the Joint Commission’s annual report, “Improving America’s Hospitals." For more information about the Joint
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