Hospitals on the honor roll had to meet a rigorous threshold of performance by having at least two-thirds of measure results above the 50th percentile and no measure result below the 10th percentile and/or Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade A for the past three reporting periods. To address California’s opioid epidemic and accelerate hospital progress to reduce opioid related deaths, CHC publishes an annual Opioid Care Honor Roll to support continued quality improvement and recognize hospitals for their contributions fighting the epidemic. Congratulations to the 124 California hospitals that met or surpassed the statewide target NTSV Cesarean Birth rate of 23.9 for low-risk, first-time mothers The hospitals were recognized by the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHS) and Cal Hospital Compare in an honor roll release based on their NTSV Cesarean Birth rates in. “This is further confirmation that our Kaiser Permanente hospitals are the best places to receive care.” “From the clinics to the pharmacies to the operating rooms, our care teams are committed to keeping our members healthy and safe,” said Chris Walker, MD, physician in chief for Kaiser Permanente Napa Solano. The Patient Safety Honor Roll uses objective, publicly available patient safety measures to evaluate hospitals across a variety of domains including hospital acquired infections, adverse patient safety events, sepsis management, patient experience, and Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. Cal Hospital Compare is collecting, analyzing and publishing quality information about California acute care hospitals. “One of our main priorities is to provide safe care to every patient every time, and we are proud to be on a list that validates all those efforts,” Senior vice president and area manager for Kaiser Permanente Napa Solano, Darryl Curry, said in the news release. Kaiser Permanente Northern California had 14 hospitals on the honor roll – representing 17 percent of the hospitals recognized. Visit our website to learn more about maternity services at Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital.Kaiser Permanente announced this week that its Vallejo And Vacaville Medical Centers have been named to the Cal Hospital Compare 2023 Patient Safety Honor Roll for providing patients with safe care across dozens of measures.Īccording to a news release, the honor roll recognizes 82 of the state’s 347 adult, acute care hospitals. As for babies, surgery brings risks, including higher rates of infection, respiratory complications, neonatal intensive care unit stays, and lower breastfeeding rates. Compared to all other CAHs nationally, Californias CAHs reported at a rate that was higher for inpatient measures (88.2 of CAHs vs. Overuse of C-sections for mothers can result in higher rates of complications like hemorrhage, transfusions, infection, and blood clots. The improvement of low-risk C-section rates by California hospitals ultimately protects mothers and babies, according to CalHHS and CHC.
This year’s award reflects the calendar year 2021 hospital discharge and birth certificate data from 211 California hospitals that offer maternity services and participate in the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative’s Maternal Data Center.Įvery year, more than 420,000 babies are born in California, with childbirth being the number one cause of hospitalization nationwide.
“We are honored to be recognized again for living out our values and mission in low-risk and high-risk obstetrics care, which subsequently provides the best outcomes for mothers and their babies.”
“Providing care for all maternity patients through the lens of quality, safety, and equity is our core mission at Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital,” said Courtney Martin, DO, medical director of quality improvement for Children’s Hospital. This list recognized 108 hospitals that met or surpassed the statewide target to reduce births via Cesarean section (C-section) in first-time mothers with low-risk pregnancies. Adventist Health Clear Lake is one of 12 medical centers out of 450 in the Premier Hospital Engagement Network to receive Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recognition as top performer in 6 or more measures in a pilot program, Partnership for Patients (PFP). California Health and Human Services Agency (CalHHS), in partnership with Cal Hospital Compare (CHC), named Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital to their 2022 Maternity Honor Roll in August, celebrating the hospital’s high performance in quality maternity care. Cal Healthcare Compare makes it easy to find and compare the quality of hospitals and nursing homes in California.
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