56 CA Hospitals Ranked In Top 10% For Patient Safety: See How Yours Ranks

Fifty-six hospitals in California were among hundreds across the country recognized for safety and patient experience in a new report.

Healthgrades, an online platform that helps people find and compare doctors, specialists and hospitals, announced Tuesday that 438 hospitals in 40 states met the criteria for its 2026 Patient Safety Excellence Award. They represent the top 10 percent of hospitals nationwide for patient safety.

Here are the California locations. Hospitals with one asterisk are in the Top 100 nationwide, and hospitals with two asterisks are in the Top 50.

Hospital Locations

• Adventist Health Glendale – Glendale
• Adventist Health Hanford – Hanford
• Adventist Health White Memorial – Los Angeles
• AHMC Anaheim Regional Medical Center – Anaheim
• Alta Bates Summit Medical Center** – Oakland
• Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Alta Bates Campus* – Berkeley
• City Of Hope Helford Clinical Research Hospital – Duarte
• Clovis Community Medical Center – Clovis
• Corona Regional Medical Center – Corona
• CPMC Mission Bernal Campus & Orthopedic Institute – San Francisco
• Dameron Hospital – Stockton
• Desert Valley Hospital – Victorville
• Docs Surgical Hospital – Los Angeles
• Emanuel Medical Center – Turlock
• Foothill Regional Medical Center – Tustin
• Good Samaritan Hospital – San Jose
• Hoag Orthopedic Institute – Irvine
• Huntington Beach Hospital – Huntington Beach
• Kaiser Permanente Manteca Medical Center – Manteca
• Kaiser Permanente Redwood City Medical Center – Redwood City
• Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco Medical Center – South San Francisco
• L A Downtown Medical Center – Los Angeles
• La Palma Intercommunity Hospital – La Palma
• Los Angeles Community Hospital – Los Angeles
• Los Robles Regional Medical Center – Thousand Oaks
• Marian Regional Medical Center – Santa Maria
• MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center – Laguna Hills
• Mercy Medical Center Merced – Merced
• Mercy San Juan Medical Center – Carmichael
• Methodist Hospital of Sacramento – Sacramento
• Mills-Peninsula Medical Center** – Burlingame
• Northridge Hospital Medical Center** – Northridge
• Novato Community Hospital – Novato
• Oroville Hospital – Oroville
• PIH Health Downey Hospital – Downey
• Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center – Pomona
• Providence Holy Cross Medical Center** – Mission Hills
• Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance – Torrance
• Providence Mission Hospital Mission Viejo – Mission Viejo
• Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center – Napa
• Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center – Burbank
• Providence St. Jude Medical Center – Fullerton
• Regional Medical Center of San Jose – San Jose
• Saint Francis Medical Center – Lynwood
• Sequoia Hospital – Redwood City
• Shasta Regional Medical Center – Redding
• Sherman Oaks Hospital – Sherman Oaks
• Southern California Hospital at Hollywood – Hollywood
• Sutter Davis Hospital – Davis
• Sutter Roseville Medical Center** – Roseville
• Sutter Solano Medical Center – Vallejo
• Sutter Tracy Community Hospital – Tracy
• UC San Diego Health Hillcrest Hillcrest Medical Center* – San Diego
• Washington Hospital – Fremont
• West Hills Hospital and Medical Center – West Hills
• Woodland Memorial Hospital – Woodland

Among these hospitals, some performed even better, ranking among the top 5 percent of hospitals nationwide.

• Adventist Health Glendale – Glendale
• Adventist Health Hanford – Hanford
• Adventist Health White Memorial – Los Angeles
• AHMC Anaheim Regional Medical Center – Anaheim
• CPMC Mission Bernal Campus & Orthopedic Institute – San Francisco
• Desert Valley Hospital – Victorville
• Good Samaritan Hospital – San Jose
• Huntington Beach Hospital – Huntington Beach
• Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco Medical Center – South San Francisco
• L A Downtown Medical Center – Los Angeles
• La Palma Intercommunity Hospital – La Palma
• Los Angeles Community Hospital – Los Angeles
• Los Robles Regional Medical Center – Thousand Oaks
• Lynwood (Saint Francis Medical Center) – Lynwood
• Marian Regional Medical Center – Santa Maria
• MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center – Laguna Hills
• Mercy Medical Center Merced – Merced
• Mercy San Juan Medical Center – Carmichael
• Methodist Hospital of Sacramento – Sacramento
• Northridge Hospital Medical Center** – Northridge
• Oroville Hospital – Oroville
• Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center – Pomona
• Providence Holy Cross Medical Center – Mission Hills
• Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance – Torrance
• Providence Mission Hospital Mission Viejo – Mission Viejo
• Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center – Burbank
• Regional Medical Center of San Jose* – San Jose
• Sherman Oaks Hospital – Sherman Oaks
• Southern California Hospital at Hollywood – Hollywood
• UC San Diego Health Hillcrest Hillcrest Medical Center – San Diego
• Universal Health Services (Corona Regional Medical Center) – Corona
• West Hills Hospital and Medical Center – West Hills
• Oroville Hospital – Oroville
• Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center – Pomona
• Regional Medical Center of San Jose – San Jose

Hospitals in the top 10 percent nationally include the following:

Los Angeles–Long Beach–Santa Ana, CA

Adventist Health Glendale – Glendale
Adventist Health White Memorial – Los Angeles
AHMC Anaheim Regional Medical Center – Anaheim
City Of Hope Helford Clinical Research Hospital – Duarte
Docs Surgical Hospital – Los Angeles
L A Downtown Medical Center – Los Angeles
Los Angeles Community Hospital – Los Angeles
PIH Health Downey Hospital – Downey
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center – Burbank
Saint Francis Medical Center – Lynwood
Sherman Oaks Hospital – Sherman Oaks
Southern California Hospital at Hollywood – Hollywood

Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario, CA

Corona Regional Medical Center – Corona
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center – Pomona

Oxnard–Thousand Oaks–Ventura, CA

Los Robles Regional Medical Center – Thousand Oaks

Santa Ana–Anaheim–Irvine / Orange County

Foothill Regional Medical Center – Tustin
Hoag Orthopedic Institute – Irvine
Huntington Beach Hospital – Huntington Beach
La Palma Intercommunity Hospital – La Palma
Providence St. Jude Medical Center – Fullerton

San Francisco–Oakland–Fremont, CA

Alta Bates Summit Medical Center – Oakland
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Alta Bates Campus – Berkeley
CPMC Mission Bernal Campus & Orthopedic Institute – San Francisco

San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara, CA

Good Samaritan Hospital – San Jose
Regional Medical Center of San Jose – San Jose

Napa, CA

Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center – Napa

Vallejo–Fairfield, CA

Sutter Solano Medical Center – Vallejo

Stockton, CA

Dameron Hospital – Stockton
Kaiser Permanente Manteca Medical Center – Manteca

Modesto, CA

Emanuel Medical Center – Turlock

Merced, CA

Mercy Medical Center Merced – Merced

Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville, CA

Mercy San Juan Medical Center – Carmichael
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento – Sacramento
Sutter Davis Hospital – Davis
Sutter Roseville Medical Center – Roseville
Woodland Memorial Hospital – Woodland

Fresno, CA

Clovis Community Medical Center – Clovis

Hanford–Corcoran, CA

Adventist Health Hanford – Hanford

Santa Barbara–Santa Maria–Goleta, CA

Marian Regional Medical Center – Santa Maria

San Diego–Carlsbad–San Marcos, CA

UC San Diego Health Hillcrest Hillcrest Medical Center – San Diego

Redding, CA

Shasta Regional Medical Center – Redding

Chico, CA

Oroville Hospital – Oroville

Victorville–Apple Valley, CA

Desert Valley Hospital – Victorville

San Francisco Bay Area additional CBSAs

Kaiser Permanente Redwood City Medical Center – Redwood City
Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco Medical Center – South San Francisco
Mills-Peninsula Medical Center – Burlingame
Sequoia Hospital – Redwood City
Washington Hospital – Fremont
Novato Community Hospital – Novato

The Patient Safety Excellence Award is based on an analysis of federal hospital data that evaluates how well hospitals protect patients from serious complications during inpatient care. Healthgrades looked at 13 measures of patient safety, such as infections, surgical complications and other preventable problems.

To qualify for the award, hospitals must meet strict quality standards and show strong performance on most of those safety measures. They also cannot have any reported cases of a foreign object, such as a sponge or surgical tool, being left inside a patient during a procedure. In addition, hospitals must report data on most of the key safety indicators used to evaluate performance.

If all hospitals performed as well as the award winners, 100,819 patient safety events could have been avoided between 2022 and 2024, Healthgrades said in a news release. Patients treated in award-winning facilities were significantly less likely to experience the four most common patient safety accidents and medical errors, which represent a serious, preventable complication and account for 78 percent of all safety events.

In the award-winning hospitals:

• An in-hospital fall resulting in a fracture was 52.4 percent less likely
• A collapsed lung due to a procedure or surgery in or around the chest was 57.5 percent less likely
• A catheter-related bloodstream infection acquired in the hospital was 67.8 percent less likely
• A pressure or bed sore acquired in the hospital was 71.9 percent less likely

View the full Patient Safety Excellence Award recipient list and metholodology on healthgrades.com.

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