Kaiser Permanente's SilVal hospitals ranked High Performing by U.S.News

Kaiser Permanente’s Santa Clara and San Jose Hospitals have been rated high performing in procedures and treating conditions in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals for Common Care ratings. The ratings evaluated more than 4,500 hospitals nationwide on common inpatient procedures and conditions.
“This recognition from U.S. News & World Report is more than just a rating. It represents lives saved and improved outcomes for Kaiser Permanente patients,” said Chris Boyd, Senior Vice President and Area Manager at Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center.

Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara scored “high performing” in cardiac bypass surgery, hip replacement, and knee surgery. Kaiser Permanente’s San Jose Hospital scored “high performing” in treating heart failure.

“This is an honor, and it is truly the dedication of our physicians, nurses and staff at Kaiser Permanente San Jose who ensure that our patients receive world-class treatment at our facilities that makes these high marks possible,” said Irene Chavez, Senior Vice President and Area manager at Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center.

U.S. News evaluated hospitals in five procedures and medical conditions – heart bypass surgery, hip replacement, knee replacement, heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) – and issued ratings of high performing, average or below average. Only about 10 percent of the hospitals evaluated nationwide were rated as high performers in one or more procedures.

Ten Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Northern California, including Santa Clara and San Jose received high performing ratings in one or more procedures. Nationally, twenty-two Kaiser Permanente hospitals were rated high performing in one or more procedures.

Only 15 hospitals nationwide scored “high-performing” for bypass surgery, and Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara was one of them.

U.S. News created Best Hospitals for Common Care to help patients find better care for the kinds of common procedures and medical conditions that account for millions of hospitalizations each year. Objective outcome measures such as deaths, infections, readmissions, and operations that need to be repeated as well as patient satisfaction data largely determined the ratings. The Best Hospitals for Common Care ratings rely on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data for patients 65 and older, as well as survey data from the American Hospital Association and clinical registry data from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

The ratings are freely available at http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals