51 Florida Hospitals Honored For Patient Safety, Experience

FLORIDA — A total of 51 Florida hospitals were recognized by Healthgrades as excelling in at least one of two award categories. The 2019 awards recognized hospitals for patient safety and patient experience.

In a press release, Healthgrades said the awards "recognize the hospitals around the country that make patient safety a top priority and provide an outstanding patient experience." Overall, 460 hospitals in the United States achieved the Healthgrades "Patient Safety Excellence Award" and 434 hospitals achieved the "Outstanding Patient Experience Award."

In Florida, 38 hospitals achieved the patient safety award and 13 hospitals achieved the patient experience award.

Below are the Florida hospitals that achieved the "Patient Safety Excellence Award":

• AdventHealth Ocala, Ocala
• Aventura Hospital & Medical Center, Aventura
• Brandon Regional Hospital, Brandon
• Capital Regional Medical Center, Tallahassee
• Coral Gables Hospital, Coral Gables
• Delray Medical Center, Delray Beach
• Doctors Hospital Of Sarasota, Sarasota
• Englewood Community Hospital, Englewood
• Fawcett Memorial Hospital, Port Charlotte
• Gulf Breeze Hospital, Gulf Breeze
• Gulf Coast Medical Center, Fort Myers
• Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center, Panama City
• Kendall Regional Medical Center, Miami
• Lake City Medical Center, Lake City
• Lehigh Regional Medical Center, Lehigh Acres
• Mease Countryside Hospital, Safety Harbor
• Medical Center of Trinity, Trinity
• Memorial Hospital, Jacksonville
• Morton Plant North Bay Hospital, New Port Richey
• North Okaloosa Medical Center, Crestview
• North Shore Medical Center, Miami, including: Florida Medical Center, Lauderdale Lakes
• Northwest Medical Center, Margate
• Oak Hill Hospital, Brooksville
• Ocala Regional Medical Center, Ocala, including: West Marion Community Hospital, Ocala
• Palms Of Pasadena Hospital, South Pasadena
• Palms West Hospital, Loxahatchee
• Putnam Community Medical Center, Palatka
• Raulerson Hospital, Okeechobee
• Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point, Hudson
• Saint Vincents Medical Center - Clay County, Middleburg
• Shands Starke Regional Medical Center, Starke
• South Bay Hospital, Sun City Center
• St. Lucie Medical Center, Port Saint Lucie
• Twin Cities Hospital, Niceville
• University Hospital and Medical Center, Tamarac
• Venice Regional Bayfront Health, Venice
• West Boca Medical Center, Boca Raton
• West Florida Hospital, Pensacola

And these Florida hospitals achieved the "Outstanding Patient Experience Award":

• AdventHealth Waterman, Tavares
• AdventHealth Wesley Chapel, Wesley Chapel
• Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston
• Mariners Hospital, Tavernier
• Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville
• Mease Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin
• Memorial Hospital Miramar, Miramar
• Sacred Heart Hospital On the Emerald Coast, Miramar Beach
• Sacred Heart Hospital On The Gulf, Port Saint Joe
• Saint Vincents Medical Center - Clay County, Middleburg
• St. Joseph's Hospital, Tampa
• Viera Hospital, Melbourne
• West Kendall Baptist Hospital, Miami

Healthgrades says the hospitals that achieved the patient safety award are among the top 10 percent of all short-term acute hospitals that report patient safety data. By Healthgrades' estimate, nearly 128,000 patient safety incidents could have been avoided if all hospitals performed similarly to the ones recognized for safety.

You can read more about the awards and the methodology behind them here.