Prime Healthcare announced today that 36 of its hospitals in 13 states are recipients of the Healthgrades 2020 Patient Safety Excellence AwardTM. With this recognition, Prime Healthcare has more Patient Safety Excellence Award recipients for five consecutive years (2016-2020) than any other health system in the country. The distinction places 26 of Prime Healthcare’s hospitals in the top 5% and 10 others in the top 10% of all acute care hospitals reporting patient safety data as evaluated by Healthgrades, a leading resource connecting consumers, physicians and health systems.

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Prime Healthcare Honored With More
Healthgrades' 2020 Patient Safety Excellence
Award
Prime Healthcare
Prime Healthcare​ announced today that 36 of its hospitals in 13 states are recipients of the
Healthgrades 2020 Patient Safety Excellence Award​TM​
. With this recognition, Prime
Healthcare has more Patient Safety Excellence Award recipients for five consecutive years
(2016-2020) than any other health system in the country.
The distinction places 26 of Prime Healthcare’s hospitals in the top 5% and 10 others in the
top 10% of all acute care hospitals reporting patient safety data as evaluated by
Healthgrades​, a leading resource connecting consumers, physicians and health systems.

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“The need for hospitals to provide a safe environment for all patients is more important
than ever. We commend Prime Healthcare and its hospitals for their success in providing
quality care and supporting their local communities across the country,” said Rob
Draughon, CEO, Healthgrades.
“Providing exceptional care and ensuring patient safety are at the core of our mission and
has been especially critical during this pandemic. We are grateful that nearly all our
hospitals were honored by Healthgrades,” said Sunny Bhatia, MD, CEO of Region I and
Corporate Chief Medical Officer for Prime Healthcare.
Healthgrades found that patients treated in hospitals receiving the Patient Safety
Excellence Award were, on average*:
● 48.3% less likely to experience a collapsed lung due to a procedure or surgery in or
around the chest, than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals.
● 54.4% less likely to experience a hip fracture following surgery, than patients treated
at non-recipient hospitals.
● 66.8% less likely to experience pressure sores or bed sores acquired in the hospital,
than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals.
● 63% less likely to experience catheter-related bloodstream infections acquired at
the hospital, than patients treated at non- recipient hospitals.
In addition, if all hospitals in the country performed at the level of award recipients for each
of the 13 patient safety indicators, 110,864 patient safety events could have been avoided.*
Prime Healthcare​’s hospitals in California that received the award are: Alvarado Hospital
Medical Center, Centinela Hospital Medical Center, Chino Valley Medical Center, Encino
Hospital Medical Center, Garden Grove Hospital Medical Center, Glendora Oaks Behavioral
Health, Huntington Beach Hospital, La Palma Intercommunity Hospital, Montclair Hospital
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Medical Center, Paradise Valley Hospital, San Dimas Community Hospital, Shasta Regional
Medical Center, Sherman Oaks Hospital, and West Anaheim Medical Center.
Other ​Prime Healthcare hospitals​ that received the award are: Riverview Regional Medical
Center in AL; Lehigh Regional Medical Center in FL; Monroe Hospital in IN; Providence
Medical Center in KS; Garden City Hospital and Lake Huron Medical Center in MI; St. Joseph
Medical Center and St. Mary's Medical Center in MO; Saint Clare's Health, Saint Michael's
Medical Center and St. Mary's General Hospital in NJ; North Vista Hospital and Saint Mary's
Regional Medical Center in NV; Coshocton Regional Medical Center and East Liverpool City
Hospital in OH; Lower Bucks Hospital, Roxborough Memorial Hospital and Suburban
Community Hospital in PA; Landmark Medical Center in RI; and Dallas Medical Center,
Dallas Regional Medical Center and Knapp Medical Center in TX.In May, 19 Prime
Healthcare hospitals in ten states were awarded an 'A' rating in the spring 2020 Leapfrog
Hospital Safety Grade, a designation widely acknowledged as one of the most competitive
honors American hospitals can receive for patient safety and quality.
View Healthgrades ​hospital quality methodologies​.
*Statistics are calculated from Healthgrades Patient Safety Ratings and Excellence Award
methodology which is based primarily on AHRQ technical specifications (Version 2019.0.1) to
MedPAR data for years 2016 through 2018 and represent three-year estimates for Medicare
patients only.
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