uly 17, 2024- Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest nonprofit, integrated health care provider, today announced that 37 of its hospitals received recognition from U.S. News & World Report in its annual hospital analysis. U.S. News & World Report’s 2024–25 Best Hospitals report shows how well hospitals perform in 35 areas of care. Nearly 5,000 U.S. hospitals were evaluated.
According to the report:
- In one or more areas of care, 37 Kaiser Permanente hospitals are “high performing.” High performers are among the top 10% to 20% of all hospitals rated.
- The number of Kaiser Permanente hospitals that are “high performing” in specific categories are as follows:
- Stroke treatment: 32
- Heart failure treatment: 29
- Kidney failure treatment: 16
- Heart attack treatment: 16
- Colon cancer surgery: 8
- Nationwide, 4 Kaiser Permanente hospitals are in the top 50 for an area of specialty care:
- The Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center is 23rd in California for overall care and 40th nationwide for neurology and neurosurgery.
- The Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center is 28th nationwide for rehabilitation services and treatment.
- Kaiser Permanente’s Orange County–Anaheim and Orange County–Irvine medical centers are 47th in the nation for pulmonology and lung surgery.
- At least one of Kaiser Permanente’s hospitals are nationally ranked or rated as “high performing” in these 8 specialty care areas:
- Cardiology and heart surgery
- Gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery
- Geriatrics
- Neurology and neurosurgery
- Orthopedics
- Pulmonology and lung surgery
- Rehabilitation
- Urology