Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center

Patients that would definitely recommend
5% higher than the national average

Awards

Healthgrades awards tell you which hospitals deliver superior quality care. Healthgrades evaluates hospital performance using objective quality measures including clinical outcomes and patient safety, as well as patient experience.

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Hospital Quality Awards

America's 100 Best Hospitals Award™ (2018, 2017)

Top 2% in the nation for consistently delivering clinical quality year over year

America's 250 Best Hospitals Award™ (2018, 2017)

Top 5% in the nation for consistently delivering clinical quality

Specialty Clinical Quality Awards

America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Joint Replacement Award™ (2019, 2018)

Superior clinical outcomes in knee and hip replacement

America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery Award™ (2019, 2018, 2017)

Superior clinical outcomes in back and neck surgery, spinal fusion, hip fracture treatment, hip replacement, and total knee replacement

America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Prostate Surgery Award™ (2019, 2018, 2017)

Superior clinical outcomes in prostate removal surgery and transurethral resection of the prostate

Bariatric Surgery Excellence Award™ (2018)

Superior clinical outcomes in bariatric (weight loss) surgery

Critical Care Excellence Award™ (2017)

Superior clinical outcomes in treating pulmonary embolism, respiratory system failure, sepsis, and diabetic emergencies

General Surgery Excellence Award™ (2017)

Superior clinical outcomes in bowel obstruction treatment, colorectal surgeries, gallbladder removal, esophageal/stomach surgeries, and small intestine surgeries

Joint Replacement Excellence Award™ (2017)

Superior clinical outcomes in knee and hip replacement

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Safety Ratings

How well a hospital safeguards patients from potential complications

No events relating to foreign objects left in body during a surgery or procedure

2 ratings were worse than expected

Collapsed lung due to a procedure or surgery in or around the chest
Accidental cut, puncture, perforation or hemorrhage during medical care

1 rating was better than expected

10 ratings were as expected

Death in procedures where mortality is usually very low
Pressure sores or bed sores acquired in the hospital
Death following a serious complication after surgery
Catheter-related bloodstream infections acquired at the hospital
Hip fracture following surgery
Excessive bruising or bleeding as a consequence of a procedure or surgery
Acute kidney dysfunction following surgery
Deep blood clots in the lungs or legs following surgery
Bloodstream infection following surgery
Breakdown of abdominal incision site

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Hospital Quality

Clinical Ratings

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Cardiac

Critical Care

Gastrointestinal

Complication Based Ratings

Procedure/Condition

In Hospital

Gallbladder Removal Surgery

As Expected

Mortality Based Ratings

Procedure/Condition

Mortality In-Hospital Mortality within 30 days

Bowel Obstruction

Better than Expected

Colorectal Surgeries

Worse than Expected

Esophageal/Stomach Surgeries

As Expected

Gastrointestinal Bleed

As Expected

Worse than Expected

Pancreatitis

As Expected

Small Intestine Surgeries

As Expected

Specialty Excellence Awards

General Surgery Excellence Award™

2017

Neurosciences

Orthopedic

Prostate Surgery

Pulmonary

Spine Surgery

Vascular

Data Source

Patient Experience

Patient experience measures tell you how patients felt about the care they received at the hospital. These measures are based on the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Patients who gave a rating of 9 or 10
4% higher than the national average

Would definitely recommend
5% higher than the national average

Location

Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center

6600 Bruceville Rd, Sacramento, CA 95823

Call

Directions (916) 688-2000