Adventist Health Bakersfield

Patients that would definitely recommend
2% lower 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 250 Best Hospitals Award™ (2017)

Top 5% in the nation for consistently delivering clinical quality

Specialty Clinical Quality Awards

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

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

Joint Replacement Excellence Award™ (2019)

Superior clinical outcomes in knee and hip replacement

Coronary Intervention Excellence Award™ (2018)

Superior clinical outcomes in coronary intervention procedures (angioplasty with stent)

Cranial Neurosurgery Excellence Award™ (2018, 2017)

Superior clinical outcomes in cranial neurosurgery

Gynecologic Surgery Excellence Award™ (2017)

Superior clinical outcomes in gynecological surgery

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Safety Ratings

How well a hospital safeguards patients from potential complications

An event relating to foreign objects left in body during a surgery or procedure

1 rating was worse than expected

Catheter-related bloodstream infections acquired at the hospital

12 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
Collapsed lung due to a procedure or surgery in or around the chest
Hip fracture following surgery
Excessive bruising or bleeding as a consequence of a procedure or surgery
Acute kidney dysfunction following surgery
Respiratory failure following surgery
Deep blood clots in the lungs or legs following surgery
Bloodstream infection following surgery
Breakdown of abdominal incision site
Accidental cut, puncture, perforation or hemorrhage during medical care

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Hospital Quality

Clinical Ratings

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Cardiac

Complication Based Ratings

Procedure/Condition

In Hospital

Defibrillator Procedures

As Expected

Pacemaker Procedures

Better than Expected

Mortality Based Ratings

Procedure/Condition

Mortality In-Hospital Mortality within 30 days

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery

As Expected

Coronary Interventional Procedures (Inpatient)

As Expected

Heart Attack

As Expected

Heart Failure

Better than Expected

As Expected

Valve Surgery

As Expected

Specialty Excellence Awards

Coronary Intervention Excellence Award™

2018

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

Worse than Expected

As Expected

Colorectal Surgeries

As Expected

Esophageal/Stomach Surgeries

As Expected

Gastrointestinal Bleed

As Expected

Pancreatitis

Better than Expected

Small Intestine Surgeries

As Expected

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
1% higher than the national average

Would definitely recommend
2% lower than the national average

Location

Adventist Health Bakersfield

2615 Chester Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93301

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