Facilities recognized as top quality performers nationwide
March 22, 2024 – HCA Florida Healthcare announced today 32 of its 48 hospitals received the 2024 Patient Safety Excellence Award by Healthgrades, the leading resource patients use to find a hospital or doctor. This award recognizes the top ten percent of hospitals nationally for quality and patient safety initiatives, and underscores HCA Florida Healthcare’s commitment to delivering outstanding care across its network.
To promote this commitment to quality and safety, HCA Florida Healthcare fosters collaboration among its facilities to help continuously improve patient care, using evidence-based guidance, tools, measurement, advanced analytics and data science to support safe, effective, efficient, compassionate care.
“As one of the largest healthcare networks in the state, HCA Florida Healthcare is committed to the care and improvement of human life. This mission drives our pursuit of delivering excellent care through our more than 8.6 million patient encounters throughout Florida each year. We are proud to receive recognition from Healthgrades for our commitment to safe and accessible healthcare across the state, and appreciate the efforts of our care teams to ensure a high-quality patient experience,” said Richard A. Hammett, president, Atlantic Group, HCA Healthcare.
Healthgrades evaluated risk-adjusted complication and mortality rates for approximately 4,500 hospitals nationwide to determine this year’s top-performing hospitals for patient safety. Those receiving a Patient Safety Excellence Award demonstrated minimal occurrences of preventable safety events, including falls and hospital-acquired infections.
“HCA Florida Healthcare has cultivated an outstanding safety culture that prioritizes the well-being of both patients and staff, setting a high standard for patient safety nationwide,” said Brad Bowman, MD, chief medical officer and head of data science at Healthgrades. “We’re proud to recognize this state-wide network for providing top-quality care while preventing serious injuries to patients.”
HCA Florida Healthcare hospitals receiving the 2024 Patient Safety Excellence Award include:
- HCA Florida Aventura Hospital
- HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital
- HCA Florida Blake Hospital
- HCA Florida Brandon Hospital
- HCA Florida Capital Hospital
- HCA Florida Englewood Hospital
- HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital
- HCA Florida JFK Hospital
- HCA Florida JFK North Hospital
- HCA Florida Kendall Hospital
- HCA Florida Lake City Hospital
- HCA Florida Lake Monroe Hospital
- HCA Florida Memorial Hospital
- HCA Florida North Florida Hospital
- HCA Florida Northside Hospital
- HCA Florida Northwest Hospital
- HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital
- HCA Florida Ocala Hospital
- HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital
- HCA Florida Osceola Hospital
- HCA Florida Palms West Hospital
- HCA Florida Pasadena Hospital
- HCA Florida Raulerson Hospital
- HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital
- HCA Florida South Tampa Hospital
- HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital
- HCA Florida St. Petersburg Hospital
- HCA Florida Trinity Hospital
- HCA Florida West Hospital
- HCA Florida Westside Hospital
- HCA Florida Woodmont Hospital
- Oviedo Medical Center
For more information on its methodology for measuring hospital quality, please visit the Healthgrades website.
About HCA Florida Healthcare
HCA Florida Healthcare, a part of HCA Healthcare, is a family of more than 650 affiliated sites of care, including hospitals, physician practices, freestanding emergency rooms and urgent care centers. United as a statewide network in 2022, HCA Florida Healthcare includes approximately 11,000 experienced doctors and more than 79,000 colleagues working together to deliver equitable, evidence-based collaborative care to more than 8.6 million patient encounters each year. HCA Florida Healthcare is committed to improving more lives in more ways and giving back to the communities it serves. The network provides more than $848.8 million in uncompensated care and contributes $2.1 million to community organizations across the state. In addition, HCA Florida Healthcare offers patients access to highly-trained specialists, including the state’s largest cardiovascular network. A strong advocate for the next generation of healthcare professionals, HCA Florida Healthcare is also a major supporter of university-based healthcare programs and residencies and fellowships throughout the Sunshine State. For more information, please visit HCAFloridaHealthcare.com.
About Healthgrades
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