Prospect Medical Hospitals Recognized for Clinical Quality by Healthgrades in 2022
Five Prospect Medical Hospitals received clinical excellence awards and seven hospitals received Five Stars for clinical outcomes in five categories, according to the Healthgrades’ 2022 national study, which evaluates hospital performance at almost 4,500 hospitals nationwide to determine clinical excellence in 32 of the most common inpatient procedures and conditions.*
Pulmonary Care Excellence was awarded to Los Angeles and Norwalk Community Hospitals, as well as Southern California Hospitals at Culver City and Hollywood; Gastrointestinal Care Excellence was awarded to Southern California Hospitals; and Coronary Intervention Excellence was awarded to Waterbury Hospital. In addition, Prospect Medical Hospitals achieved 16 five-star quality awards, many for consecutive years.
These clinical excellence awards put Southern California Hospitals and Los Angeles Community Hospitals among the top 5 percent in the nation for Overall Pulmonary Services; Southern California Hospitals in the top 10 percent in the nation for Overall GI Services and GI Medical Treatment; and Waterbury Hospital in the top 10 percent in the nation for Coronary Interventional Procedures.
“We want to provide information to make finding a healthcare specialist an easier experience for consumers,” said Dr. Brad Bowman, Healthgrades’ chief medical officer and head of Data Science. “Patients can feel confident knowing that these hospitals recognized for their performance in pulmonary, GI and coronary provide high-quality care and superior outcomes.”
“These national clinical excellence awards and 5-star ratings validate the expertise and commitment of our Prospect Medical hospitals to bring valuable healthcare resources in the communities served,” added Corporate Chief Nursing Officer and Chief Quality, Patient Safety, and Clinical Excellence Officer Cathy Stevens.
For its analysis, Healthgrades evaluated approximately 45 million Medicare inpatient records for nearly 4,500 short-term acute care hospitals nationwide to assess hospital performance in 31 common conditions and procedures and evaluated outcomes in appendectomy and bariatric surgery using all-payer data provided by 16 states. Healthgrades recognizes a hospital’s quality achievements for cohort-specific performance, specialty area performance, and overall clinical quality. Individual procedure or condition cohorts are designated as 5-star (statistically significantly better than expected), 3-star (not statistically different from expected), and 1-star (statistically significantly worse than expected).
PROSPECT MEDICAL - 2022 BY THE NUMBERS
- 16 Five-Star Achievements
- 3 Specialty Excellence Awards for Pulmonary Care and Gastrointestinal Care and Coronary Intervention
CARDIAC
Coronary Intervention Excellence Award
Waterbury Hospital (2022)
Top 10% in Nation for Coronary Interventional Procedures
Waterbury Hospital (2022)
5-Star Recipient for Heart Attack Treatment
Los Angeles Community Hospitals (2021-2022)
Roger Williams Medical Center (2022)
Waterbury Hospital (2022)
5-Star Recipient for Heart Failure Treatment
Los Angeles Community Hospitals (2022)
5-Star Recipient for Pacemaker Procedures
Southern California Hospitals (2018-2022)
CRITICAL CARE
5-Star Recipient for Sepsis Treatment
Los Angeles Community Hospitals (2019-2022)
Southern California Hospitals (2020-2022)
GASTROINTESTINAL
GI Care Excellence Award
Southern California Hospitals (2020-2022)
Top 10% in Nation for Overall GI Services
Southern California Hospitals (2020-2022)
Top 10% in Nation for GI Medical Treatment
Southern California Hospitals (2020-2022)
5-Star Recipient for GI Bleed Treatment
Los Angeles Community Hospitals (2013-2022)
Southern California Hospitals (2020-2022)
ORTHOPEDICS
5-Star Recipient for Hip Fracture Treatment
Foothill Regional Medical Center (2019-2022)
Los Angeles Community Hospitals (2014-2022)
Southern California Hospitals (2020-2022)
5-Star Recipient for Hip Replacement
Roger Williams Medical Center (2022)
PULMONARY
Pulmonary Care Excellence Award
Los Angeles Community Hospitals (2019-2022)
Southern California Hospitals (2020-2022)
Top 5% in Nation for Overall Pulmonary Services
Los Angeles Community Hospitals (2019-2022)
Southern California Hospitals (2021-2022)
5-Star Recipient for COPD Treatment
Los Angeles Community Hospitals (2018-2022)
Southern California Hospitals (2003-2022)
5-Star Recipient for Pneumonia Treatment
Los Angeles Community Hospitals (2019-2022)
Southern California Hospitals (2020-2022)
*Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of MedPAR data for years 2018 through 2020 and represent three-year estimates for Medicare patients only. For appendectomy and bariatric surgery, Healthgrades used inpatient data from 16 states that provide all-payer data for years 2017 through 2019. Due to the highly variable impact of the pandemic on hospital outcomes, Healthgrades made the decision to exclude cases with a COVID-19 diagnosis from the 2020 data in order to preserve the statistical integrity of our models and fairly evaluate clinical outcomes at all hospitals.