Latest Healthgrades Accolades Help California Hospitals Observe Patient Safety Awareness Week

Prospect Medical’s California hospitals came out shining in the latest release of Healthgrades’ quality awards.

Foothill Regional Medical Center, Los Angeles Community Hospitals at Los Angeles and Norwalk, and Southern California Hospitals at Hollywood and Culver City, have been recognized by Healthgrades as 2023 Patient Safety Excellence Award recipients.

With its award, Foothill Regional ranks among the top 10 percent of all short-term acute care hospitals, with the other four hospitals among the top 5 percent of all short-term acute care hospitals as evaluated by Healthgrades.

“We are honored to receive this distinguished recognition,” said Araceli Lonergan, CEO of Foothill Regional Medical Center. “We are dedicated to providing the quality patient care that is reflected by this award. We have made it a priority to develop effective and efficient processes to help staff meet those goals.” Learn more >>

Los Angeles Community Hospital has received the Patient Safety Excellence Award for a second year in a row (2022-2023).

“This award is an affirmation of the consistent focus the leadership, medical staff, clinical and non-clinical employees at our East Los Angeles and Norwalk campuses have placed on quality of care and patient safety over the last five years, even during the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Hector Hernandez, the hospital’s CEO. “This commitment to improving our quality and patient safety metrics has also resulted in Los Angeles Community Hospital earning four stars in CMS’s Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating system for two years in a row, placing us among the higher-rated hospitals in our community.” Learn more >>

And SCH-Hollywood and Culver City has now received the Patient Safety Excellence Award for six years in a row (2018-2023). 

“Improving quality of care and patient safety is one of our most important initiatives at Southern California Hospital at Culver City,” said Omar Ramirez, Interim CEO at SCH-Culver City. “The results we have achieved are due to our increased use of data and metrics to drive improvements as well as the commitment of our medical staff, clinical care teams and other staff to effective communications. These accomplishments would not have been possible without the dedication of our outstanding physicians, nurses, and other clinical and non-clinical staff.” Learn more >>

“Patient safety is our primary focus at Southern California Hospital at Hollywood. It’s something we have worked hard to engrain into our culture―not just for our clinical staff but for everyone who works here,” said Luis Angel, Administrator at SCH-Hollywood. “This award is a measure of our success in working effectively together to make sure our patients and their families feel safe and well cared for at our hospital. It has truly been a team effort and demonstrates the high quality of our people.” Learn more >>