Healthgrades gives 466 hospitals Patient Safety Excellence Awards for 2016

Healthgrades has named 466 hospitals across the nation as recipients of its Patient Safety Excellence Award for 2016. These hospitals rank in the top 10 percent of all hospitals evaluated for their excellent performance in safeguarding patients from serious, potentially preventable complications.

Hospitals were evaluated based on the occurrence of observed incidents and expected performance for 14 Patient Safety Indicators as defined by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Healthgrades also released some key patient safety findings. For example, four types of events make up nearly 75 percent of all patient safety incidents reported by hospitals: accidental cut, puncture, or hemorrhage; collapsed lung; infections; and bedsores.

Healthgrades said on average, 270,457 patient safety events could have been prevented if all hospitals, as a group from 2012 to 2014, performed similarly to hospitals who exceeded expectations. 

Here is the list of winners: 

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