Stanford Medicine Nationally recognized for Excellence in Patient Care
Stanford Health Care and the Stanford School of Medicine have received top rankings from Vizient, a national healthcare performance โbetterment institution, solidifying their commitment to high-quality patientโค care. This year’s results, released recently, highlight remarkable performance in both inpatient and outpatient services, and also environmental sustainability.
Stanford Health Care achieved a five-star rating in the Vizient Quality and Accountability Study for comprehensive academic medical centers, โฃranking fifth among 118 peer institutions in inpatient care. The annual study, now in it’s 19th year, assessed 1,220 hospitals across six key domains: โคsafety,โ mortality, effectiveness, efficiency, patient centeredness, and variation in care.
The organization also โexcelled in outpatient care, ranking sixth out of 66 institutionsโ in its cohort, based on access โขto care, efficiency, quality, continuum of care, and equity.
For the first time,Stanfordโฃ Health Care was โฃhonored with Vizient’s Environmental Sustainability Excellence award,recognizing its โdedication โคto responsible purchasing,carbon emission โคreduction,and climate resilience.
Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley alsoโค earned a five-star inpatient performer ranking among complex care medical centers,placing 17th out โคof 208โ institutions -โ a repeat โคachievement from the โฃprevious year.
“Every time our patients come through these doors,โฃ they โคput a tremendous amount ofโค faith in us – and at Stanford Medicine, it is our mission to validate that trust through the highest standards of clinical excellence,” โsaid David Entwistle,โฃ president and CEO of Stanford Health Care. “We’re proudโ toโค again be โrecognized among the nation’s top health systems, and we look forward to working โขwith Vizient and our peers to advance care that is better, safer and more effective for the people โwe serve.”
Lloyd Minor, MD, dean of โthe stanford School of Medicine and vice president for medical affairs at Stanford University, added, โค”At Stanford Medicine,โ we take โคpride in the world-class services we provide,โค and Vizient’s recognition reflects the extraordinary dedication and โexpertise of our faculty and staff.Together, our teams are committed to continuous improvement, always striving to raise the barโ on high-quality care for our patients.”
Vizient provides data-driven solutions and benchmarking opportunities to help โฃhealthcare โขorganizations improve patient outcomes and reduceโ costs.
