Awards and Designations
"A" Grade for Patient Safety,
The Leapfrog Group (2020-2022)
Top Hospital in the Nation for Community Investment,
Lown Hospital's Index (2021)
Patient Safety Excellence - Healthgrades (2014-2021)
Top 5% in the Nation for Patient Safety - Healthgrades (2014-2021)
Accredited as an
Advanced Primary Stroke Center
Accredited as a STEMI severe heart attack receiving center
American Heart Association Get With the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Quality
Achievement Award with Stroke Honor Roll Elite, and Type 2 Diabetes Honor
Roll (2022)
American Heart Association
Get With the Guidelines Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award with Target: Heart Failure Honor Roll and Target:
Type Two Diabetes Honor Roll (2022)
Accredited as a Geriatric Emergency Department, Bronze Level
5-Star Recipient for Cardiac, Critical Care, Gastrointestinal, Pulmonary and Orthopedic
Conditions/Procedures Below - Healthgrades
Five-star recipient for hip fracture treatment (2014-2022)
Five-star recipient for appendectomies (2018)
Esophogeal/Stomach Surgeries (2017-2018)
Orthopedic Treatment of Hip Fracture (2014-2021)
Vaginal and Cesarean Deliveries (2017)
Five-star recipient of heart attack and heart failure (2014-2015, 2020-2022)
Five-star recipient for Appendectomy (2018)
Five-star recipient for pacemaker procedures (2015)
Five-star recipient for treatment of GI Bleed (2021-2022)
Treatment of Pneumonia (2014-2015)
Pulmonary Care Excellence Award (2015)
Five-star recipient for treatment of sepsis (2014-2015)
Top 100 Hospital in the Nation - Truven Health (2014-2015)
Top Performer in Key Quality Measures, only San Diego Hospital to be recognized five years in a row - The Joint
Commission (2011-2015)
Recognized by Becker's Hospital Review as one of 49 hospitals nation-wide
with the lowest proportion of serious medical errors per hospital discharge (2016)
Recognized by Becker's Hospital Review as one of 57 hospitals nation-wide with the
lowest pneumonia 30-day mortality rate. Paradise Valley was the only San Diego hospital to be recognized (2015)
Recognized by Becker's Hospital Review as one of 48 hospitals nation-wide with the
lowest mortality rates for heart failure (2014)
Specialty Accreditation for South Bay Rehabilitation Center from the Commission
on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)