Awards and Designations
"A" Grade for Patient Safety,
The Leapfrog Group (2020-2021)
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
American Heart Association Get With the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Quality
Achievement Award with Stroke Honor Roll Elite (2021)
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 (2021)
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)
