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)