Saint Agnes rated top hospital for the fifth year in a row

Our 2023 Patient Safety Excellence Award from Healthgrades proves once again that Saint Agnes is a leading hospital in the nation in patient safety. With safety being one of our core values and a top priority, we are excited to be recognized for the fifth year in a row.

Our Patient Safety distinction places Saint Agnes among the top 5% of all short-term acute care hospitals reporting patient safety data as evaluated by Healthgrades – the leading marketplace connecting patients and providers.

Kudos to all of the colleagues who made this award possible by making patient safety our top priority!

From 2018 through 2020, there were 170,231 potentially preventable patient safety events among Medicare patients in U.S. hospitals.* And, if all hospitals performed similarly to the awarded hospitals according to Healthgrades’ evaluation process, on average, 100,189 patient safety events could have been avoided.*

During the 2019-2021 study period, 164,592 potentially preventable patient safety events occurred among Medicare patients in U.S. hospitals.* Healthgrades found that just four patient safety indicators accounted for 74% of all patient safety events: hip fracture due to an in-hospital fall, collapsed lung resulting from a procedure/surgery, pressure or bed sores acquired in the hospital, and catheter-related bloodstream infections acquired in-hospital. Healthgrades’ analysis also revealed that patients treated in hospitals receiving the Healthgrades 2023 Patient Safety Excellence Award were, on average:

• 61.4% less likely to experience an in-hospital fall resulting in hip fracture, than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals*
• 52.7% less likely to experience a collapsed lung resulting from a procedure or surgery in or around the chest, than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals*
• 66.1% less likely to experience pressure sores or bed sores acquired in the hospital, than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals*
• 67.3% less likely to experience catheter-related bloodstream infections acquired in the hospital, than patients treated at nonrecipient hospitals*

*Statistics are calculated from Healthgrades Patient Safety Ratings and Excellence Award methodology which is based primarily on AHRQ technical specifications (Version 2022.0.1) to MedPAR data for years 2019 through 2021 and represent three-year estimates for Medicare patients only.