Proud to be recognized for keeping our patients safe!

With safety being of one of our core values and a top priority, Saint Agnes has been recognized with the 2020 Patient Safety Excellence Award for the second year in a row. This distinction places Saint Agnes among the top 10% of all short-term acute care hospitals reporting patient safety data as evaluated by Healthgrades, the leading resource that connects consumers, physicians and health systems.

Healthgrades found that patients treated in hospitals receiving the Patient Safety Excellence Award were, on average*:

• 48.3% less likely to experience a collapsed lung due to a procedure or surgery in or around the chest, than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals.
• 54.4% less likely to experience a hip fracture following surgery, than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals.
• 66.8% less likely to experience pressure sores or bed sores acquired in the hospital, than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals.
• 63% less likely to experience catheter-related bloodstream infections acquired at the hospital, than patients treated at non- recipient hospitals.

Additionally, Healthgrades reported that if all hospitals in the country performed at the level of award recipients for each of the 13 patient safety indicators, 110,864 patient safety events could have been avoided.*

"We are grateful for the dedication of our colleagues and physicians who provide our patients with the highest quality of care in the safest possible manner. We're hopeful this award will instill confidence in our patients, particularly at a time like this when people are fearful about seeking needed medical care," said Chief Medical Officer W. Eugene Egerton.

*Statistics are calculated from Healthgrades Patient Safety Ratings and Excellence Award methodology which is based primarily on AHRQ technical specifications (Version 2019.0.1) to MedPAR data for years 2016 through 2018 and represent three-year estimates for Medicare patients only.