Dignity Health California, a National Leader in Patient Safety, Sets New Standard with 131 Healthgrades Specialty Care Awards

CALIFORNIA, OCTOBER 28, 2025 – Dignity Health California announced today its hospitals earned a remarkable 131 specialty awards from Healthgrades — the nation’s leading authority when searching for high quality hospitals and doctors for care. Additionally, Healthgrades has named Dignity Health CA as a national leader in Patient Safety, attributing this distinction to six of its hospitals that received the highly coveted Patient Safety Excellence Award. The honors recognize outstanding clinical performance across multiple specialties, including 30 in critical care, 26 in cardiovascular care, 24 in orthopedics, 15 in gastrointestinal care, and 16 in neurosciences. 

“These distinguished awards reflect the dedication and expertise of our clinical teams and the investments we make in advanced technology and patient-centered care,” shares Julie Sprengel, California President. “At Dignity Health, we remain committed to delivering exceptional outcomes and compassionate care to the communities we serve. This recognition from Healthgrades inspires us to continuously raise the bar.”

Dignity Health’s achievements are based solely on what matters most: patient outcomes. 

Each year, Healthgrades evaluates risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates for over 30 common conditions and procedures at approximately 4,500 hospitals nationwide to identify the top hospitals in key specialty areas, including critical care, cardiovascular care, orthopedics, gastrointestinal care and neurosciences. Through easy-to-understand, objective measures of hospital performance, Healthgrades empowers patients with the information they need to find a hospital that excels in their procedure or condition.

As performance gaps persist between the nation’s highest - and lowest-achieving facilities, seeking care at a quality hospital has never been more important. Healthgrades’ 2026 analysis revealed that if all hospitals, as a group, performed similarly to five-star hospitals during the 2022-2024 study period, on average, more than 230,000 lives could have been saved and almost 157,000 complications could have been avoided.*

“Healthgrades’ specialty awards identify the nation’s top-performing hospitals in key service areas, helping consumers find high quality care tailored to their specific needs,” said Alana Biggers, MD, MPH, medical advisor at Healthgrades. “We’re proud to recognize Dignity Health for its consistently superior outcomes in key service areas.” 

Dignity Hospitals honored included: Mercy General Hospital, Mercy Hospital of Folsom, Mercy San Juan Medical Center, Methodist Hospital of Sacramento, Woodland Memorial Hospital, St. Joseph’s Medical Center – Stockton, Bakersfield Memorial Hospital, Mercy Medical Center Merced, Mercy Hospital Downtown – Bakersfield, Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Mercy Medical Center Redding, St. John’s Regional Medical Center, Sequoia Hospital, French Hospital Medical Center, Dominican Hospital, Marian Regional Medical Center and Arroyo Grande Community Hospital, Northridge Hospital Medical Center, St. Bernardine Medical Center, Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center, California Hospital Medical Center, St. Mary Medical Center, and Community Hospital of San Bernardino.

Consumers can visit Healthgrades’ Specialty Excellence Patient Advocate Center to learn more about how Healthgrades identifies the top-performing hospitals for specialty care.

*Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of MedPAR data for years 2022 through 2024 and represent three-year estimates for Medicare patients only. Click here to view the complete 2026 Specialty Awards and Ratings Methodology.

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About Dignity Health California 

Dignity Health California is a nonprofit network of over 9000 physicians, more than 35,000 employees, 29 acute care hospitals, and 200-plus care-centers, including community hospitals, urgent care, surgery and imaging centers, home health, and primary care clinics. Dignity Health California provides award-winning care to communities in five primary markets across the state: North State, Sacramento, Central Valley, Central Coast, and Southern California. 

Dignity Health is a member of CommonSpirit Health, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit Catholic healthcare organizations, dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality, and affordable patient-centered care with special attention to the poor and underserved. Learn more at DignityHealth.org and CommonSpirit.org. 

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