Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center
Scores downloaded July 5, 2011

How patients rated the hospital overall:  Average

% who rated Kaiser highest or very high:
57%
State Average
62%
National Average
66%

Low
12%
State Average
12%
National Average
10%
Average

Whether patients would recommend the hospital to
friends and family:

Definitely
62%
State Average
67%
National Average
68%

Probably or definitely not
7%
State Average
7%
National Average
6%


Urology Score Card

U.S. News Hospital Score         16.0/100

Survival
Worse than expected

Patient safety
Low


Patient volume
Medium

Level of nurse staffing
Lowest

Nurse Magnet hospital
No

Number of important technologies available in this specialty
Low
(See discussion of records kept on thermal paper in 2011)
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U.S. News Hospital
Score         30.4/100


Survival
Better than expected

Patient safety
Low

Technologies
Number of important
technologies available
in this specialty
Lowest
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Hospital Ranking         NA
U.S. News Hospital Score         26.6/100
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Reputation with physicians
Based on % of surveyed specialists recommending hospital

Survival
Much better than expected

Patient safety
Low

Technology
Lowest
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NA
U.S. News Hospital
Score        
 14.0/100


Survival
As expected

Patient safety
Low
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U.S. News Media Group
and NCQA Release 2008
Rankings for America’s
Best Health Plans

Nearly 700 health plans evaluated
based on quality of care, service

Washington, D.C. – November 7,
2008 – U.S. News Media Group
and The National Committee for
Quality Assurance (NCQA) today
released the fourth annual edition
of America’s Best Health Plans on
USNews.com those that are
committed to improving their
quality of care through
measurement and reporting.”...

Top 10 Commercial Plans

1. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
(Maine, Mass.)
2. Tufts Associated Health
Maintenance Organization (Mass.,
N.H., R.I.)
3. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care of
New England (N.H.)
4. Grand Valley Health Plan (Mich.)
5. Geisinger Health Plan (Pa.)
6. Health New England (Conn.,
Mass.)
7. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue
Shield - Connecticut
8. Group Health Cooperative of
South Central Wisconsin
9. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of
Massachusetts
10. CIGNA HealthCare of New
Hampshire
Kaiser Permanente
Not ranked in cardiology

From Wikipedia article:
U.S. News and World Report,
in its 2006 annual ranking of
US commercial health plans,
ranked Kaiser Foundation
Health Plans as follows, out
of 246 rated plans:[47]

45. Northern California
57. Colorado
65. Georgia
67. Ohio
90. Southern California
94. Hawaii
106. Mid-Atlantic States
121. Northwest
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