LOS ANGELES — Keck Hospital of USC has been named a top performer in Vizient Inc.’s 2025 Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership award, recognizing the hospital’s excellence in delivering high-quality care.
This is the third year in a row the hospital has been named a top performer, the highest possible recognition. Keck Hospital ranked 12th out of 118 comprehensive academic medical centers nationwide.
“Keck Hospital puts quality care above all else, and being recognized as a top performer validates the hospital’s mission to deliver safe, effective and personalized care,” said Stephanie Hall, MD, chief medical officer of Keck Medical Center of USC, which includes Keck Hospital. “Each year, the hospital continues to rank higher in the Vizient standings, and we are thankful to the entire staff for their unrelenting pursuit of excellence.”
Vizient, a leading health care performance improvement company, annually recognizes top-performing hospitals as measured by its Quality and Accountability Study.
The organization evaluates institutions in six domains: safety, mortality, effectiveness, efficiency, patient centeredness and variation in care. Of special note is the hospital’s ranking in patient centeredness, which measures patients' perceptions of their hospital experience, in which it received a near perfect score.
“This recognition is one of the most prestigious in health care because of Vizient’s thorough methodology. Ranking highly in all categories makes us one of the safest, most patient-centered hospitals in the country,” said Marty Sargeant, MBA, CEO of Keck Medical Center.
The study factors in data from Vizient and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as a national survey of patients’ perspectives of hospital care known as the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Survey (HCAHPS).
Earlier this year, Keck Hospital earned a Spring 2025 “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit watchdog focused on patient safety. This is the 10th “A” grade the hospital has received since 2019.
“Keck Hospital’s top performer status is just one of the many recognitions Keck Medicine of USC has recently received for patient safety across its four hospitals and outpatient settings, and is a true reflection of the health system’s commitment to the highest standards of care,” said Tom Bates, MBA, RN, chief quality officer for Keck Medicine.
The recognition period spans July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025.
Keck Hospital, a 343-bed acute care hospital, is part of Keck Medicine, the University of Southern California’s medical enterprise.
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