92 HCA Healthcare hospitals earn Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award

As we observe Patient Safety Awareness Week (March 8-14, 2026), we are proud to announce that 92 HCA Healthcare hospitals achieved the 2026 Patient Safety Excellence Award from Healthgrades for their commitment to safe, patient-centered care. This recognition is given to the top 10% of hospitals nationwide for patient safety.

Patient Safety Excellence Awards are based exclusively on patient outcomes. Healthgrades evaluated risk-adjusted complication and mortality rates from approximately 4,500 hospitals nationwide to determine this year’s list.

Earlier this year, 44 HCA Healthcare hospitals were recognized on the Healthgrades America’s 250 Best Hospitals list for 2026, including three that were among America’s 50 Best Hospitals and 15 that were among America’s 100 Best. Also based on patient outcomes, these lists recognize superior performance in providing care for conditions and procedures across multiple specialty lines and areas.

HCA Healthcare supports a culture in which patient safety is embedded in everyday care delivery. For more than a decade, the organization has operated a federally listed Patient Safety Organization (PSO) that partners with hospitals to strengthen clinical processes, advance evidence-based safety practices and facilitate enterprise-wide learning. Insights gained across facilities are systematically shared to promote consistency, advance adoption of proven practices and enhance the reliability of care across the organization.

In 2024, HCA Healthcare added to this work through a structured implementation of the National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety. Multidisciplinary teams of hospital leaders, physicians and frontline clinicians completed facility-level assessments of safety culture and patient safety systems and used that data to align local improvement efforts with enterprise goals, reinforce capability and sustain progress toward key safety priorities.

HCA Healthcare has a long history of advancing patient safety through collaboration with leading public and private institutions. Through research initiatives like REDUCE MRSA, ABATE, Swap Out, CLUSTER and INSPIRE the organization continues to contribute to evidence-based practices that advance infection prevention and strengthen the safety and reliability of care for patients.

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