John Muir Health’s Concord and Walnut Creek Medical Centers were two of only 504 hospitals (11% of the more than 4,400 hospitals evaluated nationwide) to earn the designation of Best Regional Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report in its annual list of America’s Best Hospitals released today. To earn this distinction, each medical center had to earn at least eight ratings of “high performing” across the procedures and conditions evaluated by U.S. News & World Report. For medical specialties, hospitals in the top 10% nationally that did not earn a Top 50 ranking are considered high performing. For the ninth straight year, the Concord and Walnut Creek Medical Centers were ranked in the top 3 out of nearly 50 hospitals in the San Francisco Metro Area, which includes hospitals in San Francisco, San Mateo, Alameda, Contra Costa and Marin counties. The two medical centers are also ranked among the top 15 (Concord #14 and Walnut Creek #15) in the state out of more than 400 hospitals.
For the 19th consecutive year, the Walnut Creek Medical Center had at least one service nationally ranked — one of the 3% of medical centers across the country that achieved a national ranking. The Walnut Creek Medical Center was nationally ranked in Obstetrics & Gynecology (#41). The medical center also ranked as high performing in Gastroenterology & GI Surgery, Geriatrics, Orthopedics, and Pulmonology & Lung Surgery. In addition, Walnut Creek was rated as high performing in 13 adult procedures and conditions, including Back Surgery (Spinal Fusion), Colon Cancer Surgery, Gynecological Cancer Surgery, Heart Arrhythmia, Heart Failure, Hip Fracture, Kidney Failure, Knee Replacement, Leukemia, Lymphoma & Myeloma, Lung Cancer Surgery, Pacemaker Implantation, Pneumonia, and Stroke. The Concord Medical Center was ranked as high performing in three specialties, including Gastroenterology & GI Surgery, Geriatrics, and Pulmonology & Lung Surgery. In addition, the Concord Medical Center was rated as high performing in 18 adult procedures and conditions, including Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair, Aortic Valve Surgery, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD), Colon Cancer Surgery, Heart Arrhythmia, Heart Attack, Heart Bypass Surgery, Heart Failure, Hip Fracture, Hip Replacement, Kidney Failure, Leukemia, Lymphoma & Myeloma, Lung Cancer Surgery, Pacemaker Implantation, Pneumonia, Prostate Cancer Surgery, Stroke, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).
Between the two medical centers, John Muir Health has nearly 800 licensed beds. The Walnut Creek Medical Center has also served as the designated trauma center for Contra Costa County for the past 39 years. In addition, the health system offers a network of more than 1,000 primary care and specialty physicians to care for patients.
I always had great care at john muir, very appreciative of the staff working there.
This is a good report – there are other health group measuring organizations…. you can get various viewpoints depending on where you look https://www.leapfroggroup.org/ratings-reports
Check out JCAHO. That’s who is realy important that is The Joint Commission, the global leader in healthcare accreditation and certification.
Kaiser is the worst!! So glad I go to John Muir!!!
I heard nothing but bad things about kaiser.
I wouldn’t take my dog to Kaiser!
Knew of the Walnut Creek’s National Ranking,.
When hospitalized end of 2023, @ John Muir
WC, it took the Specialist to determine why my
body wasn’t holding potassium. Diagnosed
Doctor came in said very sternly but kindly, “you almost died”. Sharing this private fact I felt points
to their medical expertise, and I am so grateful.