Best Hospitals in Bay Area by Rank – 8 – Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco Medical Center

Best Hospitals in Bay Area by Rank – 8 – Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco Medical Center


Best Hospitals in Bay Area by Rank – 8 – Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco Medical Center

Overview

Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco Medical Center in South San Francisco, Calif. is rated high performing in 3 adult procedures and conditions. It is a general medical and surgical facility.

Rankings & Ratings at Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco Medical Center

To help patients decide where to receive care, U.S. News generates hospital rankings by e v a luating data on nearly 5,000 hospitals in 16 adult medical specialties, 9 adult medical procedures or conditions and 10 pediatric specialties. To be nationally ranked in a specialty, a hospital must excel in caring for the sickest, most medically complex patients. The ratings in procedures and conditions, by contrast, focus on typical Medicare patients. Hospitals that do well in multiple areas of adult care may be ranked in their state and metropolitan area. This hospital achieved the highest rating possible in 3 procedures or conditions.

Adult Specialty Rankings

U.S. News e v a luates each hospital in up to 16 different medical specialties. In most medical specialties, the top 50 hospitals nationally are numerically ranked based on hospital performance indicators. Hospitals that nearly made the top 50 may be recognized as high performing.

Specialty National Rank Overall Score
Gastroenterology & GI Surgery Not Ranked 36.5/100 Scorecard 
Nephrology Not Ranked 22.9/100 Scorecard 
Orthopedics Not Ranked 29.3/100 Scorecard 
Pulmonology & Lung Surgery Not Ranked 43.8/100 Scorecard 

Procedures & Conditions

U.S. News e v a luates hospitals in certain procedures and conditions and assigns each hospital a rating of high performing, average or below average in each procedure or condition. Eligibility to be rated is based on the number of patients treated during the e v a luation period.

Procedure/Condition Rating
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) High Performing Scorecard
Colon Cancer Surgery Average Scorecard
Heart Failure High Performing Scorecard
Hip Replacement Average Scorecard
Knee Replacement High Performing Scorecard
Lung Cancer Surgery Not Rated Scorecard

Doctors at Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco Medical Center

The U.S. News Doctor Finder has compiled extensive information in each doctor's profile, including where he or she was educated and trained, which hospital he or she admits patients to, and in some cases which insurance plans he or she accepts.