Best Hospitals in Bay Area by Rank – 28 – Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek Medical Center
Best Hospitals in Bay Area by Rank – 28 – Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek Medical Center
Overview
Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek Medical Center in Walnut Creek, Calif. is a general medical and surgical facility.
Rankings & Ratings at Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek 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.
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.
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.
Doctors at Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek 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.
