HCA/HealthONE’s North Suburban Medical Center Achieves Healthgrades

2020 Patient Safety Excellence Award(TM)

North Suburban Medical Center in Thornton, Colorado is among the top 10% in the Nation for
Patient Safety.

Thornton, CO, June 16, 2020 --(PR.com)-- North Suburban Medical Center announced today that it is a
recipient of the Healthgrades 2020 Patient Safety Excellence Award(TM). This distinction places North
Suburban Medical Center among the top 10% of all short-term acute care hospitals reporting patient
safety data as evaluated by Healthgrades, the leading resource that connects consumers, physicians and
health systems.

During the study period (2016 through 2018), Healthgrades 2020 Patient Safety Excellence Award
recipient hospitals demonstrated excellent performance in safeguarding patients in the Medicare
population, as measured by objective outcomes - risk-adjusted patient safety indicator (PSI) rates - for 13
PSIs defined by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). A 14th PSI included in the
evaluation is Foreign Objects Left in Body During a Surgery or Procedure which is a “never” event and
does not have an expected rate.

Healthgrades found that patients treated in hospitals receiving the Patient Safety Excellence Award were,
on average*:

48.3% less likely to experience a collapsed lung due to a procedure or surgery in or around the chest, than
patients treated at non-recipient hospitals.

54.4% less likely to experience a hip fracture following surgery, than patients treated at non-recipient
hospitals.

66.8% less likely to experience pressure sores or bed sores acquired in the hospital, than patients treated
at non-recipient hospitals.

63% less likely to experience catheter-related bloodstream infections acquired at the hospital, than
patients treated at non- recipient hospitals.

In addition, if all hospitals in the country performed at the level of award recipients for each of the 13
patient safety indicators, 110,864 patient safety events could have been avoided.*

“We are honored to be in the top 10% of hospitals in our nation for patient safety,” said Daphne David,
Chief Executive Officer at North Suburban Medical Center. “We have an exceptional team of colleagues
who care for our patients and make safety a priority every day. I am thrilled to know that their efforts are
being recognized with this award.”

“Consumers might not know that information around patient safety is readily available and should be

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considered when researching healthcare options,” said Brad Bowman, MD, Chief Medical Officer,
Healthgrades. “We commend the recipients of the 2020 Patient Safety Excellence Award for their
dedication to providing excellent care for their patients.”

Earlier this year, North Suburban Medical Center also attained a 5-Star Healthgrades rating for vaginal
deliveries, sepsis care, bowel obstruction and appendectomy care.

View Healthgrades hospital quality methodologies.

*Statistics are calculated from Healthgrades Patient Safety Ratings and Excellence Award methodology
which is based primarily on AHRQ technical specifications (Version 2019.0.1) to MedPAR data for years
2016 through 2018 and represent three-year estimates for Medicare patients only.

About North Suburban Medical Center

North Suburban Medical Center is a 157 bed, level II state designated trauma facility with a level II
NICU, cardiac catheterization services, and primary stroke and sepsis certification by The Joint
Commission. North Suburban strives to meet and exceed the needs of the surrounding communities by
also providing two free standing emergency departments and one ambulatory surgery center. North
Suburban has more than 850 employees and 800 providers on medical staff and excellent quality
outcomes. North Suburban is one of just two hospitals in the state of Colorado to be named a Top
Performer on Key Quality Measures each of the last five years. North Suburban has been honored by the
Women’s Choice Awards as one of America’s Best ERs, one of America’s Best Hospitals for Patient
Safety, has been awarded high ratings from The Leapfrog Group in recent years, and has received several
five-star awards from Healthgrades. North Suburban is proud to be a part of the HealthONE system of
hospitals that earned the ranking as the #7 corporate philanthropist in the metro area and was the only
hospital system ranked in the top 10. HealthONE contributed more than $1.5 million in 2018 and
supports over 150 organizations through cash and in-kind donations.

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Contact Information:
HCA/HealthONE
Betty Rueda-Aguilar
303-453-2762
Contact via Email
NorthSuburban.com

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