Quality Care — Every Day

Objective third-party review shows Good Sam provides quality care.

• Hospital, Laboratory and Behavioral Health unit accredited by JCAHO
• One of the first five Primary Stroke Centers in the nation accredited by JCAHO
• State of California Children's Medical Services certified Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
• ACoS Commission on Cancer designated Comprehensive Community Cancer Program
• Mammography center accredited by the American College of Radiology and certified by the FDA
• Vascular lab accredited by Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories
• State of California Children's Medical Services certified Pediatric Unit
• Inpatient Acute Rehabilitation Program accredited by CARF, with stroke specialty
• Accredited Chest Pain Center
• County-designated STEMI receiving hospital
• Performing above national average on 13 of 19 HospitalCompare indicators

Awards testify to quality care.

• Only HCA facility and one of only 13 in the United States to attain the ACoS CoC Outstanding Achievement Award for three straight accreditation cycles
• Named Emergency Department of the Year 2003 by California Emergency Physicians Medical Group
• Blue Cross of California designated Center of Expertise for Coronary Bypass Graft
• Blue Cross of California designated Center of Expertise for Weight Loss Surgery
• Named Best Place to Have a Baby by the readers of Bay Area Parent magazine

Good Sam focuses on continuous quality improvement.

• Leader in eMAR for medication safety
• Fully implementing National Patient Safety Goals
• 100,000 Lives campaign
• New nursing units addressing specialty care
• Center for Women and Babies
• Expanded Level III NICU
• Dedicated Oncology unit
• Multi-disciplinary Inpatient Acute Rehabilitation Program
• Patients say Good Sam provides quality care

99% of Emergency Room patients and 96% of all in-patients "would return" to Good Sam for future care.