HCA Florida Ocala Hospital and HCA Florida West Marion Hospital Receive 2024 Patient Safety Excellence Award™

Ocala, FL — HCA Florida Ocala Hospital and HCA Florida West Marion Hospital are honored to announce the hospital has been recognized with a 2024 Patient Safety Excellence Award™ from Healthgrades, a comprehensive database of ratings and comparisons for physicians, hospitals and healthcare providers. HCA Florida Ocala Hospital and HCA Florida West Marion Hospital are among 31 HCA Florida Healthcare hospitals recognized by Healthgrades this year for high-quality care and prevention of serious safety events during hospital stays.

“Patient safety is a top priority for our hospitals and our colleagues are devoted to the highest quality of patient care,” said Alan Keesee, HCA Florida Ocala Hospital Chief Executive Officer. “This award demonstrates our team’s ability to put patients first. It signals our dedication to delivering on our mission: Above all else, we are committed to the care and improvement of human life.”

This year marks the seventh year in a row HCA Florida Ocala Hospital and HCA Florida West Marion Hospital have received the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award™. Additionally, Healthgrades named HCA Florida Ocala Hospital and HCA Florida West Marion Hospital as being among the top 5% of hospitals in the nation for patient safety for seven years in a row(2018-2024) and among the top 10% in the nation for patient safety for seven years in a row (2018-2024). 

“As consumers take a more hands-on approach to their healthcare journeys, hospital quality should be a top consideration when choosing where to receive care,” said Brad Bowman, M.D., chief medical officer and head of data science at Healthgrades. “Our goal at Healthgrades is to offer direct, data-driven insights on the hospitals that make the safety and experience of their patients a top priority and consistently deliver exceptional results in this aspect of care. With this information, consumers can feel confident they’re making the most informed decisions about their healthcare.”

According to this year’s Healthgrades report, if all hospitals observed the same protocols as those in this category, they could have avoided more than 97,000 patient safety events between 2020 and 2022. The analysis revealed that patients treated at award recipient hospitals are significantly less likely to experience serious safety events compared to patients treated at non-recipient hospitals.

The 2024 Patient Safety Excellence Award™ was presented to the top 10% of hospitals in the nation based on an analysis of required data reporting in 13 patient safety measures. Read more about the methodology here. See the full list of HCA Florida hospitals and others recognized with 2024 Patient Safety Excellence Awards™ here.