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Healthgrades recognizes South Tampa Hospital with 2025 Specialty Care Honors

HCA Florida South Tampa was recently recognized with Healthgrades 2025 Specialty Awards.

November 20, 2024

HCA Florida South Tampa Hospital announced today that it has achieved numerous accolades for clinical excellence from Healthgrades, the #1 site Americans use when searching for a doctor or hospital. Among South Tampa Hospital’s distinctions are five-star ratings in 2025 for the specialties Colorectal Surgeries, Bowel Obstruction, Treatment of Sepsis and Treatment of Respiratory Failure.

Earlier this year, South Tampa Hospital was honored with Healthgrade’s 2024 Patient Safety Excellence Award and its fourth consecutive Bariatric Surgery Excellence Award (2021-2024).

“Our organization is honored to receive these recognitions from Healthgrades,” said Guillermo Pierluisi, Chief Medical Officer.  “This is a true reflection of our commitment to exceptional patient care and the hard work of our entire team.” 

South Tampa Hospital’s achievements are based solely on what matters most: patient outcomes. As part of its 2025 hospital assessment, Healthgrades evaluated risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates for over 30 of the most common conditions and procedures at approximately 4,500 hospitals nationwide to determine the top performers in specialty care. By offering easy access to objective performance measures, Healthgrades helps consumers find and select a hospital that excels in providing the care they need. 

Consumers can visit healthgrades.com to learn more about how Healthgrades measures hospital quality and access a patient-friendly overview of how we rate and why hospital quality matters here

*Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of MedPAR data for years 2021 through 2023 and represent three-year estimates for Medicare patients only. Click here to view the complete 2025 Specialty Awards and Ratings Methodology.

Published:
November 20, 2024
Location:
HCA Florida South Tampa Hospital

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