Suburban Community Hospital has received statewide recognition for its stellar performance in ensuring patients’ safety. The recognition honors Pennsylvania’s top-performing hospitals that have demonstrated low rates of health care-associated infections.

1. Suburban Community Hospital Recognized for
Excellence in Patient Safety
Suburban Community Hospital has received statewide recognition for its
stellar performance ensuring patients’ safety.
The recognition honors Pennsylvania’s top-performing hospitals that have
demonstrated low rates of health care-associated infections.
We are honored to receive this recognition at Suburban Community Hospital
as it demonstrates our values and commitment to safety for our staff,
patients, visitors, and community,” said James Hazlett, Chief Nursing Officer
of Suburban Community Hospital. “Thank you to all of our employees and
medical staff for their loyalty and dedication in providing the safest and
highest quality care to our patients and their families.”

2. “HAP is proud to recognize the hospital teams and leaders who
demonstrated extraordinary work to protect patient safety—even as they
were strained by the COVID-19 pandemic and a historic health care
workforce crisis,” HAP President and CEO Andy Carter said. “These talented
teams exemplify the commitment that all health care professionals make to
ensuring patients receive safe and high-quality care.”
The 2022 Excellence in Patient Safety Recognition recipients are:
● Geisinger Bloomsburg Hospital
● Geisinger St. Luke’s Hospital
● Holy Redeemer Hospital
● Jefferson Abington Hospital
● Lehigh Valley Hospital – Pocono
● Penn Highlands Brookville
● Penn Highlands Elk
● Riddle Hospital
● St Luke’s Hospital – Lehighton Campus
● Luke’s Hospital – Allentown Campus
● Luke’s Hospital – Easton Hospital
● Luke’s Hospital – Monroe Campus
● Luke’s Hospital – Sacred Heart Campus
● Luke’s University Hospital – Bethlehem Campus
● Luke’s Hospital – Anderson Campus
● Suburban Community Hospital
● UPMC Bedford
● UPMC Somerset
● Warren General Hospital
● WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital
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3. ● Westmoreland Hospital – Excela Health
HAP is recognizing twenty-one hospitals this year based on their
performance during 2021. HAP identifies top-performing hospitals using data
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Healthcare
Safety Network. To be recognized, hospitals must perform better than the
mean standardized infection ratio in three key measures: central
line-associated bloodstream infections, catheter-associated urinary tract
infections, and Clostridioides difficile infections.
Learn more about the Excellence in Patient Safety program online.
About HAP: HAP is a statewide membership services organization that
represents 235 hospitals as well as the patients and communities they serve.
Additional information about HAP is available online.
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About Suburban Community Hospital: Suburban Community Hospital is a
not-for-profit, acute care hospital, and a member of the Prime Healthcare
Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity. For over 65 years, Suburban
Community Hospital has been delivering quality healthcare to Montgomery
County and the surrounding region. Suburban Community Hospital,
originally named Riverview Hospital, opened in 1944. Chartered at 740 Sandy
Street in Norristown, PA, Riverview Osteopathic Hospital would provide
medical and surgical services to the sick, afflicted, and injured, and would
educate persons in the care and nursing. As part of Prime Healthcare
Services, headquartered in Ontario, California, Suburban Community
Hospital is focused on becoming one of the leaders in technology.
Prime Healthcare is an award-winning hospital management company
operating 45 acute care hospitals in 14 states, including Roxborough
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4. Memorial Hospital in Philadelphia, Lower Bucks Hospital in Bucks County,
and Suburban Community Hospital in Montgomery County.
About Prime Healthcare and Prime Healthcare Foundation: Prime
Healthcare is an award-winning health system operating 45 hospitals and
more than 300 outpatient locations in 14 states, providing over 2.6 million
patient visits annually. It is one of the nation’s leading health systems with
nearly 50,000 employees and physicians dedicated to providing the highest
quality healthcare. Fourteen of the Prime Healthcare hospitals are members
of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity.
Based in Ontario, California, Prime Healthcare is nationally recognized for
award-winning quality care and has been named a Top 10 and Top 15 Health
System by IBM Watson Health. Its hospitals have been named among the
nation’s “100 Top Hospitals” 58 times and have received more Patient Safety
Excellence Awards from Healthgrades than any other health system in the
past six years. To learn more, please visit www.primehealthcare.com
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