Quality of Care

At Adventist Health Bakersfield, we are safe, open and ready for you. Now, more than ever, we all want the best care possible. In Kern County, we are the only hospital to receive an A for safety nine times in a row from The Leapfrog Group. We continue to earn straight A’s because our surgeons, nurses and caregivers uphold the highest quality standards, always with our patients’ well-being in mind. This award means we lead the way in safety, you are safe in our care and lives are being saved.

Adventist Health Bakersfield Awards

• MBSAQIP
• Blue Distinction Center for Bariatric Surgery
• Designated Lung Cancer Screening Center
• Accredited Breast Center
• Radiation Oncology
• Breast Center ACR Accreditation
• Business Intelligence Center of Excellence
• National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers
• America's Best Hospitals for Breast Center
• 5-Star: Treatment of Heart Attack
• 5-Star: Heart Failure
• 5-Star: Pacemaker Procedures
• Heart Attack Receiving Center - Accreditation
• Mission Lifeline Receiving Center - Gold
• Mission Lifeline Nstemi - Silver
• Action Registry-GWTG Platinum Performance Achievement Award
• Accredited Chest Pain Center - Primary PCI w/ Resuscitation
• Common Core: Heart Failure
• 5-Star: Treatment of Sepsis
• 5-Star: Pancreatitis
• 5-Star: Treatment of GI Bleed
• Breast Imaging Center of Excellence
• 5-Star: C-Section Delivery
• 5-Star: Hysterectomy
• 5-Star: Gynecologic Surgery
• 5-Star: Urogynelcologic Procedures
• Gynecologic Surgery Excellence Award
• Top 10% of hospitals for Gynecologic Surgery
• Cranial Neurosurgery Excellence Award
• Top 10% for Cranial Neurosurgery
• 5-Star: Cranial Neurosurgery
• 5-Star: Treatment of Stroke
• Primary Stroke Center - Certification
• GWTG Stroke Gold Plus
• GWTG Stroke Honor Roll Elite
• Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery
• America's Best Hospitals for Stroke Care
• National Hospital Organ Donation Campaign - Platinum Organ Don.
• 5-Star: Hip Fractures
• 5-Star: Total Knee Replacement
• Blue Distinction Center for Ortho Joint Replacement
• America's 100 Best Hospitals for Prostate Surgery
• Prostate Surgery Excellence Award
• Top 10% for Prostate Surgery
• 5-State: Prostate Removal Surgery
• 5-Star: COPD
• 5-Star: Pneumonia
• Common Core: COPD
• Sepsis Certification
• 5-Star Sepsis
• CALNOC Performance Excellence Award - HAI Prevention/C-Diff
• Distinguished Hospital Award
• Leapfrog – A
• Maternity Care and Patient Safety Honor Roll Award
• American College of Cardiology Platinum Award