Pennsylvania Hospitals Recognized for Outstanding Patient Safety

Twenty-two hospitals honored for preventing healthcare-associated infections

Harrisburg, PA (October 1, 2024) – The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) is recognizing 22 Pennsylvania hospitals for their exemplary results delivering safe patient care.

Now in its sixth year, HAP’s Excellence in Patient Safety Recognition program honors the commonwealth’s top-performing hospitals that have demonstrated low rates of healthcare-associated infections. The 2024 honorees were selected based on their performance during 2023.

“Delivering high-quality and safe care to their communities is hospitals’ top priority,” HAP President and CEO Nicole Stallings said. “HAP is proud to recognize the Pennsylvania hospital teams that have achieved outstanding results from their commitment to continuous quality and safety improvement.”

HAP announced the 2024 Excellence in Patient Safety Recognition recipients today during its Patient Safety, Quality, and Equity Symposium in Harrisburg. They are:

• AHN Jefferson Hospital
• Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center
• Geisinger Community Medical Center
• Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital
• Lancaster General Hospital
• Lankenau Medical Center
• Lehigh Valley Hospital Pocono
• Lehigh Valley Hospital Schuylkill
• Mount Nittany Medical Center
• Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
• Riddle Hospital
• St. Clair Health
• St. Luke's Hospital Allentown Campus
• St. Luke's Hospital Anderson Campus
• St. Luke's Hospital Carbon Campus
• St. Luke's Hospital Monroe Campus
• St. Luke's University Hospital Bethlehem Campus
• Temple University Hospital Jeanes Campus
• UPMC Harrisburg
• UPMC Williamsport
• WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
• WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital

This is the sixth consecutive year that St. Luke's University Hospital Bethlehem Campus has been honored through the Excellence in Patient Safety Recognition program. The hospital’s team received special recognition for demonstrating consistent, outstanding patient safety outcomes from 2019–2023.

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 occurrences of Clostridioides difficile.

Learn more about the Excellence in Patient Safety recognition program online.