Awarded to hospitals whose performance reflects an outstanding level of work that goes above and beyond the Quality and Sustainability Award eligibility criteria. 

 

In 2026, this honor is bestowed upon hospitals that either:

  • Achieved California’s Healthy People 2030 NTSV Cesarean Birth target rate of 23.6% or below for the most recent five consecutive years (2021-2025)


AND/OR

  • Have consistently maintained their target rate for their selected QI Academy quality initiative since graduating with their cohort


AND/OR

  • Met the Quality and Sustainability Award: Maternal Safety Standards Implementation criteria for both Hypertension and OB Hemorrhage

AND/OR

  • Met the Learning Initiative award criteria for their respective baseline rate and achieved a rate decrease in all patient population(s) (n≥30 with a baseline rate >23.6%)
     

2026

View Awardees' Certificates: Box, Google Drive

  • Adventist Health Clear Lake
  • Adventist Health Twin Cities
  • Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
  • Banner Lassen Medical Center
  • Barton Memorial Hospital
  • Community Memorial Hospital - Ventura
  • Corona Regional Medical Center
  • Eden Medical Center
  • Eisenhower Medical Center
  • El Camino Health - Los Gatos
  • Enloe Medical Center - Esplanade Campus
  • Highland Hospital
  • Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center
  • John Muir Medical Center-Walnut Creek Campus
  • Kaiser Permanente Redwood City Medical Center
  • Kaiser Permanente San Leandro Medical Center
  • Loma Linda University Children's Hospital
  • MarinHealth Medical Center
  • Mercy Medical Center - Redding
  • Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
  • Mills-Peninsula Medical Center
  • Mission Hospital
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
  • NorthBay Medical Center
  • Palomar UC San Diego Health
  • Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center
  • Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance
  • Queen of the Valley Medical Center - Napa
  • Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs Hospital
  • Redlands Community Hospital
  • San Antonio Regional Hospital
  • San Joaquin General Hospital
  • Scripps Memorial Hospital - Encinitas
  • Scripps Memorial Hospital - La Jolla
  • St. Bernardine Medical Center
  • St. Joseph Hospital - Orange
  • St. Louise Regional Hospital
  • St. Mary Medical Center Apple Valley
  • Sutter Davis Hospital
  • Tahoe Forest Hospital District
  • Ventura County Medical Center
  • Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center

 

2025

View Awardees' Certificates: Box, Google Drive

  • Adventist Health Clear Lake
  • Adventist Health Twin Cities
  • Adventist Health Ukiah Valley
  • Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
  • Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
  • Banner Lassen Medical Center
  • Barstow Community Hospital
  • Barton Memorial Hospital
  • Community Memorial Hospital
  • Corona Regional Medical Center
  • Eden Medical Center
  • El Camino Health - Los Gatos
  • Enloe Medical Center - Esplanade Campus
  • Highland Hospital
  • Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center
  • Kaiser Permanente Redwood City Medical Center
  • Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center
  • Loma Linda University Children's Hospital
  • Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta
  • MarinHealth Medical Center
  • Mercy Medical Center - Redding
  • Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
  • Mills-Peninsula Medical Center
  • Mission Hospital
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
  • Palomar Medical Center Escondido
  • Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center
  • Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance
  • Queen of the Valley Medical Center - Napa
  • Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs Hospital
  • San Antonio Regional Hospital
  • San Joaquin General Hospital
  • Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
  • Scripps Memorial Hospital - Encinitas
  • Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego
  • St. Bernardine Medical Center
  • St. Elizabeth Community Hospital
  • St. Jude Medical Center
  • St. Louise Regional Hospital
  • Sutter Davis Hospital
  • UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
  • Ventura County Medical Center
  • Watsonville Community Hospital
  • Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center