UCSF Health has been recognized once again as one of the nation’s top-performing academic medical centers, earning high marks for patient care excellence in the 2025 Vizient Quality Leadership Ranking. This honor—awarded for the fourth consecutive year—marks UCSF Health’s unwavering commitment to delivering safe, effective, and patient-centered care, and stands as a testament to the dedication of its staff and clinical teams.
UCSF Health: National Accolades
This year, UCSF Health placed 10th among 118 comprehensive academic medical centers assessed in Vizient’s rigorous Quality and Accountability Study, which evaluates hospitals on criteria including safety, mortality, effectiveness, efficiency, patient-centeredness, and consistency of care. The study, one of the nation’s largest and most respected benchmarking processes, helps hospitals measure their performance against peers and highlights institutions that excel in quality and safety across the full spectrum of clinical services. Importantly, UCSF Health is the only public academic medical center to be recognized by all three major national benchmarking systems in 2025—Vizient, U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Honor Roll, and the CMS five-star rating—a distinction that underscores UCSF’s reputation for excellence.
OHNS Contributions to Clinical Excellence
Within UCSF Health, the Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery (OHNS) has played a vital role in advancing high-quality, collaborative patient care. OHNS contributes to UCSF’s recognition through its commitment to innovative surgical practices, integration of patient-centered research, and relentless focus on safety and care quality—in line with the Vizient performance domains. Team-based collaboration is a hallmark of OHNS, enabling multidisciplinary solutions to complex health needs and ensuring patients benefit from the latest treatments and protocols.
Notably, the department continues to drive success in patient satisfaction and procedural innovation, collaborating across UCSF to deliver consistent, evidence-based care. By championing initiatives in hearing health, cancer care, and community engagement, OHNS exemplifies the core qualities that have fueled UCSF’s sustained national acclaim.
UCSF’s PRIDE Values: The Foundation of Success
UCSF Health’s achievements are deeply rooted in the institution’s PRIDE values—Professionalism, Respect, Integrity, Diversity, and Excellence. These foundational values inform every interaction and advance UCSF Health’s mission to provide world-class care to the communities served. As UCSF Health celebrates its latest national rankings, the OHNS team remains dedicated to furthering clinical excellence and patient-centered innovation.
