In the U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Best Hospitals” 2016 report, Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center was, for the second year in a row, named among the Top 50 in the nation for the specialty of “cardiac care and heart surgery.”
After more than a decade of steady improvements, the decline in mortality rates from heart disease and stroke has slowed nationally and nearly leveled out since 2011, according to a new analysis from Kaiser Permanente published in JAMA Cardiology.
Kaiser Permanente Northern California members with complex cardiac illnesses, such as Eric Wallace (pictured), have quick access to a team of highly experienced specialists.
