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San Diego-area hospital named one of Forbes’ top hospitals for 2026

NATIONAL CITY, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — A hospital in the South Bay has made Forbes’ inaugural list of best hospitals for 2026.

Paradise Valley Hospital in National City, best hospitals in the country It is based on detailed criteria and data collected by Forbes.

The rating system was conducted by an advisory panel of clinicians, scientists, health policy researchers and patient advocates in partnership with the data and analytics firm. Inovalon.

methodology Forbes stated that it consists of data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The rankings were made from an initial pool of approximately 5,400 general acute care hospitals based on patient outcomes, patient experience, best practices and values.

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Paradise Valley Hospital It earned four out of five stars and received the highest praise for patient outcomes among all other measures.

“It is very gratifying to see the work we do here being recognized not only locally but also nationally,” Paradise Valley Hospital CEO Neerav Jadeja said in a statement. “On behalf of Paradise Valley’s doctors, nurses, and staff, I can confidently say that we feel validated and humbled by this honor.”

The hospital offers emergency services, interventional radiology services, acute rehabilitation, behavioral health services, community health programs and more in the South Bay.

It is part of Prime Healthcare, a health system that operates more than 50 hospitals in 14 states across the country. In addition to the hospital in San Diego County, 11 more Prime Healthcare hospitals were included in the Forbes list.

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