Adventist Health Bakersfield | You + Us | Summer 2018

3 From the bottom of my heart… thank you! “I was admitted into the emergency room on a Saturday night with chest pain. I was having a heart attack. The staff at Adventist Health Bakersfield is the best. Thanks to your quick actions and attentive care, you saved my life. The care by the team is truly the best I have ever witnessed. You got me through the toughest moment in my life. Thank you to the nurses and staff. You gave me a second chance at life.” Excellence: Our everyday endeavor Some of the areas that led to Adventist Health Bakersfield’s top mark include: Using computerized physician orders to prevent errors Communicating with patients about their medications and discharge instructions Multi-checking medication orders to ensure patients receive the right medicine in the right dose at the right time Providing specially trained doctors—intensivists—for ICU patients Training staff and leadership to listen and work collaboratively to reduce errors These actions—and many others—have resulted in lower infection rates, fewer patient falls and decreased surgical errors. A heart full of gratitude. David Paris, pictured with his wife, Shannon, is incredibly thankful for the care he received at Adventist Health Bakersfield. How we measure up. Adventist Health Bakersfield is the ONLY hospital in Kern County to receive an “A” rating. See grades for other area hospitals at leapfroggroup.org/compare-hospitals . You can search by hospital, city, ZIP code or state. —David Paris, 44