Baptist Union County among top hospitals for patient safety excellence
New Albany, Miss., April 8, 2026–Healthgrades, the No. 1 platform Americans use to find a doctor or hospital, has awarded Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County the 2026 Patient Safety Excellence Award.
This achievement recognizes hospitals for providing top-quality care while preventing serious safety events during hospital visits. Baptist Union County is among the top 10% of hospitals in the country for patient safety and is the only hospital in Mississippi to receive this recognition from Healthgrades.
The Baptist Union County team is thrilled to receive the Healthgrades 2026 Patient Safety Excellence Award. To be recognized among the country’s top hospitals for quality care is a great achievement and demonstrates the quality and dedication of our team. Our community can trust they’re receiving exceptional care at Baptist Union County.
Patients treated in award-winning facilities were significantly less likely to experience the four most common patient safety indicators, which represent a serious, preventable complication and account for 78% of all safety events. According to Healthgrades’ annual analysis, if all hospitals performed as well as the 2026 Patient Safety Excellence Award winners, 100,819 patient safety events could have been avoided between 2022 and 2024.
The Patient Safety Excellence Award is based on an analysis of inpatient Medicare Provider Analysis and Review data that measures clinical performance across 13 patient safety indicators. To be eligible for this award, hospitals must meet certain clinical quality thresholds, have zero instances of a foreign object left behind during a procedure and have data on at least seven out of eight core patient safety indicators.
Healthgrades is dedicated to empowering meaningful connections between patients, doctors and hospitals. As the No. 1 platform for finding a doctor and a leader in health care transparency, we help millions of consumers each month find and schedule appointments with their health care professional of choice and prepare for their appointments with best-in-class, treatment-focused content.
Baptist Union County offers a variety of services, including adult and pediatric inpatient care, cancer care, sleep lab, maternity, orthopedics, surgery, robotic surgery, a 24-hour emergency department and diagnostics. The hospital also has positron emission tomography and computed tomography scans, 3D mammography, TeleHealth services and an eICU. Baptist Union County has an excellent reputation for providing quality care and recently earned multiple “A” Safety Grades from the Leapfrog Group and the Healthgrades 2026 Patient Safety Excellence Award. For more information, visit www.baptistonline.org/locations/union-county, or follow us on Facebook at @BaptistUnionCounty.
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