LAKEPORT, Calif. – Sutter Lakeside Hospital is pleased to report a five star rating in sepsis care, stroke intervention and pneumonia by Healthgrades.com.

Healthgrades, which is based in Denver, CO, connects more than one million people a day to health care providers by listing information about provider experience, patient satisfaction scores, and hospital quality.

Providers also use Healthgrades to ensure accurate representation of their practice.

“Sutter Lakeside Hospital is excited to receive recognition for providing patients with the best care in Lake County,” said Siri Nelson, chief administrative officer, Sutter Lakeside Hospital. “Our dedicated staff works continuously to improve patient care, and we’re thankful to be part of a broader system who provides invaluable support.”

Sutter Lakeside Hospital is the only certified stroke center in Lake County, and has been recognized by the Joint Commission, the American Heart Association, and the American Stroke Association for its excellent care of stroke patients.

Because of Lakeside’s affiliation with other Sutter locations, neurointerventionalists at Sutter California Pacific Medical Center are able to read a stroke patient’s CT scan through telemedicine while the patient is still at Sutter Lakeside Hospital.

Because the brain loses 32,000 cells per second during a stroke, timely care is paramount.

“Our streamlined treatment of stroke patients allows us to rapidly begin life-saving intervention,” said Dr. John Stein, MD, director of Emergency Medicine. “Our ability to teleconference with neuroimaging specialists means we can look at the patient’s brain scan together in real time.”

Sepsis, a life-threatening response to a bodily infection, is the top killer of hospital patients. Sutter Lakeside Hospital has targeted sepsis for the last four years, and has seen a dramatic increase in positive outcomes.

Sutter Lakeside Hospital leads the Sutter Health system in the lowest sepsis mortality rates.

“We identify sepsis upon a patient’s arrival,” said Stein. “As a nurse assesses a patient, our electronic record system will alert a nurse that a patient may be septic and we can treat it quickly.

“Because of our aggressive screening for infection, we are also able to catch pneumonia, which can affect anyone, not just the young or the old. Pneumonia is common, but Sutter Lakeside’s vigorous concentration on identifying infections means we can start fighting it earlier.”

To learn more about Sutter Lakeside, or schedule a tour, please visit www.sutterlakeside.org/ or call 707-262-5121.