PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – Portsmouth Regional Hospital, part of HCA Healthcare, has been recognized as a 2025 Patient Safety Excellence Award™ recipient by Healthgrades, the leading resource consumers use to find a hospital or doctor. This is the second consecutive year that Portsmouth Regional Hospital has earned this recognition.
“Portsmouth Regional Hospital has been honored with several awards from Healthgrades for our outstanding patient care, and this Patient Safety Excellence Award further shows our commitment to providing safe, high-quality care,” said Michelle Dodd, RN, chief nursing officer and interim chief executive officer of Portsmouth Regional Hospital. “Every day, we strive to provide unparalleled patient service, and awards like this highlight the hard work and commitment of our colleagues.”
Portsmouth Regional Hospital’s achievements are based solely on what matters most: patient outcomes. As part of its 2025 hospital assessment, Healthgrades evaluated risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates for over 30 of the most common conditions and procedures at approximately 4,500 hospitals nationwide to determine the top performers in specialty care.
As variation in performance among hospitals continues to grow, it is increasingly important for consumers to seek care at top-rated programs. Healthgrades’ 2025 analysis revealed that if all hospitals as a group performed similarly to five-star hospitals during the 2021-2023 study period, on average, 224,958 lives could potentially have been saved and 141,692 complications could potentially have been avoided.*
“Healthgrades commends Portsmouth Regional Hospital for its clear commitment to delivering consistently superior patient outcomes in critical service areas,” said Brad Bowman, MD, chief medical officer and head of data science at Healthgrades. “The hospital’s leadership, expertise and unwavering dedication to clinical excellence set a high mark for specialty care in New Hampshire and nationwide.”
Consumers can visit healthgrades.com to learn more about how Healthgrades measures hospital quality and access a patient-friendly overview of how we rate and why hospital quality matters here.
*Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of MedPAR data for years 2021 through 2023 and represent three-year estimates for Medicare patients only. Click here to view the complete 2025 Specialty Awards and Ratings Methodology.