(Wilmington, Del. – March 27, 2025)

ChristianaCare’s Union Hospital has been recognized by Healthgrades as a recipient of the 2025 Patient Safety Excellence Award™. This distinction means that Union Hospital, part of ChristianaCare’s Cecil County Campus in Maryland, is among the top 10% of all short-term acute care hospitals for patient safety as evaluated by Healthgrades.

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“This award belongs to all our Union Hospital caregivers. Patient safety is a critical aspect of our hospital’s quality and we focus on it every day,” said interim president of ChristianaCare Union Hospital Joan Pirrung, MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC. “We are proud to serve the people of Cecil County with high-quality, safe care they can trust.”

Patient safety is a vital component of achieving the best possible health outcomes, ensuring that complications and injuries such as accidental falls are minimized for patients during hospital stays.

“Achieving such a high level of patient safety requires the entire health care team to be highly coordinated and focused on doing the right thing, every time,” said Arsalan Sheikh, D.O., MBA, FACE, chief medical officer at the Cecil County Campus. “The success of Union Hospital can be attributed to our exceptional caregivers following established best and evidence-based practices, validated by compliance monitoring.”

“As a 2025 Patient Safety Excellence Award recipient, Union Hospital consistently puts the well-being of their patients and staff at the forefront, setting a high standard for patient safety nationwide,” said Debra Gradick, M.D., FACEP, senior physician consultant at Healthgrades. “We commend Union Hospital for providing consistently exceptional care while preventing serious injuries, giving patients their best chance of a seamless recovery.”

To learn more about Healthgrades’ patient safety awards and methodology, visit https://www.healthgrades.com/quality/patient-safety-excellence-award.

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About ChristianaCare

Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, ChristianaCare is one of the country’s most dynamic health care organizations, centered on improving health outcomes, and innovating to make high-quality care more accessible, equitable and affordable. ChristianaCare includes an extensive network of primary care and outpatient services, home health care, urgent care centers, three hospitals (1,430 beds), a freestanding emergency department, a Level I trauma center and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive stroke center and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care, cancer care and women’s health. It also includes the pioneering Gene Editing Institute.

ChristianaCare is nationally recognized as a great place to work, rated by Forbes as one of the nation’s best employers for diversity and inclusion. ChristianaCare is rated by Newsweek as one of the World’s Best Hospitals and is continually ranked among the best in the U.S. in national quality and safety ratings. ChristianaCare is a nonprofit teaching health system with more than 260 residents and fellows. With its groundbreaking Center for Virtual Health and a focus on population health and value-based care, ChristianaCare is shaping the future of health care.

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