An online report card comparing hospital performance ratings statewide in March 2007 awarded Mills-Peninsula a superior rating in overall patient satisfaction. Mills-Peninsula received a 92 percent patient satisfaction rating, compared with a state average of 79 percent.

The result of a two-year collaboration by the California Hospital Assessment and Reporting Taskforce (CHART), whose members include hospitals, health plans, doctors, the Web site, www.CalHospitalCompare.org, gives consumers a tool to compare the performance of 200 hospitals in areas from maternity services to cardiac treatment.

Readers of "J" rate Mills-Peninsula a favorite

Readers of J, the Jewish news weekly, voted Mills-Peninsula their favorite South Bay/Peninsula hospital in the August 2007 Readers' Choice Awards.