Some Memorial Hermann facilities achieved Cardiac Care Blue Distinction recognition from Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS).
BCBS recognizes Cardiac Care programs with Blue Distinction (Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital, Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital and Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center):
Blue Distinction Plus recognizes hospitals with all the attributes of Blue Distinction plus those demonstrating (Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center and Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center):
As of December 2025, Memorial Hermann Health System holds the highest number of Blue Distinction-designated sites in Texas.
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Memorial Hermann operates a comprehensive trauma care system across the Greater Houston region, providing specialized emergency care through strategically located facilities with varying levels of trauma designation. Our trauma network helps patients receive appropriate care based on injury severity and proximity to specialized resources.
Memorial Hermann currently has the following levels of care for injured patients:
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To strengthen the continuum of care for patients and increase patient satisfaction, orthopedic follow-up appointments are scheduled for orthopedic patients prior to being discharged home from Memorial Hermann Emergency Centers. Over 2000 patient appointments were made in 2024.
The 30-day hospital readmission rate is widely used as a standard measure of health care quality by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Total joint replacements are monitored to control quality and costs.
The 30-day hospital readmission is an adverse outcome related to complications, which can be mitigated by identifying associated risk factors. Memorial Hermann aims to identify patient-related characteristics associated with unplanned 30-day readmissions following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and total hip arthroplasty (THA), and then determine best practices to alleviate the risk factors.
Memorial Hermann has been successful in reducing THA/TKA readmissions from 2022 to 2024.
Aetna Institutes of Quality® is a program that offers access to networks of high-performing hospitals, clinics and health care facilities that offer specialized care. Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center are total joint replacement designated.
At Memorial Hermann, patients never fight cancer alone. Our affiliated physicians provide full-scope patient-centered cancer care. With numerous access points across Greater Houston, Memorial Hermann delivers timely and convenient cancer care, including prevention, screening, treatment and survivorship support.
Our teams of affiliated cancer specialists collectively strive to improve quality of care by increasing the coordination of care and improving processes aimed at delivering best outcomes while driving down the cost of care.
Oncology care is provided at eight Memorial Hermann hospitals accredited by the American College of Surgeon Commission on Cancer: Greater Heights, Memorial City, Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, TMC, The Woodlands and Katy. Memorial Hermann’s cancer network also includes three nationally accredited rectal cancer programs and a network of breast imaging and diagnostic centers.
Each year:
Read more in the Memorial Hermann Cancer Journal »
Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital prides itself in providing high-reliability and personalized care to young patients and their families with the utmost compassion. It is an honor to be recognized for our efforts in the 2024-2025 U.S. News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospitals rankings—one of the most well-known measures of achievement for children’s hospitals.
In the 2025-2026 report, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital was ranked as the No. 5 Best Children’s Hospital in Texas, and No. 6 in the Southwest Region. Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital also ranked in the top 50 children’s hospitals in the nation for the following pediatric specialties:
This year’s rankings recognize the team’s ongoing dedication to continuous improvement, resulting in recognition among the nation’s best children’s hospitals.
TIRR Memorial Hermann once again ranks No. 2 among the country’s top rehabilitation hospitals in the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospital rankings for 2025-2026. TIRR Memorial Hermann has been included in the prestigious rankings since the report’s inception in 1989.
In addition to TIRR Memorial Hermann, several other Memorial Hermann campuses and service lines ranked in the 2025-2026 report: