Heart & Vascular

Payor Recognition

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):

  • Quality care
  • Treatment expertise
  • Better overall patient results

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):

  • More affordable care

As of December 2025, Memorial Hermann Health System holds the highest number of Blue Distinction-designated sites in Texas.

Learn more about the BCBS Distinction programs »

Trauma

Level of Care

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:

  • Level I: Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital
  • Level II: Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center
  • Level III: Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital, Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital, Memorial Hermann Cypress Hospital and Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital.
  • Level IV: Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center, Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital, Memorial Hermann Pearland Hospital and Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital

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Orthopedics

Care Coordination

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.

Lowering the 30-Day Readmission Rate

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.

Payor Recognition

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.

Oncology

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.

Making Cancer Care More Accountable: Memorial Hermann’s Cancer Accountable Care Organization (ACO)

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:

  • Over 9,500 patients receive navigation support from oncology nurse navigators.
  • 709 Cancer tumor boards present over 4,000 cases for multidisciplinary care planning.
  • Over 3,000 patients are enrolled in clinical trials.
  • 46 community cancer screening and prevention events are held.
  • We partner with the American Cancer Society to provide transportation and accommodation programs.
  • We coordinate with CanCare to provide individual and personal support from cancer survivors.
  • We work with cancer support communities to provider virtual psychosocial support and financial assistance programs.
  • The Memorial Hermann Cancer Center -TMC provides at-home cancer care through Reimagine Care.
  • We offer Oncology Behavioral Health supportive services at the Lindig Family Cancer Resource Center in conjunction with UTHealth Houston.

Read more in the Memorial Hermann Cancer Journal »

Women’s and Children’s

U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Ranking

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:

  • #19 Cardiology and Heart Surgery
  • #29 Gastroenterology and GI Surgery
  • #30 Neurology and Neurosurgery

This year’s rankings recognize the team’s ongoing dedication to continuous improvement, resulting in recognition among the nation’s best children’s hospitals.

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System Awards and Recognition

U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals Ranking

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:

  • Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital ranked as the No. 3 hospital in the Houston metro area and No. 5 hospital in Texas. It also ranked No. 50 nationally in rehabilitation. (This ranking jointly includes Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital, Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center, Memorial Hermann Pearland Hospital, Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital and Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital.)
  • Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center ranked as the No. 4 hospital in the Houston metro area and No. 6 hospital in Texas. It also ranked as No. 40 nationally in orthopedics, No. 48 nationally in Neurology and Neurosurgery and No. 50 in Gastroenterology and GI Surgery. (This ranking is comprised jointly of Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Memorial Hermann | Rockets Orthopedic Hospital, Memorial Hermann Cypress Hospital and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital.)
  • Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center ranked as the No. 8 hospital in the Houston metro area and No. 13 hospital in Texas.

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