Memorial Hermann Health System, Houston's largest nonprofit, community-owned health system, is committed to advancing value-based care through the Quintuple Aim: improving employee and physician well-being, enhancing patient experiences, promoting health equity, delivering coordinated high-quality care and reducing health care costs. Through our Office of Health Access and Engagement, we actively strive to address social determinants of health.
Service Line Highlights
Orthopedics
- Memorial Hermann supports community sports programs throughout the Greater Houston area, integrating athletic training, orthopedic care and active-lifestyle spaces. This approach promotes wellness and injury prevention across athletic organizations and our communities.
Oncology
- Our comprehensive community outreach, education and cancer prevention screening initiatives have reached numerous community members.
- We collaborate with key partners including the American Cancer Society, Houston Health Department and Memorial Hermann StepHealthy Program.
- Our oncology nurse navigators play a vital role by providing appointment scheduling, care service connections and survivorship information.
Trauma
- Memorial Hermann Life Flight® was founded in 1976 by renowned trauma surgeon Dr. James "Red" Duke and operates as one of the nation's busiest critical care air transport services.
- Our fleet of six state-of-the-art EC 145 helicopters serves Southeast Texas as the only nonprofit air medical provider in Greater Houston, maintaining a local, regional and national presence.
- Recent achievements include CAMTS accreditation in April 2024 and the EMS Response of the Year award at the 2024 Texas EMS Conference.
Women's & Children's Services
- Memorial Hermann provides care for over 25,000 laboring mothers annually from diverse ethnic, economic and racial backgrounds.
- We are committed to reducing maternal mortality and morbidity through targeted community engagement.
- Our approach addresses the underlying causes of pregnancy-related complications, including social determinants of health that can impact outcomes long before pregnancy begins.