Memorial Hermann Hospitals Receive High Honors from American College of Cardiology
Ten Memorial Hermann Health System hospitals received NCDR Chest Pain – MI Registry™ awards from the American College of Cardiology (ACC).
The Memorial Hermann Breast Care Center and Imaging Center at Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital, is a full service diagnostic imaging facility and Breast Care Center that delivers quality expertise with convenience in mind.
We offer convenient online scheduling for most imaging services. If you do not see a service listed or your preferred appointment time slot above, call (713) 867-3336 or (877) 704-8700.
Located in north central Houston, the Breast Care Center offers a full suite of screening and diagnostic breast care services close to home. The team of experienced radiologists is board certified and dedicated to breast imaging and procedures. This location also employs an oncology nurse navigator who serves as a patient liaison to help patients and their family members navigate treatment.
Breast care services include:
The Memorial Hermann Breast Care Center at Greater Height’s is certified by the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) as well fully accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers Certification. The National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) is a voluntary accreditation program for breast centers in the United States administered by the American College of Surgeons.
As an NAPBC-accredited center, Memorial Hermann Greater Heights has demonstrated the following services:
The compassionate and experienced staff at Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Imaging Center delivers quality diagnostic expertise with convenience in mind. The Center utilizes a Picture Archiving Communication System (PACS), which digitizes medical images and processes them for reading by a radiologist in a fraction of the time it takes to process film. Images can be viewed at special PACS workstations in the hospital or on any PC, so images can easily be shared with referring physicians located anywhere in the city or the world. Patients receive shorter wait time due to no film development.
Imaging services include:
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Ten Memorial Hermann Health System hospitals received NCDR Chest Pain – MI Registry™ awards from the American College of Cardiology (ACC).
Ten Memorial Hermann hospitals have received American Heart Association (AHA) Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Quality Achievement Awards for their commitment to offering stroke patients the most appropriate treatment.
TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital has been named a national leader in rehabilitative care and the best rehabilitation hospital in Texas for 2023-2024, according to U.S. News & World Report.
The National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) has once again granted accreditation to the Memorial Hermann Imaging & Breast Care Center - Greater Heights Hospital.
Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center and Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital have both been recognized as 2022-2023 High Performing Hospitals in Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy) by U.S. News & World Report. This is the highest award a hospital can earn for U.S. News&rsq...
Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital has earned redesignation as a Magnet Recognition Program® by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). This is the second time the hospital has garnered this prestigious distinction.
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 2022-2023, which were released today. TIRR Memorial Hermann was previously ranked No. 2 in the 2021-2022 rankings and has been...
Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital and Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital have both been recognized as High Performing in Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy) by U.S. News & World Report. This is the first time U.S. News has published a list of Best Hospitals for Maternity. “High...
TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital ranked No. 2 among the country’s top rehabilitation hospitals in the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospital rankings for 2021-2022.
In a safety report released nationally today by The Leapfrog Group, a Washington D.C-based organization aiming to improve health care quality and safety for consumers and purchasers, Memorial Hermann Health System earned numerous ‘A’ safety grades in this elite national ratings program. The progr...
Memorial Hermann Health System is pleased to announce the opening of the Greater Heights Community Resource Center, an innovative concept aimed at assisting both patients and the community with accessing community resources and completing eligibility applications, while also serving as a link ...
Memorial Hermann recognizes the importance of family support in the healing process and, effective Aug. 31, 2020, will begin allowing one visitor per patient per day at our acute care facilities, as well as TIRR Memorial Hermann Inpatient and Outpatient Medical Clinic and Memorial Hermann R...
TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital ranked No. 3 among the country’s top rehabilitation hospitals in the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospital rankings for 2020-2021. TIRR Memorial Hermann has been included in the prestigious rankings since the report’s inception in 1989.
CEOs across the Texas Medical Center want to reassure the public that this pandemic is not eclipsing our capabilities. Our hospitals have the ICU capacity, staff and supplies to meet the health care needs of our community.
Memorial Hermann recognizes the importance of family support in the healing process and effective June 1 will begin allowing one visitor per patient per day as permitted by Texas law. This new policy applies to our hospitals, as well as TIRR Memorial Hermann and Katy Rehab.
Memorial Hermann Health System is further modifying its visitor policy as an effort to continue to protect patients, workforce, caregivers and the community. Effective Friday, March 27, Memorial Hermann will no longer allow visitors to enter our facilities until further notice. This policy modifi...
Memorial Hermann Health System is further modifying its visitor policy as an effort to continue to protect patients, workforce, caregivers and the community.
Memorial Hermann is postponing elective, non-urgent surgeries, procedures and outpatient services (including some physical therapy, occupational therapy and imaging exams) in an effort to further protect the greater Houston community from the spread of COVID-19 and conserve resources for the sick...
Memorial Hermann Health System is further modifying its visitor policy by reducing the number of visitors per patient, limiting visitation hours and implementing workforce screening, effective Tuesday, March 17 until further notice. These new, additional precautionary measures are to further prot...
Regional health care providers in the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical complex in the world, are committed to protecting the health and safety of patients, visitors, employees and members of the community during the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
To further protect the health of our patients, workforce and the community, and prevent the potential spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Memorial Hermann is modifying its visitor policy across all Memorial Hermann acute-care and rehabilitation hospitals and Convenient Care Centers, ef...
TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital ranked No. 4 among the country’s top rehabilitation hospitals in the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitalrankings for 2019-2020. TIRR Memorial Hermann has been included in the prestigious rankings since the report’s inception in 1989.
Residents of Greater Heights, Oak Forest, Garden Oaks, Lazybrook, Timbergrove, Woodland Heights and surrounding communities in need of after-hours care for non-life-threatening illnesses and minor injuries now have a new option for immediate diagnosis and treatment – Memorial Hermann Urgent Ca...
In an effort to recognize the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey and rekindle the heightened sense of community spirit that was exhibited during and after the storm, Memorial Hermann Health System hosted a number of volunteer events that all employees and affiliated physicians were invited to ...
Memorial Hermann Health System is pleased to announce Paul O’Sullivan as SVP and CEO of Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital.
Memorial Hermann-TMC CEO Brian Dean will be succeeded by Memorial Hermann Southwest and Memorial Hermann Sugar Land CEO Greg Haralson when Dean transitions into System CFO role on Aug. 1
In a safety report released nationally yesterday by The Leapfrog Group, Memorial Hermann received straight A’s for its efforts in protecting patients from harm and meeting the highest safety standards in the U.S.
Ann Szapor, MBA, BSN, RN, NEA-BC, has been named Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) at Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital. As CNO, Szapor has executive oversight of regulatory standards, compliance, patient satisfaction, patient safety, quality of patient care, and employee eng...
Respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, is making the rounds, according to physicians affiliated with Memorial Hermann.
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, and physicians affiliated with Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital are encouraging men to talk to their physician about prostate cancer screening and treatment options.
Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital, Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital, Memorial Hermann Pearland Hospital, Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital, and Memorial Herman Southwest Hospital recently received the 2017 International Board Certified Lactation Consultant® (IBCLC®...
Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital, Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital, Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital and Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital all have received Chest Pain Center accreditation from The Joint Commission (TJC). An independent, not-for-profit organization, TJC accre...
Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital recently expanded its women’s services with the opening of an obstetric emergency center. The OB Emergency Center treats pregnant women 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
A Heights-area man is the first in Houston to receive a new specialty stent during a minimally-invasive procedure at Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital.
Eight Memorial Hermann hospitals across the Greater Houston area have received elite recognition from the American Heart Association (AHA)/American Stroke Association (ASA) for their commitment to provide high-quality stroke care.
Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital is now among an elite group of facilities nationwide that has received Magnet® recognition for excellence in nursing services by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program®. The designation is one of the hig...
Women Leaders of Memorial Hermann Health System has partnered with Dress For Success Houston for its annual “Send One Suit” donation drive.
Memorial Hermann Health System has been ranked fourth among Forbes magazine’s annual list of America’s Best Employers, earning a top spot alongside several nationally recognized brands.
Four Memorial Hermann hospitals have been collectively named among the nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals by Truven Health Analytics,TM an IBM company.
Memorial Hermann recently teamed up with the YMCA of Greater Houston to help make sure hundreds of area students have the supplies they need to start the school year. Memorial Hermann physicians, employees and volunteers donated money and school supplies as part of the YMCA of Greater Houston&rsq...
The Memorial Hermann Health System was named one of the country’s “Most Wired” for the 12th consecutive year in the Hospitals & Health Networks (H&HN) recently released annual survey conducted in partnership with the American Hospital Association.
In a rare accomplishment for a U.S. health system, Memorial Hermann was nationally recognized for awards in multiple categories by the American Hospital Association (AHA) – notably for its commitment to quality, employing innovation in palliative and end-of-life care and for improving commu...
Memorial Hermann is proud to announce that eight of its hospitals have received recognition from the American Heart Association (AHA) and American Stroke Association (ASA) for the high-quality stroke care provided to patients.
Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital earned an “A” grade in the recently released spring update of independent hospital watchdog The Leapfrog Group’s elite national ratings program, recognizing hospitals’ strong commitment to patient safety.
The Breast Center at Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital has been granted full re-accreditation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program administered by the American College of Surgeons. Accreditation by the NAPBC is only given to those centers that have v...
Hospitals across the Memorial Hermann Health System commemorated the extra special birthdays of babies delivered on Feb. 29 with a special surprise to celebrate the occasion that happens just once every four years.
Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital has partnered with Amputation Prevention Centers of America® (APCA) to develop a specialized amputation prevention program and a dedicated treatment center now available to patients.
The debut of Medicare was less than six months away, a gallon of gas cost 32 cents, the average home price in the United States was $14,200 and Houston’s Interstate 610 was years from becoming “The Loop” when Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital opened its doors for the fir...
Three Memorial Hermann Health System hospitals as well as Memorial Hermann Life Flight® were recently honored at the SouthEast Texas Regional Advisory Council (SETRAC) Awards Banquet 2016.
November is American Diabetes Month, which recognizes one of the country’s most prevalent diseases. It also coincides with the beginning of the holiday party season and the sometimes hearty and unhealthy food and drink that comes with it.
An announcement released nationally today by the independent hospital watchdog The Leapfrog Group, shows that all nine of the acute-care hospitals within the Memorial Hermann Health System earned an A in this elite national ratings program, recognizing its strong commitment to patient safety.
The Greater Heights now has a hospital to call its own – Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital – and along with it new service offerings that will significantly expand access to quality health care for area residents.
A group of Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital volunteers, staff and affiliated physicians conducted free pre-participatory physicals for 92 students from eight area elementary, middle and high schools on Saturday, Aug. 29.
Lung cancer screening before symptoms present has the potential to greatly increase the chance of surviving a disease that is expected to claim more than 150,000 lives this year in the United States, according to the American Lung Association (ALA).
Daily, Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital serves as a convenient access point to quality, advanced healthcare but recently the hospital served as a bridge from the classroom to the healthcare world for several local high school educators.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized Memorial Hermann Health System for the third consecutive year as a 2015 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year-Sustained Excellence Award recipient for its continued commitment to managing and improving energy efficiency across its network of...
Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital is reminding everyone that March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. The hospital, located at 610 and Ella, offers colorectal screening that can easily be set up over the phone or in person.
Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital announced today that it has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal® of Approval and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Heart-Check mark for Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Centers. This important achievement sig...
May 6 marks the beginning of National Nurses Week across the country. With a wide variety of celebrations and events, Memorial Hermann Health System takes this opportunity to raise awareness of the important role nurses play in patient outcomes, safety, and overall well-being.
Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for the second time for its knee replacement and hip replacement surgery by demonstrating compliance with The Joint Commission’s national standards for health care quality and safety in disea...
Eight Memorial Hermann Health System hospitals today were named 2013 Top Performers on Key Quality Measures by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in America.
Four Memorial Hermann hospitals - Memorial Hermann Memorial City, Memorial Hermann Northwest, TIRR Memorial Hermann, and Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center - have achieved Stage 6 on the EMR Adoption ModelSM (EMRAM), upping the number of Memorial Hermann hospitals to seven that have earned Sta...
Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital has received full accreditation with PCI from the Society of Chest Pain Centers, a patient-centered, nonprofit international organization focused on improving care for patients with heart disease.
The Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals® study evaluates performance in 10 areas: mortality; medical complications; patient safety; average patient stay; expenses; profitability; patient satisfaction; adherence to clinical standards of care; post-discharge mortality; and readmission rates for a...
“We strive for the Energy Star every year,” Stansbury said. “Reaching our goal means maximizing efficiencies and looking for ways to save money without compromising the safety and comfort of our patients, visitors and staff.”
“As we approached the 500 mark, we’ve affected enough lives to get out-of-town word-of-mouth referrals. In fact, 15 to 20 percent of patients come to us from other communities, many from cities across Texas and around the country.”
In an effort to reduce energy consumption, improve indoor air quality and create a more patient-friendly environment, Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital has made extensive energy management changes on its campus.
Kourosh Keyhani, DO, an endovascular surgeon affiliated with Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital, is now performing a new procedure at the hospital - Endovascular Aneurysm Repairs on patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). AAAs affect approximately 2 million people in the U.S., with 200,0...
Blue Distinction Centers for Cardiac Care demonstrate their commitment to quality care, resulting in better overall outcomes for cardiac patients. To receive the designation, the four Memorial Hermann campuses had to meet evidence-based clinical criteria developed in collaboration with expert phy...
“The Breast Imaging Center of Excellence designation is a result of the hard work and dedication of our radiologists and staff,” said Gary Kerr, Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital CEO. “It identifies us as a premier provider of comprehensive breast imaging services and should assu...
“It is a pleasure to have such a distinguished group of physicians leading our hospital,” said Gary Kerr, CEO of Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital.
The Commission on Cancer was established by the American College of Surgeons in 1922 and is a consortium of professional organizations dedicated to improving survival rates and quality of life for cancer patients.
All nine Memorial Hermann acute care hospitals have received the Texas Health Care Quality Improvement Award from the TMF Health Quality Institute. The award honors Texas hospitals that are performing quality initiatives aimed at improving outcomes in patient care based on specific national quali...
Memorial Hermann Northwest initiated extensive energy management efforts in 2007. Significant tasks that have been completed which had a direct impact on energy consumption at the campus include: T-8 lighting retrofits, installation of high efficiency condensing boilers, extensive test and balanc...
A board-certified physician who is fluent in Hindi, Dr. Gyamlani joins Jorge Luengas, MD, a board-certified family medicine specialist, at the Northwest practice.
Gary Kerr has been named Chief Executive Officer of Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital, after serving as the healthcare institution's interim CEO since January 2009 and COO since 2002.
The Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters recently named the nation's 100 Top Hospitals® for cardiovascular care. Only 30 community hospitals across the nation were selected for the honor. In Houston, the best of the best included Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center and the hospital g...
Mouton will work directly with Pamela Blake, MD, director of Memorial Hermann Medical Group Headache Clinic of Greater Heights, and a board-certified neurologist.
Celebrating ACEP’s 40th anniversary, the organization recognized emergency physicians who have made significant contributions to emergency medicine, their communities and their patients.
Recently approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), digital mammography is a fairly new method for imaging the breasts. It is particularly recommended for women who are under the age of 50 or who have very dense breast tissue at any age.
The designation is given to healthcare organizations that create work environments in which nurses can flourish and is a testament to professional satisfaction among nurses. It also identifies best places to work for nurses.
VHA Inc. has awarded four Memorial Hermann hospitals a total of six 2008 VHA Leadership Awards for Clinical Excellence for meeting or exceeding national performance standards for clinical care in specific areas from the third quarter of 2006 to the second quarter of 2007.
To achieve its performance goals, interdisciplinary teams of hospital employees and medical staff physicians employed nationally recognized standards to ensure that patients receive consistent, high quality medical care.
TeamHealth and Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston have signed a Letter of Understanding for TeamHealth to provide emergency department staffing and management services to the System's eight suburban hospitals.
From Ella Boulevard, take a right on 26th Street and follow signs to Garage 2. Park in Garage 2 and from there, follow the walk way and signs to the South Tower. Take the elevators to the 2nd floor.