Awards and Recognition

Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital, Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital, Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital and Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center all have received Chest Pain Center Certification from The Joint Commission (TJC). An independent, not-for-profit organization, TJC accredits and certifies nearly 21,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. Health care organizations that have received this accreditation have demonstrated a high level of expertise in dealing with patients with heart attack symptoms.

Four Memorial Hermann hospitals have been collectively named among the nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals in an annual national study conducted by Truven Health Analytics.™ Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital, Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital, Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital and Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital, have been named among the Truven Health 100 Top Hospitals® five times and the 50 top Cardiovascular Hospitals seven times.

The Truven study, now in its 17th year, singled out 50 hospitals that achieved superior clinical outcomes in this critical area of hospital care. Like the Truven Health 100 Top Hospitals® study, the 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals survey uses rigorous processes to calculate and measure hospital service lines leverage industry-leading, risk-adjusted methodologies developed and maintained by Truven Health scientists over many years. The Truven Health 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals study measures eight key performance areas: risk-adjusted mortality, risk-adjusted complications, core measures (a group of measures that assess process of care), percentage of coronary bypass patients with internal mammary artery use, 30-day mortality rates, 30-day readmission rates, severity-adjusted average length of stay, and wage- and severity-adjusted average cost. The study has been conducted annually since 1999.

The American Heart Association has awarded its the Mission: Lifeline® Bronze Receiving Quality Achievement Award to Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital and Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital. The Receiving Awards are given to hospitals for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks. In addition to receiving the Mission: Lifeline Bronze Receiving award, Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital has also been recognized as a recipient of Mission: Lifeline’s Bronze-Plus award, which recognizes the hospital has reached an achievement score of 75% or greater for treating STEMI transfer patients within 120 minutes for at least one quarter.

The American Heart Association has awarded its Mission: Lifeline® Silver Receiving Quality Achievement Award to Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital and Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center. The Receiving Awards are given to hospitals for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks.

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.

Memorial Hermann received awards in four of the top categories, including:

• Cardiac Award (hospital less than 250 beds): Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital
• Cardiac Award (hospital with more than 250 beds): Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital
• Pediatric System of Care Award: Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital
• EMS/Air Medical Partner of the Year Award: Memorial Hermann Life Flight

Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute - Southwest and Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute- Memorial City earned a Three-Star Rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for quality related to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The STS composite quality rating is based on a combination of 11 National Quality Forum-endorsed heart bypass surgery processes and outcomes measures. These measures rate the performance of heart surgery programs in four areas: Avoidance of Operative Mortality; Avoidance of Major Morbidity; High Quality Intra-Operative Care; and Appropriate Perioperative Medication Usage.

Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center received recognition for excellence in heart attack care/reducing readmissions from the Commonwealth Fund.

Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital, formerly 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. SCPC's goal is to significantly reduce the mortality rate of these patients by teaching the public to recognize and react to the early symptoms of a possible heart attack, reduce the time that it takes to receive treatment, and increase the accuracy and effectiveness of treatment. The Accredited Chest Pain Center's protocol-driven and systematic approach to patient management allows physicians to reduce time to treatment during the critical early stages of a heart attack, when treatments are most effective, and to better monitor patients when it is not clear whether or not they are having a coronary event. Such observation helps ensure that patients are neither sent home too early nor needlessly admitted.

Memorial Hermann Southwest received a three-star designation in 2010, the highest possible rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, joining only 12 percent of U.S. hospitals receiving this rating.