Clear Lake among best hospitals 2024-2025 as high performing by U.S. News & World Report

HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake has been named by U.S. News & World Report as a 2024-2025 Best Hospital.

HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake ranked No. 10 in the Greater Houston region among U.S. News’ 2024-2025 edition of Best Hospitals. Additionally, the hospital was named a High Performing hospital for seven procedures and conditions including Congestive Heart Failure, COPD, Diabetes, Heart Attack, Kidney Failure, Pneumonia and Stroke. This is the highest distinction a hospital can earn for U.S. News’ Best Hospitals Procedures & Conditions ratings.

“HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake is proud to be recognized as one of the best hospitals in Greater Houston and to be named as a High Performing hospital in seven procedures and conditions, which highlights our expertise and commitment to patient well-being,” said Todd Caliva, chief executive officer. “I am honored to work with a great group of healthcare professionals who are truly committed to delivering world class care to our patients! This profession is about commitment, teamwork and compassion and I feel very fortunate to work with colleagues who share our values.”

U.S. News evaluated nearly 5,000 hospitals across 15 specialties and 20 procedures and conditions; only 11% of evaluated hospitals earned a Best Hospitals ranking. Hospitals awarded a “Best” designation excelled at factors such as clinical outcomes, level of nursing care and patient experience. The annual Procedures & Conditions ratings are designed to assist patients and their health care providers in making informed decisions about where to receive care for challenging health conditions or elective procedures.

“For 35 years, U.S. News has been a leading resource for patients navigating their health care decisions,” said Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News. “A 'Best Hospital' recognition empowers patients to seek out medical care from the best of the best to treat their illness or condition. Additionally, the ‘High Performing” designation acknowledges hospitals that consistently deliver high-quality care for specific medical procedures and conditions.”

To calculate the Best Hospitals rankings, U.S. News evaluated each hospital’s performance on objective measures such as risk-adjusted mortality rates, preventable complications and level of nursing care. The Best Hospitals Specialty rankings methodology and Procedures & Conditions ratings methodology measure patient outcomes using data from millions of records provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. This year, among other methodology refinements, U.S. News incorporated new data on care provided to patients with Medicare Advantage insurance and on care provided to outpatients, nearly doubling the number of patients included in its annual data analysis. The Procedures & Conditions ratings are based entirely on objective quality measures.

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