Eight Hospitals Recognized for Excellence in Women’s Services
Houston, TX – HCA Houston Healthcare today announced that eight hospitals offering women’s services have been honored as recipients of multiple Healthgrades 2021 Women’s Care Specialty Excellence Awards. These awards include the Obstetrics and Gynecology Excellence Award™, Labor and Delivery Excellence Award™ and Gynecologic Surgery Excellence Award™ as recognized by Healthgrades, the leading resource that connects consumers, physicians and health systems. The awards place these HCA Houston Healthcare facilities among a select group of hospitals—within the top 5 - 10% of all hospitals evaluated for providing outstanding quality outcomes in exceptional care of mothers during and after labor and delivery, as well as care of women undergoing gynecologic procedures, including surgery.
“I am extremely proud of our women’s and surgical services colleagues for their hard work and dedication to providing superior, patient-centered care,” said Mujtaba Ali-Khan, DO, chief medical officer of HCA Houston Healthcare. “Our hospital teams are committed to delivering effective, evidence-based, innovative care and receiving these awards affirm our collective efforts to provide the treatment patients need and the quality care they deserve.”
Special recognition goes to The Woman’s Hospital of Texas, the system’s women and children’s specialty hospital, and HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood for achieving awards in all three categories.
The following HCA Houston Healthcare hospitals are 2020 Women’s Care Specialty Excellence Award recipients:
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake
- Recipient of the Healthgrades Obstetrics and Gynecology Excellence Award™ for 3 Years in a Row (2019-2021) and among the Top 5% of Hospitals Evaluated for Obstetrics and Gynecology for 2 Years in a Row (2020-2021)
- Recipient of the Healthgrades Labor and Delivery Excellence Award™ for 3 Years in a Row (2019-2021) and among the Top 5% of Hospitals Evaluated for Labor and Delivery for 2 Years in a Row (2020-2021)
- Five-Star Recipient for Vaginal Delivery for 4 Years in a Row (2018-2021), Five-Star Recipient for C-Section Delivery for 7 Years in a Row (2015-2021) and Five-Star Recipient for Hysterectomy in 2021
HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe
- Recipient of the Healthgrades 2021 Obstetrics and Gynecology Excellence Award™ for 3 Years in a Row and among the Top 10% of Hospitals Evaluated for Obstetrics and Gynecology in 2021
- Recipient of the Healthgrades Labor and Delivery Excellence Award™ for 2 Years in a Row (2020-2021) and among the Top 5% of Hospitals Evaluated for Labor and Delivery in 2021
- Five-Star Recipient for Vaginal Delivery for 3 Years in a Row (2019-2021) and a Five-Star Recipient for C-Section Delivery for 4 Years in a Row (2018-2021)
HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood
- Recipient of the Healthgrades Obstetrics and Gynecology Excellence Award™ for 2 Years in a Row (2020-2021) and among the Top 10% of Hospitals Evaluated for Obstetrics and Gynecology for 2 Years in a Row (2020-2021)
- Recipient of the Healthgrades Labor and Delivery Excellence Award™ for 3 Years in a Row (2019-2021) and among the Top 10% of Hospitals Evaluated for Labor and Delivery for 3 Years in a Row (2019-2021)
- Recipient of the Healthgrades 2021 Gynecologic Surgery Excellence Award™ and among the Top 5% of Hospitals Evaluated for Gynecologic Surgery in 2021
- Five-Star Recipient for Vaginal Delivery for 4 Years in a Row (2018-2021), Five-Star Recipient for C-Section Delivery for 3 Years in a Row (2019-2021) and Five-Star Recipient for Gynecologic Procedures in 2021
HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center
- Five-Star Recipient for Hysterectomy for 2 Years in a Row (2020-2021)
HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest
- Recipient of the Healthgrades 2021 Obstetrics and Gynecology Excellence Award™ and among the Top 5% of Hospitals Evaluated for Obstetrics and Gynecology in 2021
- Recipient of the Healthgrades Labor and Delivery Excellence Award™ for 2 Years in a Row and among the Top 5% of Hospitals Evaluated for Labor and Delivery in 2021
- Five-Star Recipient for Vaginal Delivery for 2 Years in a Row (2020-2021) and a Five-Star Recipient for C-Section Delivery for 4 Years in a Row (2018-2021)
HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast
- Recipient of the Healthgrades Obstetrics and Gynecology Excellence Award™ for 4 Years in a Row (2018-2021) and among the Top 5% of Hospitals Evaluated for Obstetrics and Gynecology for 4 Years in a Row (2018-2021)
- Recipient of the Healthgrades Labor and Delivery Excellence Award™ for 7 Years in a Row (2015-2021) and among the Top 5% of Hospitals Evaluated for Labor and Delivery for 4 Years in a Row (2018-2021)
- Five-Star Recipient for Vaginal Delivery for 7 Years in a Row (2015-2021) and a Five-Star Recipient for C-Section Delivery for 7 Years in a Row (2015-2021)
HCA Houston Healthcare West
- Recipient of the Healthgrades Obstetrics and Gynecology Excellence Award™ for 3 Years in a Row (2019-2021) and among the Top 10% of Hospitals Evaluated for Obstetrics and Gynecology for 3 Years in a Row (2019-2021)
- Recipient of the Healthgrades Labor and Delivery Excellence Award™ for 3 Years in a Row (, among the Top 5% of Hospitals Evaluated for Labor and Delivery in 2021 and among the Top 10% of Hospitals Evaluated for Labor and Delivery for 3 Years in a Row (2019-2021)
- Five-Star Recipient for Vaginal Delivery for 4 Years in a Row (2018-2021) and Five-Star Recipient for C-Section Delivery for 4 Years in a Row (2018-2021)
The Woman’s Hospital of Texas
- Recipient of the Healthgrades Obstetrics and Gynecology Excellence Award™ for 4 Years in a Row (2018-2021) and among the Top 5% of Hospitals Evaluated for Obstetrics and Gynecology for 4 Years in a Row (2018-2021)
- Recipient of the Healthgrades Labor and Delivery Excellence Award™ for 4 Years in a Row (2018-2021) and among the Top 5% of Hospitals Evaluated for Labor and Delivery for 4 Years in a Row (2018-2020)
- Recipient of the Healthgrades Gynecologic Surgery Excellence Award™ for 11 Years in a Row (2011-2021) and among the Top 5% of Hospitals Evaluated for Gynecologic Surgery for 5 Years in a Row (2017-2021)
- Five-Star Recipient for Vaginal Delivery for 4 Years in a Row (2018-2021), Five-Star Recipient for C-Section Delivery for 4 Years in a Row (2018-2021), Five-Star Recipient for Gynecologic Procedures for 11 Years in a Row (2011-2021) and Five-Star Recipient for Hysterectomy for 7 Years in a Row (2015-2021)
“Now more than ever, there is a heightened awareness around the importance of quality healthcare, especially for expectant mothers and their families,” said Brad Bowman, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Healthgrades. “Women who seek care at a hospital that has achieved the Healthgrades Excellence Awards can have confidence in the organization’s commitment to delivering superior care.”
To help consumers evaluate and compare hospital performance, Healthgrades analyzed patient outcomes data for hospitals across 16 states that provide all-payer state data for years 2017 through 2019. Healthgrades found that the variation in hospital performance makes a significant difference in terms of clinical outcomes:
- If all hospitals in the analysis performed similarly to those that received the Healthgrades 2021 Obstetrics and Gynecology Excellence Award, 155,179 patients with complications could have potentially been avoided.*
- From 2017 through 2019, patients treated in hospitals receiving the Healthgrades Obstetrics and Gynecology Excellence Award had, on average, a 37% lower risk of experiencing a complication while in the hospital than if they were treated in hospitals that did not receive the Obstetrics and Gynecology Excellence Award*.
- From 2017 through 2019, if all hospitals included in the analysis performed similarly to those that received the Healthgrades Labor and Delivery Excellence Award, 138,318 patients with complications could potentially have been avoided*.
- From 2017 through 2019, patients treated in hospitals receiving the Healthgrades Labor and Delivery Excellence Award had, on average, a 41.7% lower risk of experiencing a complication while in the hospital than if they were treated in hospitals that did not receive the award*.
- From 2017 through 2019, patients treated in hospitals receiving the Healthgrades Gynecologic Surgery Excellence Award had, on average, a 9% lower risk of experiencing a complication while in the hospital than if they were treated in hospitals that did not receive the award*.
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* Statistics are based on Healthgrades’ analysis of all-payer data for years 2017 through 2019 and represent 3-year estimates for patients in 16 states for which all-payer data was made available.