Texas State Hospital Report Card, 2009

Texas State Honor Roll for Inpatient Procedures and Conditions

1. What is the Honor Roll?

The Honor Roll consists of hospitals who have treated at least thirty cases, and whose risk-adjusted mortality rate is statistically significantly lower than the state average mortality rate using a 95% confidence interval on a given indicator. The list is sorted by region, indicator, and city, respectively. Essentially, the same information can be obtained by viewing the TABLES and GRAPHS from the main entry page and noting the hospitals with three stars. Indicators for which no hospitals made the honor roll are not displayed.

2. What does "risk-adjustment" and "95% confidence interval" mean?

These terms are described in our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page. More information also can be obtained in our Interpreting Tables and Interpreting Graphs pages.

3. Why are volume and utilization indicators excluded from the Honor Roll?

Hospitals which make the honor roll are the same hospitals which obtained three stars in a given mortality indicator on the GRAPHS. Due to the fact that there is no correct way to gauge volume or utilization levels as better or worse, we can only include mortality indicators simply because we know that a lower mortality rate is definately better.

 

   Craniotomy Mortality (Surgical opening of the skull) [Graph]
     Houston
        Methodist Hospital
        UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
     The Woodlands
        Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital
   Acute Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack) [Graph]
     Austin
        Seton Medical Center
     Floresville
        Connally Memorial Medical Center
     Harlingen
        Harlingen Medical Center
     San Antonio
        Northeast Baptist Hospital
        Southeast Baptist Hospital
     Temple
        Scott & White Memorial Hospital
   Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Mortality [Graph]
     Austin
        Heart Hospital-Austin
     Baytown
        San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
     Dallas
        Baylor Heart & Vascular Center
     Fort Worth
        Harris Methodist-Fort Worth
        Huguley Memorial Medical Center
     Houston
        Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital
     McAllen
        McAllen Medical Center
     San Antonio
        Baptist Medical Center
        Texsan Heart Hospital
     Texas City
        Mainland Medical Center
     Wichita Falls
        United Regional Health Care System-8th St Campus
   Acute Stroke Mortality [Graph]
     Amarillo
        Northwest Texas Hospital
     Arlington
        Arlington Memorial Hospital
     Dallas
        Baylor Specialty Hospital
     Fort Worth
        Baylor All Saints Medical Center-Fort Worth
        Harris Methodist-Fort Worth
     Houston
        Methodist Hospital
     Katy
        Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital
     The Woodlands
        Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital
     Tyler
        East Texas Medical Center
     Wichita Falls
        United Regional Health Care System-8th St Campus
   Gastrointestinal (GI) Hemorrhage Mortality [Graph]
     Houston
        Methodist Hospital
     Lubbock
        Covenant Medical Center
     Wichita Falls
        United Regional Health Care System-8th St Campus
   Pneumonia Mortality [Graph]
     Austin
        Seton Medical Center
     Azle
        Harris Methodist-Northwest
     Fort Worth
        Harris Methodist-Fort Worth
        Harris Methodist-Southwest
     Houston
        Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital
        Methodist Hospital
     San Antonio
        Baptist Medical Center
        North Central Baptist Hospital
     The Woodlands
        Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital
     Wichita Falls
        United Regional Health Care System-8th St Campus
   Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty [Graph]
     Austin
        Seton Medical Center
        South Austin Hospital
        Westlake Medical Center
     Lubbock
        Lubbock Heart Hospital
     Temple
        Scott & White Memorial Hospital
   Acute Myocardial Infarction w/transfers excluded (Heart Attack) [Graph]
     Austin
        Seton Medical Center
     Floresville
        Connally Memorial Medical Center
     San Antonio
        Northeast Baptist Hospital
        Southeast Baptist Hospital
     Temple
        Scott & White Memorial Hospital
   Failure to rescue [Graph]
     Amarillo
        Northwest Texas Hospital
     Austin
        Heart Hospital-Austin
     Baytown
        Triumph Hospital-Baytown
     El Paso
        R E Thomason General Hospital
     Harlingen
        Harlingen Medical Center
     Houston
        St Lukes Episcopal Hospital
        West Houston Medical Center
     San Antonio
        Baptist Medical Center
   Iatrogenic pneumothorax [Graph]
     Austin
        St Davids Hospital
     San Antonio
        Baptist Medical Center
   Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma [Graph]
     Austin
        South Austin Hospital
     Corpus Christi
        CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Shoreline
     Edinburg
        Doctors Hospital-Renaissance
     Houston
        Ben Taub General Hospital
   Postoperative respiratory failure [Graph]
     Arlington
        USMD Hospital-Arlington
     Athens
        East Texas Medical Center-Athens
     Austin
        Cornerstone Hospital-Austin
        South Austin Hospital
     Bellaire
        Foundation Surgical Hospital
     Carrollton
        Select Specialty Hospital-Dallas
     Corpus Christi
        CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Shoreline
     Dallas
        Baylor Specialty Hospital
        Methodist Dallas Medical Center
        UT Southwestern University Hospital-Zale Lipshy
     El Paso
        Mesa Hills Specialty Hospital
     Fort Worth
        LifeCare Hospital-Fort Worth
     Gainesville
        North Texas Medical Center
     Garland
        Vista Hospital-Dallas
     Houston
        Select Specialty Hospital-Houston West
        Texas Orthopedic Hospital
        Triumph Hospital-North Houston
        Triumph Hospital-Northwest
        West Houston Medical Center
     Laredo
        Doctors Hospital-Laredo
     North Richland Hills
        North Hills Hospital
     Plano
        Presbyterian Plano Center-Diagnostics & Surgery
     San Antonio
        South Texas Spine & Surgical Hospital
        Southwest General Hospital
     Sherman
        Wilson N Jones Medical Center
     Texarkana
        CHRISTUS St Michael Health System
        Wadley Regional Medical Center
     Tyler
        East Texas Medical Center Specialty Hospital
        Texas Spine & Joint Hospital
     Victoria
        Citizens Medical Center
     Webster
        Cornerstone Hospital Houston-Clear Lake
        Triumph Hospital-Clearlake
   Postoperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis [Graph]
     Amarillo
        Northwest Texas Hospital
     Arlington
        USMD Hospital-Arlington
     Athens
        East Texas Medical Center-Athens
     Austin
        Austin Surgical Hospital
        Seton Medical Center
        Seton Northwest Hospital
        South Austin Hospital
        St Davids Hospital
        University Medical Center-Brackenridge
     Bellaire
        Foundation Surgical Hospital
     Bryan
        St Joseph Regional Health Center
     Corpus Christi
        CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Shoreline
        CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-South
        Corpus Christi Medical Center-Bay Area
        Corpus Christi Medical Center-Doctors Regional
     Dallas
        Baylor Heart & Vascular Center
        Presbyterian Hospital-Dallas
     Del Rio
        Val Verde Regional Medical Center
     Edinburg
        Doctors Hospital-Renaissance
     Fort Worth
        Plaza Medical Center-Fort Worth
     Fredericksburg
        Hill Country Memorial Hospital
     Granbury
        Lake Granbury Medical Center
     Grapevine
        Baylor Regional Medical Center-Grapevine
     Harlingen
        Valley Baptist Medical Center
     Houston
        East Houston Regional Medical Center
        Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital
        Spring Branch Medical Center
        Texas Orthopedic Hospital
     Livingston
        Memorial Medical Center-Livingston
     Longview
        Good Shepherd Medical Center
     Lubbock
        Covenant Medical Center
        Covenant Medical Center-Lakeside
        Lubbock Heart Hospital
        University Medical Center
     Marshall
        Good Shepherd Medical Center-Marshall
     Mineral Wells
        Palo Pinto General Hospital
     Paris
        Paris Regional Medical Center South Campus
     Plano
        Presbyterian Plano Center-Diagnostics & Surgery
     San Angelo
        Shannon West Texas Memorial Hospital
     San Antonio
        CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Medical Center
        Metropolitan Methodist Hospital
        Nix Health Care System
        South Texas Spine & Surgical Hospital
        St Lukes Baptist Hospital
     Stephenville
        Harris Methodist-Erath County
     The Woodlands
        Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital
     Tyler
        East Texas Medical Center
        Mother Frances Hospital
     Waco
        Providence Health Center
     Weslaco
        Knapp Medical Center
     Wichita Falls
        Kell West Regional Hospital
   Postoperative sepsis [Graph]
     Abilene
        Abilene Regional Medical Center
        Hendrick Medical Center
     Austin
        Cornerstone Hospital-Austin
        Heart Hospital-Austin
        St Davids Hospital
     Baytown
        San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
     Beaumont
        CHRISTUS Hospital
     Dallas
        LifeCare Hospital-Dallas
        Methodist Dallas Medical Center
        Texas Specialty Hospital-Dallas
     El Paso
        Mesa Hills Specialty Hospital
     Fort Worth
        Harris Methodist-Fort Worth
     Lubbock
        Lubbock Heart Hospital
        Texas Specialty Hospital-Lubbock
     Pasadena
        Kindred Hospital
     Plano
        Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
     San Antonio
        Promise Specialty Hospital-San Antonio
     Texarkana
        CHRISTUS St Michael Health System
     Tyler
        East Texas Medical Center Specialty Hospital
   Postoperative wound dehiscence in abdominopelvic patients [Graph]
     Houston
        UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
   Accidental puncture and laceration [Graph]
     Athens
        East Texas Medical Center-Athens
     Austin
        Heart Hospital-Austin
        North Austin Medical Center
        Westlake Medical Center
     Beaumont
        Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas
        CHRISTUS Hospital
     Cleburne
        Walls Regional Hospital
     Cleveland
        Cleveland Regional Medical Center
     Conroe
        Conroe Regional Medical Center
     Corpus Christi
        CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-South
        Corpus Christi Medical Center-Doctors Regional
     Cypress
        North Cypress Medical Center
     Dallas
        Methodist Dallas Medical Center
     Edinburg
        Edinburg Regional Medical Center
     El Paso
        Del Sol Medical Center
     Fort Worth
        Baylor Surgical Hospital-Fort Worth
        Huguley Memorial Medical Center
     Houston
        Houston Northwest Medical Center
        Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital
        St Lukes Episcopal Hospital
        UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
        West Houston Medical Center
     Kingwood
        Kingwood Medical Center
     Lubbock
        Lubbock Heart Hospital
     Mesquite
        Dallas Regional Medical Center
     Palestine
        Palestine Regional Medical Center
     Pasadena
        Bayshore Medical Center
        Patients Medical Center
     Port Arthur
        CHRISTUS Hospital-St Mary
     San Antonio
        Baptist Medical Center
        Methodist Hospital
        Southeast Baptist Hospital
        St Lukes Baptist Hospital
        Texsan Heart Hospital
     Texas City
        Mainland Medical Center
     Tyler
        East Texas Medical Center
        Mother Frances Hospital
        UT Health Center-Tyler
     Victoria
        Citizens Medical Center
     Waco
        Providence Health Center