Distinctions & Awards

Woodlands:

• Recognized with 2024 Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke GoldPlus Award, Target: Stroke Elite Honor Roll, and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll awards from the American Heart Association.
• Received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain  ̶  MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2024.
• Awarded ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade from Leapfrog Group, Spring 2024
• Recognized with 2024 Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus Award, Target: Stroke℠ Elite Honor Roll, and Target: Type 2 Diabetes℠ Honor Roll awards from the American Heart Association
• Recognized with 2023 Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus Award, Target: Stroke℠ Elite Honor Roll, and Target: Type 2 Diabetes℠ Honor Roll awards from the American Heart Association
• Recognized with 2022 Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke GoldPlus, Target: Stroke Honor Roll and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll awards from the American Heart Association
• 2020 Quest® High Quality Value Award Winner from Premier Inc.
  
• Quality Texas 2020 Progress Level Award Winner
• 2020 Mission: LIFELINE® Gold NSTEMI Receiving Center Achievement Award from American Heart Association
• 2020 Get With The Guidelines Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award from American Heart Association
• 2020 Healthgrades Five-Star Award for Women’s Services
• Received the Get with The Guidelines®– Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award and the Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Achievement Award from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association in 2013 and 2015 for its exceptional Comprehensive Stroke Program.
  
• Designated as a "Pathway to Excellence™" hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center in 2014 for its ideal practice environment for nurses.
• Received national accreditation as a Comprehensive Stroke Center in 2014 by DNV Healthcare, Inc.
• Recognized as one of the Best Hospitals in the Piney Woods region of Texas in 2013-2014 by U.S. News & World Report. The publication also designated the hospital as high performing in geriatrics.
• Pharmacy Department received "Best Practice Award 2013" and "Site of the Year, 2013" by Comprehensive Pharmacy Services.
• Re-designated as a UnitedHealth Premium Cardiac Services Specialty Center in 2013 for quality care in cardiac surgery, interventional cardiac care, and electrophysiology.
• Awarded "Exemplary Five Star Service Award" in vital statistics registration in 2012 by Texas Public Health Association for third consecutive year.
• Named among top 10 best regional hospitals in Houston metro by U.S. News & World Report in 2012.
• Awarded "Exemplary Five Star Service Award" in vital statistics registration in 2012 by Texas Public Health Association for third consecutive year.
• Awarded ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade from Leapfrog Group, Fall 2019-Spring 2023

Lakeside:

• Received Joint Commission accreditation for Advanced Total Hip and Knee Replacement Program in 2024
• Fall 2020 Top General Hospital from The Leapfrog Group
• 2020 Quest® High Quality Value Award Winner from Premier Inc.
• Received the “Texas Hospital Quality Improvement Award” in 2014 by the TMF Health Quality Institute, Texas Hospital Association, and Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals for improving patient care and performance on specific national quality measures.
• Named “Best Places to Work” in 2013, 2012, and 2011 by Modern Healthcare magazine.
• Recognized as one of the top hospitals in Houston for surgery in 2013 by Consumer Reports.
• Received the International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System certification from DNV Healthcare, Inc.