HealthGrades has announced that Tomball Regional Medical Center (TRMC) ranks among the top 5 percent of U.S. hospitals for clinical excellence. A study by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization, analyzed patient outcomes at each of the nation’s 5,000 nonfederal hospitals over the years 2006, 2007 and 2008.

"This ranking is an outside affirmation that attests to the excellence of our physicians and entire team," said Lynn LeBouef, President/CEO of TRMC.

According to the eighth annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence study, Tomball Regional Medical Center and the other hospitals in the top 5 percent demonstrated patient outcomes that far exceeded those of other hospitals. Patients admitted to these hospitals had risk-adjusted mortality rates that were, on average, 29 percent lower than all other hospitals and complication rates 9 percent lower than all other hospitals.

Above, Chris Turner of HealthGrades (left) presented an award to Tomball Regional Medical Center last week for being among the top 5 percent of U.S. hospitals for clinical excellen. Dr. Stephanie Bruce, Chief of Staff (center) and Lynn LeBouef, President/CEO (right) displayed the award from HealthGrades.

Tomball Regional Medical Center is one of only 269 hospitals that received this distinction from HealthGrades.

"Our data show that only a select few hospitals achieve high-quality patient outcomes not just in a few categories of care, but across the board and over time," said Rick May, MD, a vice president with HealthGrades and an author of the study. "Patients in communities with a Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence should feel proud of the hospital’s accomplishments, and confident that the level of care there is among the very best in the nation."

The study states: "Patients who choose to receive their care at a Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence certainly will have a lower risk for an adverse clinical outcome relative to all other hospitals."

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