Recipient of the 2024 Lantern Award, granted by the Emergency Nurses Association. The Lantern Award is bestowed upon emergency departments that exemplify exceptional practice and innovative performance in the core areas of nursing leadership, practice, education, advocacy, and research.
Received the highest 5-star rating Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare website listing
Recognized for nursing excellence and outstanding patient care with ANCC Magnet Recognition®, an international distinction for excellence in nursing services from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Awarded re-certification as a Primary Stroke Center and Advanced Primary Heart Attack Center by The Joint Commission
Designated a Level III Advanced Trauma Center and Level III Neonatal Facility
Accredited as a Comprehensive Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program
Honored as a Blue Distinction Center for hip and knee replacement
Re-designated as a Texas Ten Step facility
Nurse Resident Program received accreditation as a Practice Transition Program from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Designated as a Level III Maternal Facility in Perinatal Care Region-E from the Texas Department of State Health Services
Named a Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery by Blue Cross Blue Shield