Awards and Honors

Why Quality Matters

UTMB Health is dedicated to providing a world-class patient experience for our patients by delivering the most advanced care and providing the highest level of safety in our hospitals and clinics so patients can have the best possible outcomes. 

Quality of care rankings and awards help patients make informed decisions on which health care providers deliver the highest quality of care in a safe environment.  While recognition for our ongoing efforts to deliver the best care is nice, the true value of quality of care rankings and awards is helping patients decide with confidence where to seek care. 

  • What UTMB’s commitment to safety and quality of care means for our patients:

    Best Care

    Delivering the right care, at the right time, in the right way, for the right person – and have the best possible results – every patient, every time.

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    Patient Safety

    Avoiding complications and adverse events, like bed sores, blood infections or clots, and surgical infections, following surgeries, procedures and childbirth.

    Patient Outcomes

    Lower readmission rates, average length of hospital stay, frequency of complications, and mortality rates.

    Comprehensive Care

    Providing the complete spectrum of care with treatments by leading specialists.

    Better Access

    An integrated system of care with primary and specialty clinic locations and hospitals close to where you live, work and play.

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UTMB recognized with specialty excellence clinical achievements from Healthgrades

UTMB Health recognized among America's Best Cardiac Hospitals 2024 by Newsweek, Statista
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UTMB Galveston now home to Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence
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UTMB Epilepsy Program given highest accreditation by national association
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UTMB Health Named One of the Nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® by Fortune and PINC AI
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Clear Lake Campus NICU named Level II Facility
Dr. Dietrich Jehle, Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, stands outside the ER at teh Galveston Campus

UTMB Emergency Medicine Residency Program gains accreditation
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UTMB President’s Cabinet announces 2022 award recipients
UTMB Health Texas Super Doctors

UTMB physicians named as 2022 Texas Super Doctors

UTMB Digital, Marketing & Outreach efforts earn top awards
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UTMB League City reaches Level lll trauma center designation

HBJ's 2022 Landmark Awards: Medical winner and finalists
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UTMB’s Angleton Danbury Campus Achieves Level I Neonatal Facility Designation
2018 logo for Vizient Award

UTMB earns second consecutive national award for quality patient care
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UTMB recognized as a 5-star academic health center for patient care

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