As part of Community Impact Newspaper's annual health care edition, staff collects information about the hospitals providing care to local residents, including each facility's trauma and NICU level, number of beds and staffing. This list is noncomprehensive.
Harris Health System Ben Taub Hospital
- Trauma level: I
- NICU level: III
- Number of beds: 402
- Number of physicians: 972 (faculty), 1,317 (residents/fellows)
- Number of nurses: 1,213 full-time
- New development: Work was completed in August 2023 on nearly 89,000 square feet of improvements and renovations to the hospital’s emergency department within the Ginni and Richard Mithoff Trauma Center. The $48.5 million project increased treatment space by 10%, created more private spaces and treatment rooms, and involved purchasing new equipment and reconfiguring services and care areas to better serve patient needs. The revamped space now has 104 treatment rooms, 86 emergency rooms, 13 psychiatric care rooms and five resuscitation ‘shock’ rooms.
- 1504 Taub Loop, Houston
- www.harrishealth.org
- Trauma level: N/A
- NICU level: N/A
- Number of beds: 372
- Number of physicians: data not provided
- Number of nurses: data not provided
- 1313 Hermann Drive, Houston
- www.hcahoustonhealthcare.com/medical-center
- Trauma level: N/A
- NICU level: II
- Number of beds: 946
- Number of physicians: 2,448
- Number of nurses: 2,777
- 6565 Fannin St., Houston
- www.houstonmethodist.org/texas-medical-center
- Trauma level: N/A
- NICU level: N/A
- Number of beds: 116
- Number of physicians: More than 320
- Number of nurses: 170
- Unique program: Specialty services and programs include continuous renal replacement therapy as part of comprehensive renal services; a brain injury program; Joint Commission disease-specific care certifications in respiratory failure and sepsis; a state-of-the-art inpatient rehab unit; an advanced heart failure care program; a left ventricular assist device recovery program; and an advanced wound care program.
- 6441 Main St., Houston
- www.kindredhealthcare.com/locations/transitional-care-hospitals/kindred-hospital-houston-medical-center
- Trauma level: IV
- NICU level: III
- Number of beds: 543
- Number of physicians: More than 1,300
- Number of nurses: 967
- Unique program: The hospital’s Heart & Vascular Institute offers advanced diagnostic screenings, cardiac catheterization labs, electrophysiology labs and minimally invasive hybrid endovascular surgical suites.
- 7600 Beechnut St., Houston
- www.memorialhermann.org/locations/southwest
- Trauma level: I
- NICU level: IV
- Number of beds: 1251 (340 children's, 846 adult/HVI, 64 MHROH)
- Number of physicians: 2,093
- Number of nurses: 3,959
- New program: A team at the Heart & Vascular Institute successfully performed the inaugural robotic-assisted convergent procedure in February.
- 6411 Fannin St., Houston
- www.memorialhermann.org/locations/texas-medical-center
- Trauma level: N/A
- NICU level: N/A
- Number of beds: 881
- Number of physicians: 2,000
- Number of nurses: 1,520
- New program: Through the hospital's new Virtual Integrated Care model, nurses work remotely through a virtual platform helping provide an additional level of care and assistance to allow bedside nurses to spend more time with patients.
- 6720 Bertner Ave., Houston
- www.stlukeshealth.org/location/baylor-st-lukes-medical-center
- Trauma level: I
- NICU level: IV
- Number of beds: 745
- Number of physicians: 1,313 (382 additional physicians at the Pavilion for Women)
- Number of nurses: 2,935 (652 additional nurses at the Pavilion for Women)
- New program: The new Children’s Dialysis and Apheresis Center, which opened on Jan. 9, is over 24,000 square feet and offers a dedicated patient and family support area, including a large waiting room, family lounge, play zone and quiet area where parents can rest or work. The new facility has its own water supply, ensuring that safe, purified water is always available and preventing issues with obtaining water during a natural disaster or service interruption.
- 6621 Fannin St., Houston
- www.texaschildrens.org
- Trauma level: N/A
- NICU level: N/A
- Number of beds: 42 inpatient beds, 26 observation beds
- Number of physicians: 100+
- Number of nurses: data not provided
- Unique program: The hospital is one of the only specialty hospitals in the country focusing solely on orthopedics.
- 7401 S. Main St., Houston
- www.texasorthopedic.com
- Trauma level: IV
- NICU level: IV
- Number of beds: 403
- Number of physicians: 680
- Number of nurses: 650
- New program: Officials expanded the hospital's Pediatric Center, which offers both a medical/surgical unit and a pediatric intensive care unit for children from newborns to 18 years old.
- 7600 Fannin St., Houston
- www.womanshospital.com
A hospital's trauma levels is set on scale of Level I through Level IV, with Level I trauma centers offering the highest level of care.
- Level I: highest level of care with a full range of specialists and equipment in-house 24/7
- Level II: offers specialists on call 24/7 and can transfer to Level I facilities
- Level III: offers resources for emergency surgery and intensive care but may have to transfer to higher-level facilities for more serious issues
- Level IV: provides initial evaluation, stabilization and diagnostic capabilities but may have to transfer to higher-level facilities for more serious issues
- Level I: newborn nursery that can care for mothers and infants at 35-plus weeks of gestation with routine prenatal problems
- Level II: specialty care nursery that can care for mothers and infants at 32-plus weeks of gestation with problems to be resolved rapidly
- Level III: neonatal intensive care unit that can care for mothers and infants of all gestational ages with mild to critical illnesses
- Level IV: advanced NICU that can care for mothers and infants of all gestational ages as well as the most complex, critically ill infants
