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Tuesday, March 02, 2010 Houston Northwest Medical Center is proud to be one of six hospitals in Houston designated a Level III advanced trauma facility by the Texas Department of State Health Services. Level III designation indicates that Houston Northwest Medical Center i...
Friday, February 26, 2010 Houston Northwest Medical Center is offering free EZ-detect colon cancer kits during the month of March, which is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. For your free kit call 281-580-0000. Limit two kits per household, please. Kits are availab...
Monday, February 22, 2010 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas has designated Houston Northwest Medical Center as a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement. Blue Distinction Centers for Knee and Hip Replacement are part of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Associati...
Friday, February 19, 2010 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas has designated Houston Northwest Medical Center as a Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery. Blue Distinction Centers for Spine Surgery are part of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association’s expansion of its ...
Thursday, February 04, 2010 Houston Northwest Medical Center is performing a new, minimally invasive cardiac procedure available for patients considered high risk for open heart surgery or may not even be candidates for open heart surgery.
For years, cardiac patients typical...
Monday, January 25, 2010
At Houston Northwest Medical Center’s dedicated pediatric unit, everything and everybody is focused on the children. From a pediatric hospitalist and specially trained nurses, to private suites and a kid-friendly menu, parents can rest assured k...
Monday, January 25, 2010 Even though coronary heart disease is the number one killer of American women over the age of 25, only 13 percent of women view heart disease as a health concern. To help raise awareness of heart disease among women and to encourage more women to ta...
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Houston Northwest Medical Center announced that it has received 13 CIGNA quality designations and 4 Centers of Excellence designations for 2009. These quality designations mean that the hospital has met rigorous quality criteria based on nation...
Monday, November 02, 2009 Houston Northwest Medical Center and several local Chick-Fil-A restaurants are joining forces to host a toy drive benefiting Northwest Assistance Ministries. Beginning November 1 and going through December 3, unwrapped, new toys can be dropped off a...
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 Houston Northwest Medical Center Becomes The First And Only Hospital In HoustonTo Receive Prestigious Cycle III Chest Pain Center Accreditation
In its continuous pursuit of quality cardiac care, Houston Northwest Medical Center was proudly recogniz...
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 Houston Northwest Medical Center announced that it has received 3 UnitedHealth Premium® Specialty Center designations for its cardiovascular services. Hospitals must meet or exceed UnitedHealthcare’s rigorous quality criteria based on nationally rec...
Tuesday, August 04, 2009 Houston Northwest Medical Center has received the Texas Health Care Quality Improvement Achievement Award from TMF® Health Quality Institute, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Texas. TMF established the awards program in partnership ...
Saturday, August 01, 2009 The Women’s Atrium at Houston Northwest Medical Center opened in 1989, the same year the Berlin Wall fell, San Francisco experienced a 6.9 magnitude earthquake, and a first-class stamp cost just $.25. A lot has changed since then, but some things ha...
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 The Breast Center at Houston Northwest Medical Center is one of only two breast centers in the United States and the only breast center in Texas to be recognized as a Certified Quality Breast Center of Excellence by the National Quality Measures for...
Monday, June 08, 2009
Houston Northwest Medical Center recently received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines–Coronary Artery Disease (GWTG–CAD) Gold Performance Achievement Award and the Get With The Guidelines–Heart Failure (GWTG–H...
Monday, April 27, 2009 Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) announced today that Houston Northwest Medical Center has been named to the company’s 2009 Circle of Excellence.
The Circle of Excellence honors Tenet hospitals that have achieved the highest levels of qu...
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas has re-designated Houston Northwest Medical Center as a Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care. To date, more than 400 facilities nationwide have received a Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care designation.
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Wednesday, January 07, 2009 The Breast Center at Houston Northwest Medical Center is one of two breast centers in the nation to be recognized as a Certified Quality Breast Center by the National Consortium of Breast Centers. This designation represents Houston Northwest Medica...
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