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Friday, December 30, 2011 Only Hospital in Texas to Receive this Designation
Houston Northwest Medical Center has been named one of the 50 Most Engaged Workplaces™ in the United States and is the only hospital in Texas to earn this designation. The annual award recognizes t...
Friday, December 23, 2011 A toy drive held recently to benefit Northwest Assistance Ministries (NAM) was a big success thanks to the generosity of the public as well as employees and medical staff at Houston Northwest Medical Center. The treasure trove of several hundred don...
Thursday, December 15, 2011 Houston Northwest Medical Center hosted a congratulatory reception on December 14, 2011 in honor of Cypress Creek EMS for winning the 2011 Texas EMS Private/Public Provider Award and Dr. Levon Vartanian, winner of the 2011 Texas EMS Medical Director...
Friday, November 18, 2011
Nine students from the Aldine, Klein and Spring Independent School Districts were honored recently for their winning entries in the second annual art contest hosted by Houston Northwest Medical Center and Frost Bank – Northgate....
Friday, November 18, 2011
On November 18, 2011 Houston Northwest Medical Center hosted a groundbreaking ceremony to launch its Mall Expansion Project, where the portion of the campus known as the Medical Malls, located on the south end of the hospital, wil...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 Houston Northwest Medical Center recently donated $70,000 to Lone Star College-North Harris to buy a simulation mannequin for the clinical laboratory in the school’s new Health Professions Building. The mannequin will be part of an advanced simulati...
Friday, July 08, 2011 Tired of spending hours in a stuffy, overcrowded ER waiting room? Houston Northwest Medical Center has a solution with InQuickER. This is an emergency room service that facilitates patient satisfaction by allowing consumers to hold a place at the ER...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 The popularity of weight loss surgery has jumped from more than 13,000 procedures in 1998, to nearly 72,000 in 2002, to about 220,000 in 2008. Many people who are obese or morbidly obese (have a body mass index (BMI) that is over 40) turn to bariatr...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 Hip replacement surgery was first performed in 1960. Since then, it has become a common orthopedic procedure with more than 193,000 operations done each year in the United States. In the past, physicians typically recommended hip replacement for old...
Thursday, June 16, 2011 Houston Northwest Medical Center has been recognized as a Texas Ten Step Facility by the Texas Department of State Health Services. This recognition is awarded to hospitals and birthing centers that support mothers in breastfeeding before, during an...
Thursday, June 02, 2011 Houston Northwest Medical Center has appointed long-time hospital employee Juan Fresquez as its new chief operating officer. As COO, Fresquez will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the hospital and related services ensuring that the st...
Wednesday, June 01, 2011 Children can say and do the funniest things. They can amuse their parents with laughter and delight them with a smile. But children also can get into trouble, sometimes even putting themselves in danger of physical injury as they discover and learn ...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 Three rooms in the emergency department at Houston Northwest Medical Center were recently updated to be more nurturing and less frightening for children than a typical adult patient room. Decorations feature a palette of kid-friendly colors painted ...
Thursday, May 19, 2011 Houston Northwest Medical Center has been recognized as a Platinum-Level Start! Fit-Friendly Company by the American Heart Association’s Start! initiative for helping employees eat better and move more. “Physical activity and employee wellness are i...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 According to the National Hurricane Center, 75 hurricane names have been retired since 1954. There will never be another Ike, Katrina, Allison, Alicia, Carla, Allen, Betsy or Hugo. But this year there may be Atlantic hurricanes named Arlene, Bret, C...
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Approximately 795,000 Americans have a stroke and more than 137,000 people die from a stroke each year. Stroke accounts for the third largest number of deaths in the United States annually and is the leading cause of serious, long-term disability in...
Friday, May 06, 2011
Traumatic injuries due to car accidents, falls and firearms are the leading cause of death for Americans under the age of 40. Fortunately, the annual number of serious injuries has fallen in recent years and medical advances have helped improve su...
Thursday, April 28, 2011 Houston Northwest Medical Center has been designated an Aetna Institute of Quality Bariatric Surgery Facility for treating individuals living with morbid, or extreme, obesity.
Aetna makes information about the quality and cost of health care servic...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 Houston Northwest Medical Center has received the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association for its excellence in the treatment of patients with heart failure.
This award is given...
Thursday, April 21, 2011 You may have inherited your blue eyes from your mother and brown hair from your father. And everyone says you look just like one of your grandparents. But you could have inherited more than your looks from the members of your family tree. You may al...
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 The inside of a bee hive and your bones have something in common. That’s because the human bone looks something like a honeycomb, with the body constantly depositing new bone and removing old bone. Bone mass usually peaks around age 18 in girls and ...
Monday, April 18, 2011 Surgeons on the medical staff at Houston Northwest Medical Center, use an advanced form of laparoscopic surgery when they surgically repairs inguinal hernias at Houston Northwest Medical Center. According to Covidien, the manufacture of the SILS™ Po...
Monday, March 28, 2011 The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently published a new policy that advises parents to keep toddlers in rear-facing car seats until the age of two or when they reach the maximum height and weight for their seat. The AAP also recommends tha...
Friday, March 25, 2011 Houston Northwest Medical Center is striving to reduce carbon emissions by switching to a proactive service utilizing reusable sharps containers that prevent a significant amount of cardboard and plastic from going to the landfill each year. To achi...
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Many people faced with the prospect of fighting breast cancer have a thousand questions, but only a hundred answers. What are my treatment options? How will I feel if I have to go through chemotherapy? Will I make it? Why me? Will my cancer return...
Thursday, March 24, 2011 Now that The Breast Center at Houston Northwest Medical Center has a Facebook page you can be among the first to hear about the latest health news, event updates, and special offers when you add us to your social network. The Breast Center’s new Fac...
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Interventional cardiologists at Houston Northwest Medical Center are now implanting the first heart pacemaker that has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to be used safely during certain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exams. ...
Monday, March 21, 2011 Many of the potentially poisonous household products that lie in wait under your kitchen sink, hide in your bathroom cabinet, or lurk on a garage shelf can be harmful if used improperly, by the wrong person, or in the incorrect amount. Seemingly inn...
Friday, March 11, 2011
Houston Northwest Medical Center launched a Droid mobile application to further connect the hospital to community members and increase access to health-related information. The mobile application, powered by WorldLink, is available as a free downl...
Thursday, March 03, 2011 Houston Northwest Medical Center Encourages Good Sleep Habits During National Sleep Awareness Week March 7 to 13
How much sleep is enough? Infants typically need about 16 hours a day. Teenagers require about nine, while the elderly may need only...
Tuesday, March 01, 2011 Fact: Anyone can get colorectal cancer. Fact: More than 148,000 Americans are diagnosed with colorectal cancer annually. Fact: Colorectal cancer can be prevented or successfully treated when detected early.
That is why Houston Northwest Medical Ce...
Monday, January 17, 2011 Houston Northwest Medical Center today launched an iPhone mobile application to further connect the hospital to community members and increase access to health-related information. The mobile application, powered by WorldLink, is available as a free...
Friday, November 05, 2010 Houston Northwest Medical Center Is Excited to Host the AstraZeneca Artery Explorer
An Educational, Interactive Experience That Is More Than Just a Traveling Exhibit
Ever wonder what the inside of your arteries look like? Houston Northwest Medic...
Tuesday, November 02, 2010 Little tin horns and little toy drums, rootie-toot-toots and rum-a-tum tums, curly head dolls that toddle and coo, elephants, boats and kiddie cars too.
It’s that time of year for Houston Northwest Medical Center and several local Chick-Fil-A r...
Friday, October 22, 2010 Houston Northwest Medical Center announced that it has received seven quality and two Center of Excellence (COE) designations from CIGNA HealthCare. The quality designations reflect the hospital’s ability to meet rigorous quality criteria based on n...
Thursday, October 21, 2010 Students from the Aldine, Klein and Spring Independent School Districts submitted artwork for the first annual art contest hosted by Houston Northwest Medical Center and Frost Bank – Northgate (2715 FM 1960 West). Nearly one hundred works of art wer...
Friday, August 06, 2010 Houston Northwest Medical Center is sponsoring a donation drive to purchase bicycle helmets for Cypress Creek EMS’ (CCEMS) bike rodeo program.
Proceeds from the drive will help purchase helmets for local children who participate in the pr...
Wednesday, August 04, 2010 Houston Northwest Medical Center recently received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines®–Heart Failure Gold Achievement Award and Coronary Artery Disease Gold Achievement Award. These awards recognize Houston Northwest Medical Ce...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Millions of Americans suffer from heartburn that affects their quality of life. Houston Northwest Medical Center is offering a free, educational presentation about chronic heartburn and various treatment options, including a surgical procedure calle...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 Houston Northwest Medical Center now offers PET/CT (positron emission tomography and computed tomography) scanning for patients in northwest Houston. PET/CT technology offers a more complete picture of the location of a tumor and its growth or sprea...
Monday, July 12, 2010 Tethers, harness system, infant-only, convertible, rear-facing, forward-facing, booster seat. The world of car seats for children may seem overwhelming for parents when there are so many makes, models and options available. Ultimately, the type of c...
Thursday, July 01, 2010 As the weather heats up and families migrate outdoors, winter toys are traded in for sunscreen and sand pails. The summer months promise warm days and one of the most anticipated nights: the Fourth of July.
“While fireworks are beautiful to watc...
Friday, June 18, 2010 Houston Northwest Medical Center is proud to support the thousands of men and women serving overseas by collecting used cell phones during the month of July. Cell phones will be donated to Cell Phones for Soldiers who will send them to ReCellular, w...
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 Houston Northwest Medical Center’s emergency medicine physician Dr. Anteneh Roba’s initiation into the world of compassion and suffering started in 2003 when he visited his native Ethiopia and witnessed babies dying of diseases that were treatable a...
Friday, June 11, 2010 As summer approaches and jeans and turtlenecks are swapped for swimsuits and tank tops, it’s important to remember that protecting your skin against the sun’s harmful rays is the best way to prevent cancer and other skin-related diseases. The Americ...
Friday, June 11, 2010 Since its inception more than 37 years ago, the Auxiliary at Houston Northwest Medical Center has awarded more than $2 million in scholarships to local to high school and college students pursuing a medical or health-related career.
“This year mark...
Thursday, May 27, 2010 Can I have a glass of water? I’m afraid of the dark. There’s a monster under my bed. Children can make up many excuses not to go to, or stay in, bed. And parents find just as many reasons why they need to get some shut-eye. Some childhood sleep prob...
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 Alex, Bonnie, Colin, Danielle, Earl, Fiona and Gaston. That’s just some of the names you may be hearing during the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season. While no one knows exactly how many storms will form this year or which part of the United States will...
Monday, May 24, 2010 Houston Northwest Medical Center has become the first Community of Respect™ Medical Center in the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL’s) Southwest Region. The Community of Respect™ program is an innovative, community-wide anti-bias initiative. As a Commun...
Monday, May 24, 2010 People suffering from colon cancer or digestive disorders like ulcerative colitis and diverticulitis who require surgical treatment now have access to single-incision laparoscopic colectomy — an operation in which a segment or the entire colon is re...
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Houston Northwest Medical Center has been recognized as a Platinum-Level Start! Fit-Friendly Company by the American Heart Association’s Start! movement for helping employees eat better and move more. “Physical activity and employee wellness are i...
Monday, May 17, 2010 Pat Ruffing, RN, Human Resources nurse at Houston Northwest Medical Center, has been named one of the 10 outstanding nurses to receive the Salute to Nurses Award from the Houston Chronicle. Winners were selected from approximately 1,700 nominations ...
Monday, May 17, 2010 As we celebrate National Emergency Medical Services Week (May 16-22), we would like to recognize the men and women who devote their lives to providing life-saving services and compassionate care to our patients and our community.
“We are immensely...
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 Older children and teenagers spend an average of five and a half hours a day using the computer, playing video games, or watching television, DVDs or videos. Many children do not get enough physical activity and they have a regular diet of high-calo...
Friday, May 07, 2010 As school begins to wind down and thoughts turn to having fun in the sun, many parents are preparing to send their children to summer camp. But before those suitcases are all packed, parents need to take steps to ensure a safe and healthy camp exper...
Thursday, April 29, 2010 Marc Biehl has been named the new Director of Business Development at Houston Northwest Medical Center. In that position Biehl will be responsible for developing and implementing business initiatives and marketing strategies, building and maintainin...
Thursday, April 22, 2010 Houston Northwest Medical Center announced today that one of its nurses, Grace Heffron, has been inducted into the Tenet Heroes Hall of Fame, Tenet Healthcare Corporation’s (NYSE: THC) highest award for employees, at a ceremony in Dallas, Texas, on...
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer. More than one million new cases are diagnosed each year. While most skin cancers are curable if detected and treated early, melanoma kills approximately 2,000 Americans every year.
To increase public ...
Thursday, March 18, 2010 “I don’t feel good!” is something every parent dreads to hear their child say. From colds to croup, all children get sick at sometime during the passage from infancy to young adulthood. To help parents and caregivers navigate the world of sniffles, ...
Thursday, March 18, 2010 Many people faced with the prospect of fighting breast cancer have a thousand questions, but only a hundred answers. What are my treatment options? How will I feel if I have to go through chemotherapy? Will I make it? Why me? Will my cancer return? ...
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, 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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It’s Time for Your Child’s Flu Shot
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends getting the flu shot every year, between September and mid-November, before the flu season hits (usually December to April). The flu shot takes one to two...
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