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Newswise: Memorial Hermann Foundation Receives $10 Million Gift to Transform Heart and Vascular Care, Memorial Hermann Life Flight, in Honor of Larry D. Johnson
Released: 14-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Memorial Hermann Foundation Receives $10 Million Gift to Transform Heart and Vascular Care, Memorial Hermann Life Flight, in Honor of Larry D. Johnson
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The Suzie and Larry Johnson Foundation, gifted $10 million to support the health system’s Heart & Vascular Institute and Memorial Hermann Life Flight®, enabling the expansion of highly advanced cardiovascular and trauma care across the Greater Houston community.

Released: 5-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EST
Memorial Hermann Health System Offers Houston Community Free DNA Testing Program
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Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston is now offering genoME®, a community health research program that, through genetic testing, can help a person determine how their genetic profile could impact their future health.

Newswise: Memorial Hermann President & CEO Recognized as One of Modern Healthcare’s 
“100 Most Influential People in Healthcare”
Released: 7-Dec-2023 8:05 AM EST
Memorial Hermann President & CEO Recognized as One of Modern Healthcare’s “100 Most Influential People in Healthcare”
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Memorial Hermann Health System President & CEO, Dr. David Callender, was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare.

Released: 14-Nov-2023 9:05 AM EST
Memorial Hermann Launches “Code Lilac” Program to Increase Emotional Support Available for its Workforce
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Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston launches Code Lilac to provide emotional support to workforce members who have experienced stressful patient or work-related events.

Released: 9-Mar-2023 3:25 PM EST
How Young People Can Help Protect Their Friends and Themselves During Spring Break
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Spring Break is upon us and the amount of alcohol consumed during the week can leave young people vulnerable and put them at risk of being sexually assaulted. A forensic nurse at Memorial Hermann in Houston gives tips on how kids can stay safe.

Released: 10-Jan-2023 1:10 PM EST
Memorial Hermann Invests in Foodsmart to Help Sustainably Address Food Insecurity and Chronic Disease
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Foodsmart, the nation’s leading telenutrition and foodcare company, today announced that Texas-based Memorial Hermann Health System – a non-profit, award-winning health system committed to creating healthier Houston communities –has joined as an investor in its platform.

Released: 23-Sep-2022 12:05 PM EDT
Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Recognized by Vizient as 2022 Birnbaum Quality Leadership Top Performer
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Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center was honored with a top quality award from Vizient.

Released: 18-Mar-2022 11:35 AM EDT
Understanding the American Heart Association’s Latest Dietary Guidelines
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A description of the American Heart Association's new dietary guidelines.

Newswise: New Collaborative Human Performance Facility to Open on Memorial Hermann Pearland Hospital Campus
Released: 15-Mar-2022 1:05 PM EDT
New Collaborative Human Performance Facility to Open on Memorial Hermann Pearland Hospital Campus
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Memorial Hermann Health System will soon be breaking ground on Memorial Hermann Sports Park-Pearland, a new sports medicine and human performance facility on the campus of Memorial Hermann Pearland Hospital.

Released: 26-Oct-2021 12:10 PM EDT
Memorial Hermann Joins the Healthcare Anchor Network; Increases Investment in Community to Address Housing, Employment and Other Social Determinants of Health
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Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston is making a multi-million dollar investment that will focus on housing instability, food insecurity, transportation, access to health care, income, and employment in underserved neighborhoods in Southwest Houston and Greater Heights.

Released: 2-Sep-2021 6:25 PM EDT
Memorial Hermann First in Texas to Use Newly-Approved Device to Treat Atrial Fibrillation in Patients at Risk of Stroke
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Memorial Hermann in Houston, TX is the first institution in Texas to use a new device to treat AFib in patients at risk of stroke.

Released: 27-Jul-2021 6:00 AM EDT
Memorial Hermann Earns Top Recognition by U.S. News & World Report
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TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital ranked No. 2 among the country’s top rehabilitation hospitals in the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospital rankings for 2021-2022. TIRR Memorial Hermann was previously ranked No. 3 in the 2020-2021 rankings, and has been included in the prestigious rankings since the report’s inception in 1989.

Released: 28-May-2021 1:45 PM EDT
Know the Risks of Dry Drowning and Secondary Drowning: You May Save a Life
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Many people will be out on the water this Memorial Day weekend. Knowing the risks of drowning just might help save a life.

Released: 12-Apr-2021 6:05 AM EDT
Houston Man First in the United States to Undergo Minimally-Invasive Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Using New FDA-Approved Device
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Two weeks ago, Chuck Wiegand was having surgery to remove a tumor from his neck when doctors found an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).

Released: 10-Mar-2021 3:20 PM EST
Memorial Hermann physicians urge people to be vigilant during Spring Break
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The pandemic is not over, and Spring Break could bring a rise in COVID-19 cases all across the country. An infectious disease specialist from Memorial Hermann urges parents and kids to continue to use the safety guidelines put in place so we can get back to normal, sooner rather than later.

Released: 4-Feb-2021 11:50 AM EST
Memorial Hermann Health System Earns CEO Cancer Gold Standard Accreditation
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The CEO Roundtable on Cancer has accredited Memorial Hermann Health System with the CEO Cancer Gold StandardTM recognizing its efforts to reduce the risk of cancer for its employees and covered family members.

Released: 15-Dec-2020 8:05 PM EST
Memorial Hermann First in Houston to Administer COVID-19 Vaccine to Frontline Healthcare Workers
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Key Takeaways: • Memorial Hermann is proud to be part of history in the making, as the first health systems across the country begin receiving and administering the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to their frontline healthcare workers • Memorial Hermann’s first vaccine was given to Robert Luckey, a nurse in the COVID ICU at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center • To date, Memorial Hermann has treated more than 12,000 COVID-19 positive patients in its hospitals, more than any other health system in the Greater Houston area • The system expects to receive 16,575 doses of the Pfizer vaccine in the first allotment, more than any other health system in the Greater Houston area • It’s important that everyone continues practicing the three “W’s”: wearing a mask, watching social distance and washing hands frequently

Released: 4-Dec-2020 11:00 AM EST
Memorial Hermann Life Flight® launches first air ambulance service in the nation for K9s
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Today Memorial Hermann Life Flight® is proud to launch its K9-Casualty Care Course and Transportation Service, making Life Flight the first air ambulance service in the nation to provide training, treatment and transportation for injured K9 officers.


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