Jaromir Bobek of Harris Health System's Ben Taub Hospital prides himself on his cardiology team's preparation and attention to detail. The service line routinely receives national recognition for its expertise and quick treatment of some of the most severe heart attack cases.
Oscar Betancourt knows letting his diabetes get out of control is serious. So when a sore on his foot was not healing, he knew it required immediate attention. Fortunately, his medical team knew to refer him to in-house experts who specialize in saving diabetes-ravaged limbs from amputation.
Physical therapist Jorge Neira is helping Ruben Arellano regain use of his arms and the ability to walk. Arellano had a baseball-sized tumor removed from his head. The two share successes and setbacks on the arduous road to recovery at Harris Health System's CARF-accredited hospital.
Catherine Graves, a registered occupational therapist at Harris Health System, received the Horizon Award from the Texas Occupational Therapy Association. The award is given to a practitioner with less than five years of experience and who has made great contributions to the profession.
As football and soccer become year-round sports, their popularity accounts for more concussions and head injuries. This has parents, athletes and head injury experts at Harris Health System sounding the alarm of long-term health concerns for concussed participants.
The role of child life specialists is traditionally one of helping hospitalized children cope with their illness, treatment and hospital stay. However, at Harris Health System, child life is breaking with tradition to help patients suffering severe illnesses talk to their children about their medical condition in life and death terms.
Children who suffer head injuries from falls or sports can usually recover quickly. However, this recovery trait is not always there, say Harris Health System experts. They warn these injuries can lead to significant life-changing physical, emotional or cognitive development.
With violent images and breaking news of shootings and killings constantly on television, how do parents navigate these images to protect their children from negative effects. That all depends on the child's age and mental state, says a Harris Health System psychiatrist.
Harris Health System’s Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital has received its nursing re-designation as a Pathway to Excellence®, only 147 such hospitals nationwide. The designation is a prestigious recognition awarded to hospitals that offer robust work environments for nurses and tout high nursing satisfaction rates.
Ben Taub Hospital's recent state and national certifications and accreditations place the Harris Health System hospital among nation's elite cutting-edge stroke centers. Designations and accreditations are increasingly important to determine where stroke patients are taken by fire departments and EMS personnel.
For the sixth year in a row, Harris Health System earned the “Most Wired” recognition. This means clinicians and staff have secure access to patients' complete medical records, including those retrieved from other providers. With these all-inclusive records, medical staff can provide patients the most appropriate treatment and care.
Alan Vierling is new executive vice president and administrator of Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital, the 328-licensed bed facility operated by Harris Health System, and a major medical teaching partner of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Harris Health System has received a hallmark accreditation for its comprehensive cancer programs listing it among the elite cancer institutions nationally that treat cancer as a complex group of diseases and has achieved improved patient care.
In Houston, African-American adults comprise 19 percent of the population, but account for about 34 percent of hospital admissions and are roughly three times more likely to die from asthma. For this reason, Harris Health System and Baylor College of Medicine are conducting a $2.3 million study to help asthmatics control and manage their condition.
Harris Health System has again earned the CEO Cancer Gold Standard by the CEO Roundtable on Cancer for its efforts to reduce the risk of cancer for its employees and covered family members. The health system is one of five other hospital systems in Texas to receive the coveted recognition.
The neonatal intensive care unit for sickest of newborns at Harris Health System’s Ben Taub Hospital is the only Gold Level recipient of the Beacon Award for Excellence in Texas. The prestigious designation is awarded to hospitals with exceptional patient care and is given by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.
Millions of Americans suffer ventral hernias, conditions that require surgery to repair. However, about 30 percent of patients require a second procedure to fully repair a hernia. To improve the odds of success for an initial surgery, physicians and staff at Harris Health System and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) are testing to see if patients assigned a guided pre-surgical program of weight management and exercise tolerance makes a difference. If so, the rate of follow-up repairs would decrease and an improvement in a patient's quality of life could be realized.
Harris Health System treats more than 350 patients annually through its Low Vision Clinic where patients suffering from congenital diseases like glaucoma or cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, trauma or stroke get a chance to regain some vision independence. Patients are evaluated and paired up with high-powered lenses and work with an occupational therapist who trains them on the equipment or ways to maximize their vision levels. Now, patients also have access to a new support group where like-diagnosed patients can share and learn from each other.
The surgical intermediate care unit at Harris Health System’s Ben Taub Hospital now has the distinction of being one of two intermediate units in Houston, and one of three in Texas, to receive the Beacon Award (Silver Level) for Excellence in patient care by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. The Beacon award is a three-year recognition for the hospital. Of approximately 30,000 patient-care units in 5,700 hospitals in the United States, only 329 units are currently recognized and only 45 intermediate care units are designated nationwide.
About 12,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year, a diagnosis that could be avoided by early detection and preventive vaccination. Dr. Lois Ramondetta, chief, Gynecologic Oncology, Harris Health System's Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital, and professor, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, urge women to get Pap tests and youngster-boys and girls-to get vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV), a cause of cervical cancer. Cervical cancer patient Dora Chaisson joins the advocacy effort.
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