Houston Methodist Hospital

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Houston Methodist
Houston Methodist
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Geography
Location6565 Fannin Street, Houston, Texas, US
Organisation
Care systemNon-profit
TypeAcademic Medical Center and seven community hospitals
Affiliated universityWeill Cornell Medical College[1] and Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
Services
Emergency departmentLevel III trauma center
Beds2,502
History
Opened1919
Links
Websitewww.houstonmethodist.org
Location marked as HMH
HMH
HMH
Location within Texas Medical Center

Houston Methodist Hospital is the flagship hospital of Houston Methodist. Located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas, Houston Methodist Hospital was established in 1919 during the height of the Spanish influenza epidemic as an outreach ministry of Methodist Episcopal Church. Houston Methodist comprises seven community hospitals, a continuing care hospital as well as several emergency centers and physical therapy clinics throughout greater Houston.

The hospital has consistently ranked as "One of America's Best Hospitals" according to U.S. News and World Report.[2] The hospital has earned worldwide recognition in multiple specialties including cardiovascular surgery, cancer, epilepsy treatment and organ transplantation.[3]

Houston Methodist System changed its official name to Houston Methodist in 2013.[4]

History[]

Originally located near downtown Houston, after a $1 million donation from Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen, the hospital relocated to the Texas Medical Center and opened a 300-bed facility in 1951.[5]

Michael DeBakey[]

Heart surgeon Michael E. DeBakey (1908–2008), a faculty member and later Chancellor Emeritus of Baylor College of Medicine, performed the first removal of a carotid artery blockage (1950); the first aorto-coronary bypass surgery (1964); the first use of a ventricular assist device to pump blood and support a diseased heart (1966); and some of the first U.S. heart transplants (1968 and 1969) at the hospital. DeBakey also created the first Dacron graft (1953).[6]

Flooding and storms[]

1976 flood[]

In 1976, unusually heavy rains caused more than $20 million in flood-related damage in the Texas Medical Center, knocking out power at three hospitals. Six feet of water filled Methodist's basement.[7]

Tropical Storm Allison[]

On June 8, 2001, Tropical Storm Allison dropped up to 37 inches of rain on parts of Houston, causing the worst flooding in the city's history up until that time, with serious damage to the Texas Medical Center. About 40 feet of water filled Methodist Hospital's basement and entered the neurosensory building. The hospital discharged 400 patients and did not fully reopen until five weeks after the storm. The flooding caused an estimated $360 million in damage.[8]

Expansion[]

Consisting of the existing Texas Medical Center facility and several newly constructed regional hospitals, Houston Methodist was established in 1996 to extend health services beyond the Texas Medical Center and into communities throughout Houston.

Research[]

Houston Methodist, the University of Houston, and Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University jointly founded the Institute for Biomedical Imaging Science. The institute will create interdisciplinary programs in biomedical imaging and will develop joint training programs to produce basic and applied scientists.[9]

Also, beginning in 2019 Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine in partnership with Houston Methodist Hospital will launch the EnMed program which is an innovative Engineering Medicine program designed to educate a new kind of physician who will create transformational technology for health care.[10]

In 1990, the Texas historian Marilyn McAdams Sibley published The Methodist Hospital in Houston: Serving the World.[11]

Locations[]

Houston Methodist comprises seven community hospitals, a continuing care hospital, as well as several emergency centers and physical therapy clinics throughout greater Houston, including:[12]

  • Houston Methodist Hospital opened its doors in 1919 near downtown Houston. In 1951 the hospital moved to The Texas Medical Center at 6565 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030.[13] In 2018, Houston Methodist Hospital has 900 licensed beds, 1,890 affiliated physicians, and 7,420 employees.[14]
  • In 1983, Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital in Baytown, Texas (formerly Houston Methodist San Jacinto Hospital [15]) became affiliated with Houston Methodist. Opened in 1948, Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital was funded by Humble Oil and Refining Company and donations from other local business, organizations and individuals.[16] Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital is located at 4401 Garth Road, Baytown, Texas 77521.[17]
  • In 1998, Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital opened at 16655 Southwest Freeway, Sugar Land, Texas 77479, as part of Houston Methodist.[18]
  • Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital opened in December 2000 as part of Houston Methodist.[19] Located at 18220 State Highway 249, Houston, Texas 77070,[20]
  • Houston Methodist West Hospital opened in December 2010.[21] Located at 18500 Katy Freeway, Houston, Texas 77094,[22] Houston Methodist West serves Katy, Texas and the West Houston area.
  • Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital (formerly Houston Methodist St. John Hospital[23]) is located at 18300 Houston Methodist Dr., Nassau Bay, TX 77058.[24] Serving the Greater Bay Area with 657 affiliated physicians and 858 employees. It admits more than 5,700 patients annually. Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital provides adult, medical, surgical and obstetrical care, as well as numerous ambulatory services.[25]
  • Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital opened in 2017 at the intersection of TX 242 and I-45.[26] This is a full-service, acute care hospital with many of the same services as the Texas Medical Center. It has 553 affiliated physicians and 900 employees.
  • Houston Methodist Continuing Care Hospital, located at 701 S. Fry Road, Katy, TX 77450, is a long-term acute care hospital (LTACH) serving the Greater Houston area, for patients requiring extended hospitalization. As an extension of Houston Methodist West Hospital just two miles away, several outpatient services are offered on the Houston Methodist Continuing Care campus, including imaging, outpatient rehabilitation, cardiac rehabilitation and wound care.[27]

Rankings[]

U.S. News & World Report routinely names Houston Methodist Hospital as one of its “Best Hospitals,” most recently in 2018. Houston Methodist is nationally ranked in eight specialties and achieved a perfect score in nine common procedures and conditions.[28]

Innovation[]

Houston Methodist has a dedicated center for innovation in digital platforms for healthcare delivery [29]

Notable procedures[]

  • 1968 — The world's first multi-organ transplant and Dr. Michael E. DeBakey's first heart transplant.[30]
  • 1985 — Methodist Hospital physicians perform the first heart-lung transplant in Texas[31]
  • 1985 — Dr. Hartwell Whisennand performs the first liver transplant at Methodist Hospital.
  • 1998 — Dr. Michael Reardon performs the first successful auto-transplant for cardiac malignancy at Methodist Hospital.[32]
  • 2007 — Dr. Gerald Lawrie performs the world's first “American Correction” mitral valve repair using the da Vinci surgical robot at Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center.[33]
  • 2015 — Houston Methodist physicians perform the world's first skull and scalp transplant, plus kidney and pancreas transplants, on one patient.[34]

Accolades[]

Houston Methodist has five hospitals with distinction for nursing excellence and quality patient care by the Magnet Recognition Program of the American Nurses Credentialing Center.[35]

Houston Methodist Hospital was selected for the 2018 Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Award for excellence in delivering high-quality health care from Vizient, formerly known as UHC.[36]

Other awards and achievements include:

  • A 2015 PRISM Award, recognizing exceptional nursing practices, leadership and outcomes in hospital medical-surgical units[37]
  • America's 50 Best Hospitals in 2018, by HealthGrades, for excellence in several key performance areas [38]

Affiliated schools/institutions[]

Houston Methodist is an academic medical center affiliated with Weill Cornell Medical College and the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University, as well as NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. From 1950 to 2004, Houston Methodist was affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine.

Other affiliations include Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine and the University of Houston.

COVID-19 vaccine requirement[]

Houston Methodist hospital has required its employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine by June 7th 2021.[39] Jennifer Bridges, a medical-surgical nurse, led 117 employees who refuse to get the COVID-19 vaccine to sue Houston Methodist claiming that Houston Methodist is trying to turn them into "guinea pigs", and claims that the COVID-19 vaccines are "experimental".[40] The group of medical workers staged a walk out on June 7th and were fired from their jobs for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine.[41][42] Bridges accompanied Simone Gold, founder of antivaccination group America's Frontline Doctors, on stage at their "The Uncensored TruthTour" rally in Houston.[43] Bridges credited the group for being "a huge source" of information in her research against the vaccine.[44]

On June 12, 2021, U.S. District Judge Lynn H. Hughes dismissed the lawsuit brought by the 117 employees of Houston Methodist.[45] Niran Al-Agba of Physicians for Patient Protection opposed the dismissal, stating it would lead to "an era of less medical choice" and comparing it to Supreme Court case Jacobson v. Massachusetts in 1905.[46] There are a total of 178 Houston Methodist employees who have been suspended without pay for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine.[47] On June 22, 2021, 153 Houston Methodist employees either resigned or were terminated for refusing to be vaccinated for COVID-19.[48]

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