Methodist Sugar Land Hospital wins quality award

Sugar Land - 8/17/2009 -

The Texas Medical Foundation honored Methodist Sugar Land Hospital last month with their annual Quality Improvement Achievement Award.

The Texas Medical Foundation recognized Methodist Sugar Land Hospital for its demonstration of improved performance on a wide range of national quality measures during the 2008 calendar year.

"Our nursing staff and physicians work continuously to improve the quality of patient care here at Methodist Sugar Land Hospital, so it's an honor to be recognized for those efforts," said Diane McGraw, Director of Quality Management.

Out of 227 participating Texas hospitals, only 66 were presented with Quality Improvement Achievement Awards, including three from The Methodist Hospital System. The Methodist Hospital and Methodist Willowbrook Hospital joined Methodist Sugar Land Hospital as award-winners for improving care related to acute myocardial infarction or AMI (heart attack), heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care.

"Our success illustrates Methodist's unyielding commitment to patient safety and our pledge to deliver quality health care to our community," said Chris Siebenaler, Methodist Sugar Land CEO. "This award signifies our pledge to bringing the medical center home to Fort Bend County."

About Methodist Sugar Land Hospital
Methodist Sugar Land Hospital, part of The Methodist Hospital System and ranked as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For by FORTUNE Magazine, is committed to serving the healthcare needs of our community. The new hospital expansion provides Methodist Sugar Land Hospital some of the most advanced technology and medical capabilities in the area and has maintained the highest quality of care The Methodist Hospital is known for internationally. The new hospital has expanded bed capacity and existing services including oncology services, labor and delivery, critical care, emergency department, surgery, lab and imaging.

Just in the last couple of years Methodist Sugar Land Hospital's physicians have successfully performed services once only available in the medical center - abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, angioplasty with stents, brain surgery, carotid artery stenting, gastric lap band surgery, open heart surgery, single port laparoscopic adrenalectomy surgery, single port laparoscopic gallbladder surgery and urinary bladder reconstruction - the first time any of those procedures had been done in Fort Bend County.

For more information on Methodist Sugar Land Hospital, visit www.MethodistSugarLand.com or call 281-274-7500 for a physician referral.