Best Care at UTMB Health
By: Jeremy M. Brynes Administrator, League City Campus &
AVP, Business Development UTMB Health System
As an academic health center, the University of Texas Medical Branch( UTMB Health) is committed to providing excellent service and care to patients while training the next generation of physicians, nurses, and health professionals in the communities we serve. In addition to expanding our services across the Bay Area to increase access to quality care, UTMB Health has implemented an initiative to provide the Best Care to every patient, every time to measurably improve quality and safety.
Thanks to results of the Best Care initiative, UTMB Health was recently recognized with a prestigious national award for achieving excellence in patient care. Earning five stars, the university is one of 12 academic health centers nationwide( only one in Texas) to receive the 2017 Vizient Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Award. This award recognizes UTMB for demonstrating superior quality and safety performance as measured by the Vizient Quality and Accountability Study; 107 academic health institutions participated in this year’ s study.
UTMB Health joins Mayo Clinic – Rochester, NYU Langone Health, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin, Rush University Medical Center, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, University of Utah Health, UC Health University of Colorado Hospital, Lehigh Valley Health Network, The University of Kansas Hospital, Nebraska Medicine and Oregon Health & Science University Hospital in receiving the award. This tremendous achievement is due to the hard work of faculty and staff throughout the UTMB network of care— including the physicians, nurses, house staff and others who provide a positive patient experience, who train the future health care workforce to provide best care, and who provide our caregivers with the tools and treatment options they need to provide the best care to every patient, every time.
Patients can experience all the wonders of academic medicine from highly trained specialists close to home – from medical and surgical specialties … to beautiful and spacious birthing suites designed with mom, baby and family in mind … to outstanding emergency and urgent care.
Patients requiring overnight stays will receive state-of-theart care in UTMB’ s newest hospital, which was designed using evidence-based principles with significant input from patients, nursing staff and physicians to enhance patient well-being and improve outcomes. Architecture, décor and design all reflect a healing environment and a hospital that cares for the patient’ s mind, body and spirit. All rooms are private with oversized restrooms and large windows, and are divided into distinct zones for staff, patients and families.
With free and convenient parking, UTMB Health’ s League City Campus offers outstanding outpatient services, including a 24-hour emergency department, advanced imaging, after-hours urgent care, breast health services, orthopedic care for adults and children, cancer center services, cardiac rehab, endoscopy, sports medicine and rehabilitation, surgical specialties, vascular care, and women’ s health services.
Experience the UTMB Health 5-Star comprehensive network of care in your community. Find a UTMB physician near you at doctors. utmbhealth. com
With the opening of UTMB Health’ s new League City Campus hospital and emergency department, in addition to its primary and specialty care clinics, residents in the Bay Area now have convenient access to UTMB Health’ s five-star level of care.
Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation
27 MOMENTUM / October 2017