HCA Houston Healthcare North Cypress announces that it has achieved the 2026 Patient Safety Excellence Award™ from Healthgrades, the #1 site Americans use to find a doctor or hospital. This award reflects HCA Houston Healthcare North Cypress’ commitment to safe, patient-centered care and puts the organization in the top 5% of hospitals nationwide for patient safety.
Alongside this national recognition for patient safety, HCA Houston Healthcare North Cypress was recently named one of America’s 250 Best Hospitals for overall clinical care and the recipient of numerous accolades based on its exceptional performance in key service areas, including surgical excellence, critical care, stroke care, gastrointestinal surgery, orthopedic surgery, vascular surgery, cranial neurosurgery, pulmonary care and neuroscience. These achievements further underscore the organization’s commitment to delivering compassionate, individualized care at every step of the patient journey.
“The Healthgrades Patient Safety Award recognizes our teams’ commitment to putting safety first”, said Jim Brown, CEO of HCA Houston Healthcare North Cypress. “It reflects a culture strengthened by consistent training, standardized safety processes and ongoing investments in technology that support safer decisions and earlier risk detection. We’re proud to be recognized and even more committed to continually raising the bar for our patients.”
Healthgrades’ annual analysis revealed significant performance gaps between the nation’s highest-and lowest-achieving facilities, making it increasingly important for consumers to seek care at a hospital with top safety ratings. During the 2022-2024 study period, 167,228 preventable safety events occurred among Medicare patients at U.S. hospitals, with four PSIs accounting for nearly 78% of all incidents. Patients treated at HCA Houston Healthcare North Cypress and other award-winning facilities had a profoundly lower risk of experiencing these leading complications:
- In-hospital fall resulting in fracture (52.4% less likely)
- Collapsed lung due to a procedure in or around the chest (57.5% less likely)
- Catheter-related bloodstream infections acquired in the hospital (67.8% less likely)
- Pressure sores or bed sores acquired in the hospital (71.9% less likely)
"The data behind this year’s Patient Safety Excellence Award highlights how measurable improvements in safety can prevent thousands of complications,” said Dr. Alana Biggers, MPH, medical advisor at Healthgrades. “By prioritizing evidence-based safety practices, HCA Houston Healthcare North Cypress is achieving better clinical outcomes and cultivating a culture where patients come first.”
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*Statistics are calculated from Healthgrades’ Patient Safety Excellence Award Methodology, which is based primarily on AHRQ technical specifications (Version 2025.0.1) to MedPAR data from approximately 4,500 hospitals for years 2022 through 2024 and represent three-year estimates for Medicare patients only.