Houston, TX – The Woman's Hospital of Texas today announced it has been honored as a recipient of multiple Healthgrades 2022 Ob-Gyn Awards. These awards include 5-Star Ratings, the Labor and Delivery Excellence Award™, Gynecologic Surgery Excellence Award™ and Overall Obstetrics and Gynecology Excellence Award™.

Achieving these awards from Healthgrades, the leading marketplace connecting doctors and patients, places The Woman's Hospital of Texas among a select group of hospitals—within the top 5% of all hospitals evaluated for providing outstanding quality outcomes for mothers during and after labor and delivery, as well as gynecologic procedures, including surgery.

“As a hospital created for and dedicated to the health of women and newborns, I am incredibly grateful to our staff and physicians for their dedication to continuously providing outstanding Woman-first care to our patients,” said Cindy Celnik, MD, chief medical officer of The Woman’s Hospital of Texas. “At The Woman's Hospital of Texas, we are dedicated to delivering compassionate, personalized care to each patient and provide the quality every patient deserves.”

The following list includes all The Woman's Hospital of Texas’ Healthgrades Ob-Gyn awards and years of designation:

GYN Surgery

  • Among the Top 10% of Hospitals Evaluated for Gynecologic Surgery for 12 Years in a Row (2011-2022)
  • Among the Top 5% of Hospitals Evaluated for Gynecologic Surgery for 6 Years in a Row (2017-2022)
  • Five-Star Recipient for Gynecologic Procedures for 12 Years in a Row (2011-2022)
  • Five-Star Recipient for Hysterectomy for 8 Years in a Row (2015-2022)
  • Recipient of the Healthgrades Gynecologic Surgery Excellence Award™ for 12 Years in a Row (2011-2022)
  • Recognized by Healthgrades for Superior Performance in Gynecologic Surgery for 12 Years in a Row (2011-2022)

Labor and Delivery

  • Among the Top 10% of Hospitals Evaluated for Labor and Delivery for 5 Years in a Row (2018-2022)
  • Among the Top 5% of Hospitals Evaluated for Labor and Delivery for 5 Years in a Row (2018-2022)
  • Five-Star Recipient for C-Section Delivery for 5 Years in a Row (2018-2022)
  • Five-Star Recipient for Vaginal Delivery for 5 Years in a Row (2018-2022)
  • Recipient of the Healthgrades Labor and Delivery Excellence Award™ for 5 Years in a Row (2018-2022)
  • Recognized by Healthgrades for Superior Performance in Labor and Delivery for 5 Years in a Row (2018-2022)

Obstetrics and Gynecology

  • Among the Top 10% of Hospitals Evaluated for Obstetrics and Gynecology for 5 Years in a Row (2018-2022)
  • Among the Top 5% of Hospitals Evaluated for Obstetrics and Gynecology for 5 Years in a Row (2018-2022)
  • Recipient of the Healthgrades Obstetrics and Gynecology Excellence Award™ for 5 Years in a Row (2018-2022)
  • Recognized by Healthgrades for Superior Performance in Obstetrics and Gynecology for 5 Years in a Row (2018-2022)

Healthgrades analyzed gynecologic surgery patient outcomes data for all patients from 16 individual states from 2018-2020. During this time, the following outcomes would have been expected:

  • If all hospitals included in this analysis, as a group, performed similarly to hospitals receiving the Gynecologic Surgery Excellence Award, on average, 7,725 patients could have avoided complications.*
  • Patients treated in hospitals receiving the Gynecologic Surgery Excellence Award, have, on average, a 8% lower risk of experiencing a complication while in the hospital than if they were treated in hospitals that did not receive the Gynecologic Surgery Excellence Award.*
  • If all hospitals included in this analysis, as a group, performed similarly to hospitals receiving the Labor and Delivery Excellence Award, on average, 135,637 patients could have avoided complications.*
  • Patients treated in hospitals receiving the Labor and Delivery Excellence Award, have, on average, a 2% lower risk of experiencing a complication while in the hospital than if they were treated in hospitals that did not receive the Labor and Delivery Excellence Award.*
  • if all hospitals included in this analysis, as a group, performed similarly to hospitals receiving the Obstetrics and Gynecology Excellence Award, on average, 153,369 patients could have avoided complications.*
  • Patients treated in hospitals receiving the Obstetrics and Gynecology Excellence Award, have, on average, a 35% lower risk of experiencing a complication while in the hospital than if they were treated in hospitals that did not receive the Obstetrics and Gynecology Excellence Award.*
  • Patients undergoing a gynecologic procedure in hospitals rated 5 stars have, on average, a 65.9% lower risk of experiencing a complication while in the hospital than if they were treated by hospitals rated 1 star.*

“It is critical for patients to select care based on three key pieces of information – hospital quality, facility and care team experience with your condition/procedure, and compatibility. Knowing a hospital has a 5-star distinction is another benchmark to help make those decisions easier,” said Brad Bowman, MD, Chief Medical Officer and head of Data Science, Healthgrades. “We are proud to name The Woman's Hospital of Texas as an award recipient in all of our award categories and look forward to their continued efforts to make clinical quality a priority and deliver outstanding care to patients for natural childbirth, C-section deliveries and gynecologic procedures.

Consumers can visit healthgrades.com for more information on how Healthgrades measures hospital quality and access the complete methodology here.

*Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of All-Payer data for years 2018 through 2020 and represent 3-year estimates for patients in 16 states for which all payer data was made available. (See 2022 Healthgrades Obstetrics and Gynecology Rating Methodology for more details).