Company Profile
Ben Taub Hospital
Company Overview
Harris Health System is regarded as one of the best public health systems for its provision of quality patient care and medical treatment. Our dedicated team of professionals is highly experienced in treating adults and children with all types of needs – from routine care to life-saving procedures.
National accreditations and third-party certifications of excellence attest to Harris Health's commitment to quality healthcare and the sophistication of our medical and surgical services:
• Ben Taub and LBJ Hospitals are designated as Level I and Level III Trauma Centers, respectively, by the Texas Department of State Health Services for meeting or exceeding American College of Surgeons’ essential criteria for Level I and Level III trauma care
• In its March, 2011 edition, U.S. News and World Report ranked the Harris Health among the region’s best hospitals in Diabetes & Endocrinology and Urology care.
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Services at Quentin Mease Hospital is accredited by CARF, the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities.
• The Harris Health Sleep Disorders Center at Quentin Mease Hospital is accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine; and is among a few of the 130 centers in the Houston area to be accredited.
• The Ben Taub Hospital Noninvasive Vascular Lab is accredited by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories.
In addition to such prestigious outside recognition, Harris Health System takes pride in its self-designated Centers of Excellence, which include Cancer Care, Cardiology, Community Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, HIV/AIDS Care, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Sleep Disorders, Trauma Care and Women & Infants Services.
Company History
The Harris County Hospital District was created by voter referendum in November 1965 and was formally designated as a political subdivision with taxing authority on January 1, 1966.
Its two main hospitals serve approximately one million under-insured and uninsured people, nearly a quarter of the entire population of Harris County, the third most-populous county in the United States. Harris County includes Houston, the fourth largest city in the United States. Ben Taub General Hospital is a level I trauma center with 650 licensed beds. It is located in the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical complex in the world, and is staffed by faculty, residents, and students of Baylor College of Medicine.
Lyndon Baines Johnson General Hospital is a 332 bed general hospital with a level 3 trauma center located northeast of Downtown Houston. It is staffed by the faculty, residents, and students of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Quentin Mease Community Hospital has 25 beds for long-term physical rehabilitation and 24 beds in its geriatric services program. It is staffed by the faculty, residents, and students of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and Baylor College of Medicine.