Named one of the nation's 100 top hospitals — HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood

Kingwood, Texas — HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood was identified as one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® according to an independent quality analysis provided by Premier, Inc.

To create the list, an objective, quantitative analysis of publicly available data was conducted to identify the top hospitals in the United States. The primary purpose of Premier’s 100 Top Hospitals® program is to inspire hospital and health system leaders to pursue higher performance and deliver added value to patients and communities. Participation in the study is not application-based, and award winners do not pay to market their honor.

In addition to the top hospital performers, HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood is one of 17 facilities that received the Everest Award in 2025 for setting national benchmarks for both the fastest rate of improvement and highest current year performance on Premier’s 100 Top Hospitals® balanced scorecard. This award recognizes the boards, executives and medical staff leaders who developed and executed strategies that drove the highest rates of improvement, resulting in the highest performance in the U.S. at the end of five years.

“I’m incredibly proud of what our team has achieved,” said John Corbeil, chief executive officer. “These outstanding accolades reflect our unwavering commitment, innovation and drive for excellence. This recognition truly honors the hard work and passion that fuel our organization every day.”

This year’s analysis compared the study’s top performing hospitals to a peer group of similar hospitals and found that the 100 Top Hospitals® delivered better outcomes while operating more efficiently. Compared to their peers, this year’s top performers achieved:

• 39 percent fewer inpatient deaths than peer hospitals.
• 26.5 percent fewer patients with complications.
• 32 percent fewer healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).
• 18 percent lower inpatient expense per discharge.
• 0.4-day shorter average length of stay.
• A better patient experience, with a top-box Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) score of 73 percent versus 68 percent at peer hospitals.

These outcomes add up to meaningful differences. According to the study’s analysis, if all hospitals operated at the level of this year’s top performers, more than 331,000 additional lives could have been saved, over 611,000 additional patients could have been complication-free and more than $15.1 billion in inpatient costs could have been saved for the 2025 study year.

This analysis is based on Medicare patients included in this study. If the same standards were applied to all inpatients, the impact could have been even greater.

“This program recognizes the dedication of our nation’s top hospitals to consistently deliver high-quality care while working to continuously improve quality, patient experience and operational efficiency,” said David Zito, Premier’s President, Performance Services. “The program’s transparent, non-biased and actionable data helps set benchmarks for hospitals nationwide and enables leaders to make data-driven decisions that benefit patients and the communities we serve. HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood excels across key performance indicators, which can directly lead to higher quality patient outcomes, with fewer readmissions and complications.”