Hospitals In Tomball, Sugar Land Join Memorial Hermann

Seamless transition provides access to broader Memorial Hermann Health System network

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Jul 10, 2017, 12:32 ET

HOUSTON, July 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Emerus hospitals in Tomball and Sugar Land are now officially operating under the trusted name of Memorial Hermann, which has earned national awards and recognition for its relentless focus on quality, patient safety and leading-edge health care.

The Emerus Community Hospital, 24429 Tomball Parkway in Tomball, is now Memorial Hermann Tomball Hospital. The Emerus 24HR Emergency Hospital, 16000 Southwest Freeway, Suite 100, in Sugar Land, is now Memorial Hermann First Colony Hospital.

The seamless transition resulted from a joint venture partnership between Emerus Holdings Inc., the nation's first and largest operator of micro-hospitals, and Memorial Hermann Health System, one of the largest not-for-profit health systems in Southeast Texas. The deal was announced in May.

"By partnering with such a trusted health system, our patients know they will receive premier medical care from affiliated doctors and staff who are all held to Memorial Hermann's high standards," said Craig Goguen, CEO of Emerus. "We could not be more pleased, as this agreement continues the momentum we've established as an expansion partner of choice to leading health systems across the nation."

As part of the transaction, the partnership has the option to open additional health care facilities in the future, which would significantly improve access to high quality care in communities throughout the Greater Houston area.

"Our strategy has always been to bring innovative, patient-centered health care into the communities where people live and work and it's still a driving force for us today," said David Bradshaw, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Memorial Hermann. "Memorial Hermann Tomball and Memorial Hermann First Colony hospitals will provide the same evidence-based, high-quality and safe health care our patients have come to expect."

Uniquely different from urgent care clinics, these hospitals include emergency centers with additional services such as primary care, diagnostic imaging, and lab services – in a smaller, more efficient footprint, with shorter wait times and convenient parking, closer to patients' neighborhoods and homes. Memorial Hermann Tomball and Memorial Hermann First Colony hospitals expand the already well-established Memorial Hermann network of care throughout the greater Houston area. The hospitals feature:

Access to the broader Memorial Hermann network — allowing for care coordination, consultation and seamless transition across the care continuum;
Inpatient bed capacity — enabling patients to stay closer to home when lower level admissions/recoveries are needed;
Primary care physicians, diagnostic imaging and laboratory services on site; and
Access to care 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Each hospital is staffed by ER-trained physicians, experienced nurses and other clinical specialists dedicated to providing the same level of compassionate, patient-centered care found throughout the Memorial Hermann system.

For more information on Memorial Hermann Tomball Hospital, visit http://www.memorialhermann.org/locations/tomball-hospital/ or call 281-516-0911. To learn more about Memorial Hermann First Colony Hospital, visit www.memorialhermann.org/locations/first-colony-hospital or call 281-277-0911.

ABOUT EMERUS
Emerus is the nation's first and largest operator of micro-hospitals. Emerus partners with leading health systems to provide excellence, empathy and innovation in health care delivery through a network of efficient, value-based micro-hospitals. The Emerus network brings high-quality, patient-centric acute episodic and ambulatory clinical services to communities across a given market. This helps patients by positioning best-in-class provider services in the communities where they work, live and play. Emerus' distinctive level of care earned the Guardian of Excellence Award for Superior Patient Experience in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. More information is available at www.emerus.com.

ABOUT MEMORIAL HERMANN
A fully integrated health system with more than 250 care delivery sites throughout the Greater Houston area, including a nationally acclaimed Accountable Care Organization, Memorial Hermann is committed to delivering safe, high-quality, patient-centered care and offers world-class clinical expertise, innovation and cutting-edge technology to all patients, including its Health Plan members. The System, with its exceptional affiliated medical staff and more than 25,000 employees, provides compassionate, superior service while advancing health in Southeast Texas. Learn more about Memorial Hermann Health System.