Why Choose Covenant Health System?
Covenant Health is a member of Providence Health, one of the largest and most successful not-for-profit health systems in the United States and is the largest health care institution in the West Texas and Eastern New Mexico region.
The facility now known as Covenant Medical Center began as the 25-bed Lubbock
Sanitarium in 1918. The facility became known as Lubbock General Hospital
in 1941, then Lubbock Memorial Hospital in 1945. In 1954, it became Methodist Hospital.
In 1998, two of Lubbock's most venerable heath care facilities, St. Mary
of the Plains
Hospital and Lubbock Methodist Hospital System, merged. St. Mary Hospital
was founded in 1937 as the 10-bed Plains Hospital and Clinic, becoming
St. Mary of the Plains Hospital in 1939 when the Sisters of St. Joseph
of Orange, California, purchased the facility. St. Mary of the Plains
Hospital campus now houses Covenant Children's Hospital, the region's
first and only freestanding, independently licensed, children's hospital.
Covenant Health serves a 62-county area with a population of more than 1.2 million people.
Our cornerstone ministries are located in Lubbock, TX - Covenant Medical Center, Covenant Specialty Hospital, and Covenant Children’s Hospital.
Combined, these hospitals have:
- 977 licensed beds
- More than 5,000 employees
- More than 600 physicians on staff
- Average daily patient census of 400
- 28,250 annual discharges
- 62,000 annual adult Emergency Department visits
- 25,500 annual pediatric Emergency Department visits
HealthGrades:
- America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Vascular Surgery (2023,2021)
- Americas 100 Best Hospitals for Prostate Surgery (2022,2021)
- Gynecolgic Surgery Excellence Award (2022,2021,2020)
- Bariatric Surgery Excellence (2021)
Press Ganey 2023
Both Covenant Children’s and Grace Surgical Hospital were recognized by Press Ganey. Covenant Children’s has been named a 2022 Human Experience (HX) National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) Award for Outstanding Nursing Quality® winner. This award is part of Press Ganey’s annual ranking of the top hospitals and health systems in the country, according to performance in nursing quality.
As a winner of the Press Ganey HX NDNQI Award for Outstanding Nursing Quality®, Covenant Children’s is one of seven healthcare organizations nationally to be honored for providing outstanding nursing quality.
Grace Surgical Hospital has been named a 2022 Human Experience (HX) Guardian of Excellence Award® winner. This award is part of Press Ganey’s annual ranking of the top hospitals and health systems in the country, according to performance in patient experience. Grace Surgical Hospital is in the top 5% of healthcare providers in delivering patient experience in the last year.
Press Ganey is the global leader in healthcare experience solutions and services. Press Ganey works with more than 41,000 healthcare facilities in its mission to reduce patient suffering and enhance caregiver resilience to improve the overall safety, quality and experience of care.
