Oakbend Medical Center in Richmond, TX
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About Oakbend Medical Center
Oakbend Medical Center is an acute care hospital in Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas. It reports its ownership to Medicare as public (hospital district or authority). It provides emergency services. It is listed as a Level IV trauma center. Its CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating is 3 out of 5. It has 168 licensed beds, according to state license data via HIFLD. It meets the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation criteria for maternity care. The nearest other listed hospital is Oakbend Medical Center, about 3.8 mi away.
Quality ratings
How this hospital compares with the national rate on each measure group:
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information. How star ratings work.
Emergency room times
Lower times are better. Reporting period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Timely and Effective Care. What these numbers mean.
Infections and sepsis care
- Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infectionsBetter than national · SIR 0.00
- Central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI)No different · SIR 0.97
59% of patients with severe sepsis or septic shock received all the recommended early care steps (SEP-1). Higher is better.
SIR is the standardized infection ratio: below 1 means fewer infections than predicted for a hospital like this one. Period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Healthcare-Associated Infections and Timely and Effective Care.
What patients say
- Patient survey star rating
- Would definitely recommend59%
- Rated the hospital 9 or 1060%
- Completed surveys227
Survey period ending September 2025. Source: CMS HCAHPS Patient Survey.
Map
29.57827, -95.77056
Nearby hospitals
- Oakbend Medical Center22003 Southwest Freeway, Richmond, TX · Level IV traumaHospital3.8 mi
- Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital17500 W Grand Parkway South, Sugar Land, TX · Level IV traumaAcute care hospital5.0 mi
- Pam Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Sugar Land7622 Branford Pl, Sugar Land, TXRehabilitation hospital7.7 mi
- Westpark Springs LLC6902 S Peek Road, Richmond, TX · Emergency roomPsychiatric hospital8.0 mi
- Sugar Land Surgical Hospital Llp16906 Southwest Freeway, Sugar Land, TX · Emergency roomAcute care hospital8.1 mi
- Kindred Hospital Sugar Land1550 First Colony Boulevard, Sugar Land, TXLong-term care hospital8.2 mi
- Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Sugar1325 Hwy 6, Sugar Land, TXRehabilitation hospital8.4 mi
- Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital16655 Southwest Freeway, Sugar Land, TX · Emergency roomHospital8.5 mi
- Voyages Behavioral Health of Sugar Land11931 Highway 6 South, Sugar Land, TXPsychiatric hospital8.5 mi
- St Luke's Sugar Land Hospital1317 Lake Pointe Parkway, Sugar Land, TX · Emergency roomAcute care hospital9.2 mi
Frequently asked questions
Where is Oakbend Medical Center located?
Oakbend Medical Center is at 1705 Jackson St, Richmond, TX 77469 in Fort Bend County.
Does Oakbend Medical Center have an emergency room?
Yes. Oakbend Medical Center reports emergency services to Medicare, and patients spent a median of 105 minutes in its emergency department before leaving. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
What is the CMS star rating of Oakbend Medical Center?
Oakbend Medical Center has a CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating of 3 out of 5. The rating combines measures of mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience and timely and effective care, compared with hospitals nationwide.
Is Oakbend Medical Center a trauma center?
Yes. It is listed as a Level IV trauma center in the HIFLD hospitals data, which is compiled from state trauma registries (source date March 2024). Trauma designations are renewed periodically, so confirm with the Texas EMS or trauma program. In an emergency, call 911: paramedics take seriously injured patients to the right trauma center.
What is the phone number of Oakbend Medical Center?
The main phone number on record with Medicare is (281) 341-3000.
Would patients recommend Oakbend Medical Center?
In the most recent HCAHPS patient survey (227 completed surveys), 59% of patients said they would definitely recommend the hospital, and 60% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10.
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