Harlingen Medical Center (HMC) has earned the 2009 Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals: Cardiovascular Benchmarks Award, for a second consecutive year, for its excellence in cardiovascular care. This accolade is presented to HMC for its ability to set the highest national performance levels for both clinical and managerial excellence, and is one of three community hospitals in the State of Texas and one of 30 in the United States, to do this.