A Cure for What Ails You
Published Apr 25, 2008
The East Texas Medical Center in Tyler is one of 14 hospitals in the East Texas Medical Center Regional Heath System.
Everything’s big in Texas, and that includes the Texas-sized health-care network.
Providing state-of-the-art health care, specialized medicine and a wealth of resources to East Texas residents, the area’s network boasts 14 hospitals in the East Texas Medical Center Regional Healthcare System; two hospitals in the Trinity Mother Frances Health System and the award-winning Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview.
What does it mean to have such top-notch hospital care at their fingertips?
Good Shepherd, a 412-bed facility, got a taste of the community’s gratitude when it was named among the nation’s top 5 percent of hospitals for the fifth consecutive year by this country’s leading independent healthcare ratings company.
“We were named among America’s 50 best hospitals,” says Cindy Terry, marketing specialist for Good Shepherd.
“People are definitely proud. The medical staff is proud to be affiliated here, and the community is comforted to know they have such a high level of care right here. They don’t have to go to Dallas or Shreveport.”
The hospital’s heart center just celebrated its 20th anniversary, and it also broke ground on the Institute for Healthy Living. Expected to open in August or September 2008, the $17 million, 75,000-square-foot facility will be “an integrated wellness center” on the north side of Longview, Terry says.
“It will integrate rehab services with the largest educational institute in the region, plus a world-class fitness facility.”
Trinity Mother Frances, with facilities in Jacksonville and Tyler, is also an award-winning facility, having been recognized nationally for improving healthcare performance.
Mother Frances Hospital has served the East Texas region for more than 70 years. In addition to its nationally recognized cardiac program, the hospitals also emphasize care for women and children; trauma; rehab; orthopedics; pain management and cosmetic surgery.
The Trinity Mother Frances system also features the cutting-edge Center for Advanced Surgery and Technology, which offers robotic surgery, among other services.
Largest among all the hospital systems in East Texas is the East Texas Medical Center system. With 14 facilities, ETMC is dedicated to being a health-care leader in the communities it serves.
Rebecca Berkley, ETMC public relations manager, points to some of the center’s cutting-edge advances, such as: A $2.7 million expansion of its emergency center, Cyberknife, a $4 million investment added in 2006 that allows doctors to treat tumors without surgery, and new digital mammography in the breast care center and mobile unit.
“People want quality health care, whether they live in a larger community or a smaller one,” Elmer G. Ellis, president and CEO of ETMC, says in the hospital’s brochure. “We want to provide a high quality of service at a cost that allows people to have access to it.”
Story by Ellen Margulies
Photo by Jeff Adkins
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