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Athens, Texas (August 13, 2024) — Evyn Fletcher, RN, MSN, recently received the DAISY Award for outstanding patient care at UT Health Athens. 

Evyn was nominated for the award by a patient she treated in the emergency department who said Evyn provided outstanding medical and emotional care during a traumatic event. 

“The extraordinary care I received was not just the precision medical attention I received from Nurse Evyn, but rather her genuine concern and empathy she exhibited to me as a person,” the nomination read. “Often individuals will be given good...

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Athens, Texas (August 1, 2024) — Gone are the days of being wheeled into surgery on a stretcher. Pediatric patients at UT Health Athens can now drive themselves in style, cruising the hospitals hallways in a red, electric toy car. 

“Surgery can be a scary thought, no matter what the age of the patient, so this is a way to help keep our youngest patients focused on something fun and exciting before they undergo a surgical procedure,” said Heather Densmore, director of surgery. “We’ve really seen the positive benefits because the patients have been so excited about...

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James Fox, MD

Board-certified pulmonary and critical care medicine physician...

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Kelli Martin, APRN, FNP-C

UT Health East Texas Physicians Gastroenterology Clinic...

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Overview

Swimmer's ear is a bacterial infection typically caused by water lingering in the outer ear canal. This moisture breaks down protective earwax and skin, creating an environment where bacteria can thrive. While anyone can get swimmer's ear, it is most...

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As we celebrate Women’s History Month, we’re spotlighting our caregivers, the diversity they bring and the difference they make at UT Health East Texas.

Working in healthcare has been a calling for as long as Linda Boykin can remember. 

Boykin, BSN, RN, CCRN, CPAN, CAPA, the clinical manager for Healthy Connections at UT Health Tyler, got her start as a teenager volunteering as a candy striper in the nursery of a Los Angeles, Calif., hospital in the late 1970s.

“I loved working in the newborn nursery, not knowing those tiny fingers and toes would draw me...

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As we celebrate Black History Month, we’re spotlighting our caregivers, the diversity they bring and the difference they make at UT Health East Texas.

(February 9, 2024) – DaVina Austin, a senior human resources business partner at UT Health East Texas, was drawn to human resources because it’s a career centered on using her communication skills to do what she loves the most — helping others succeed. 

DaVina, who grew up in Tyler and graduated from Robert E. Lee High School before attending Tyler Junior College and later UT Tyler, initially thought...

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As we celebrate Black History Month, we’re spotlighting our caregivers, the diversity they bring and the difference they make at UT Health East Texas.

(February 1, 2024) — Shoundala “Sam” Smith has spent the past 20 years at UT Health Pittsburg with the primary goal of helping patients through the different roles in which she has served.    

Sam started her career journey at the hospital in 2003 as a certified nursing assistant and later was promoted to activity coordinator. She also is a patient advocate for the hospital’s med-surg unit.

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The UT Health Quitman nursing staff recently was honored with a DAISY Team Award, which recognizes that while an idea to achieve better patient and family outcomes may start with one individual, it often takes an entire team to implement successfully. 

The DAISY Team Award is designed to honor collaboration by two or more people, led by a nurse, who identify and meet patient and/or patient family needs by going above and beyond the traditional role of nursing. Patient care teams including ancillary staff involved with care were recognized with this nomination, which came from a...

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As document control administrator for UT Health East Texas, Steven Rhame’s interaction with the health system focuses largely on paperwork, trying to ensure the entire market — all 10 hospitals and 90-plus clinics — are adhering to the same policies.

When Rhame’s 10-year-old son, Ransom, recently landed in the hospital following a tonsillectomy, he saw a different side of the health system, one which touched his heart.

“It makes me proud to know that this is my hospital and my coworkers,” Rhame said. 

Rhame said after Ransom experienced some bleeding following a...

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