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UT Health East Texas HOPE Breast Care Center offers 3D mammography in Jacksonville

Jacksonville, Texas (January 10, 2023) — The UT Health East Texas HOPE Breast Care Center added a new 3D mammography unit in Jacksonville, providing technology that significantly increases the detection of breast cancers. This technology allows images to be divided up in multiple layers, allowing the radiologist to review one layer at a time, reducing the tissue overlap effect. This helps the radiologist find smaller cancers that may be harder to find at an earlier stage.

“The advantage to a 3D mammogram is that it allows us to see through the tissue better than a regular 2D...

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Babies born at UT Health Athens receive special Christmas stocking

Athens, Texas (December 7, 2022) — Babies born at UT Health Athens this month are going home with a special gift during the holiday season. UT Health East Texas is presenting all new mothers with hand-sewn stockings embroidered with the UT Health East Texas logo.

Skhi Lyrik Bowman, who was born to Jessica Bowman, received a stocking after her arrival at 6:19 a.m. Dec. 5. She weighed...

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Babies born at UT Health Jacksonville receive special Christmas stocking

Jacksonville, Texas (December 7, 2022) — Babies born at UT Health Jacksonville this month are going home with a special gift this holiday season. UT Health East Texas is presenting all new mothers with hand-sewn stockings embroidered with the UT Health East Texas logo.

Blakelee Axell Tabb, who was born to Cindy Scott and father Dalton Tabb, received a stocking after arriving at 8:01...

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Babies born at UT Health Henderson receive special Christmas stocking

Henderson, Texas (December 7, 2022) — Babies born at UT Health Henderson this month are going home with a special gift this holiday season. UT Health East Texas is presenting all new mothers with hand-sewn stockings embroidered with the UT Health East Texas logo.

Journi Dre’Ann Falk, who was born to Ashley Falk, received a stocking after her arrival on Dec. 3. Journi weighed in at 5...

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UT Health East Texas Heart and Vascular Institute Offers First-of-Its-Kind Treatment for Heart Disease

Tyler, Texas (December 7, 2022) — UT Health East Texas Heart and Vascular Institute announced a new treatment option for patients with severely calcified coronary artery disease living in East Texas. The new technology is a novel application of lithotripsy, an approach that uses sonic pressure waves to safely break up kidney stones. It’s now available to treat problematic calcium in the coronary arteries that can reduce blood flow in the heart.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. Each year, more than 600,000 people in the United States die of...

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UT Health North Campus Tyler Earns 2022 Leapfrog Top Hospital Award for Outstanding Quality and Safety

Tyler, Texas (December 6, 2022) — Highlighting its nationally recognized achievements in patient safety and quality, UT Health North Campus Tyler was named a Top Teaching Hospital nationally by The Leapfrog Group. Announced today, the Leapfrog Top Hospital award is widely acknowledged as one of the most competitive awards American hospitals can receive. The Top Hospital designation is bestowed by The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers widely acknowledged as the toughest standard-setters for...

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UT Health Carthage Earns 2022 Leapfrog Top Hospital Award for Outstanding Quality and Safety

Carthage, Texas (December 6, 2022) — Highlighting its nationally recognized achievements in patient safety and quality, UT Health Carthage was named a Top Rural Hospital nationally by The Leapfrog Group. Announced today, the Leapfrog Top Hospital award is widely acknowledged as one of the most competitive awards American hospitals can receive. The Top Hospital designation is bestowed by The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers widely acknowledged as the toughest standard-setters for healthcare...

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UT Health Pittsburg Earns 2022 Leapfrog Top Hospital Award for Outstanding Quality and Safety

Pittsburg, Texas (December 6, 2022) — Highlighting its nationally recognized achievements in patient safety and quality, UT Health Pittsburg was named a Top Rural Hospital nationally by The Leapfrog Group. Announced today, the Leapfrog Top Hospital award is widely acknowledged as one of the most competitive awards American hospitals can receive. The Top Hospital designation is bestowed by The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers widely acknowledged as the toughest standard-setters for...

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UT Health East Texas expands Cardiac Plaza location

Tyler, Texas (November 3, 2022) — UT Health East Texas, in partnership with Tyler Cardiovascular Consultants, has opened the newly renovated Cardiac Plaza, an almost $9 million investment that expanded the UT Health East Texas Heart and Vascular Institute to provide an Advanced Heart Failure Clinic and Atrial Fibrillation Clinic, as well as a Sleep Disorders Center, in one convenient location, 2608 McDonald Road.

“This Cardiac Plaza represents Tyler Cardiovascular Consultants and UT Health East Texas’ commitment to caring for patients in East Texas. It is a significant...

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UT Health East Texas Uses Artificial Intelligence for Enhanced Colonoscopy Screenings

Tyler, Texas (September 8, 2022) — UT Health Tyler’s Digestive Disease Center now offers patients receiving a colonoscopy an enhanced screening with the aid of GI Genius™ intelligent endoscopy module. The GI Genius™ module employs artificial intelligence (AI) to help physicians detect polyps — a powerful new ally in the fight against colorectal cancer.

The GI Genius™ module uses advanced AI software to highlight suspicious polyps with a visual marker in real time — serving as the gastroenterologist’s ever-vigilant second observer with a sensitivity rate per lesion of 100%....

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