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Debbie McCaslin to retire after working 50 years at Jacksonville hospital

Jacksonville, Texas (April 15, 2024) — After 50 years working as a nurse and other positions at the hospital, UT Health Jacksonville’s Quality and Patient Safety Director Debbie McCaslin said it’s easy to think she has seen it all, but she is proved wrong every time.

“You never see it all in a job like this,” she said recalling her storied nursing career, which started when the hospital was named Nan Travis Memorial Hospital. “That’s what’s good about this job — every day is different, so whatever problem presents itself is what you work on that day.”

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Tyler, Texas (March 27, 2024) — UT Health East Texas will discontinue Long-Term Acute Care (LTAC) services next month as the health system responds to the community’s changing healthcare needs and a growing demand for inpatient acute care beds in Tyler.

The LTAC, which has 18 patient beds, serves patients experiencing chronic, acute illnesses requiring an estimated length of stay of 25 days with complex medical treatment.

As UT Health Tyler expands services such as women’s health and cardiac care, including the start of an...

Quitman and Tyler, Texas (February 29, 2024) — UT Health East Texas announced today that two of its hospitals, UT Health Quitman and UT Health Tyler, have been recognized for outstanding quality and employee satisfaction by its parent company, Ardent Health Services.

UT Health Quitman was honored for its commitment to clinical excellence with Ardent’s Quality Award. Presented annually, the Quality Award recognizes outstanding performance across a range of clinical quality and patient safety measures, including infection rates, safety events and ratings from...

Tyler, Texas (February 15, 2024) — UT Health East Texas, a leading regional healthcare provider, today announced it has completed the acquisition of five urgent care clinics in the region from QuickVisit Urgent Care in Carthage, Henderson, Jacksonville, Kilgore and Mabank, in addition to fully acquiring the operations of UT Health East Texas Urgent Care in Canton from its partner Premier Health.

The transaction increases UT Health East Texas’ urgent care footprint to six clinics, as the system continues expanding access points and implementing more consumer-centric...

Tyler, Texas (January 31, 2024) — UT Health East Texas plans to offer the region’s first adult extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) program for patients with severe forms of heart and/or lung failure. As an advanced pulmonary and cardiac treatment, ECMO is used for critically ill patients to alleviate the stress on these vital organs, allowing restorative time for recovery to a state of normal function.

“This treatment will allow patients to receive the highest level of cardiac and pulmonary supportive care locally, rather than being transferred to a facility...

Tyler, Texas (January 24, 2024) — Karyn Gordon, a freshman at Winona High School, remembers going to her pediatrician’s office and being comforted by the paintings and art on the walls. Now, it’s her own artwork that will provide such comfort to pediatric patients at UT Health Tyler as part of a donation Winona High School theater students made to the hospital on Wednesday.

“When I go to the doctor, to this day I enjoy seeing the paintings in the office, so when I found out we were giving our paintings to the hospital, I was like, ‘This is so cool.’ I feel so...

Henderson, Texas (November 6, 2023) — UT Health Henderson earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog that sets standards for excellence in patient care. Leapfrog assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” grade to general hospitals across the country based on over 30 national performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and infections, as well as the systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm.

“We are proud to have earned a third consecutive ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade and our fourth out of the last five...

Tyler, Texas (November 3, 2023) — The University of Texas at Tyler Health Science Center has been awarded on Newsweek’s list of America’s Best-In-State Hospitals 2024. This prestigious award is presented by Newsweek and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. Clinical care at the health science center is provided under the banner of UT Health North Campus Tyler.

Proximity and access are of the utmost importance when choosing between top hospitals. The America’s Best-In-State Hospitals 2024 ranking was created to identify...

Tyler, Texas (November 1, 2023) — Rachel Carney, RN, a nurse in the renal/urology unit at UT Health Tyler, has been recognized by Ardent Health Services with the 2023 Nurse of the Year Award.

Presented annually by UT Health Tyler’s parent company, the award recognizes an outstanding nurse for their compassion, skill and willingness to go the extra mile in caring for others.

Rachel was selected from among all 2023 DAISY Award winners within Ardent, which includes 30 hospitals and more than 200 sites of care across six states. The DAISY Award is an...

Tyler, Texas (Oct. 26, 2023) — High blood pressure is a problem for a large percentage of East Texans, but that soon may be changing thanks to a study led by two physicians with the UT Health East Texas Heart and Vascular Institute. Dr. Frank Navetta and Dr. Robert Smith are researching a new procedure that may lower blood pressure even if it is resistant to medication. They already have performed this outpatient procedure, the first in East Texas, with positive results that will continue to be monitored.

The procedure, called renal denervation, actually takes...

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Press Releases

Debbie McCaslin to retire after working 50 years at Jacksonville hospital

UT Health East Texas to add acute care beds and discontinue long-term acute care services in response to changing healthcare landscape

UT Health East Texas recognized for quality care and employee satisfaction

UT Health East Texas acquires six urgent care clinics across East Texas

UT Health East Texas to launch region's first ECMO program

Winona High School Theater Class Donates Paintings to UT Health Tyler Pediatrics Unit

UT Health Henderson Earns An ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group

The University of Texas at Tyler Health Science Center Awarded on Newsweek’s America’s Best-In-State Hospitals 2024 List

UT Health Tyler nurse earns award for excellence

UT Health East Texas physicians involved with study to treat high blood pressure