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Breast Health Awareness

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and can serve both a reminder and an opportunity to take care of YOU!

Breast health begins with a sense of what is normal for your breasts, also known as breast awareness. To promote breast health, consider doing regular breast self-exams. With practice, you will discover how your breasts vary in sensitivity and texture at different times during your menstrual cycle.

For many women, breast health includes concerns about breast lumps, breast pain or nipple discharge. Know what is normal and when to consult your doctor. It is also...

Tyler, Texas (October 2, 2024) — UT Health East Texas is proud to announce the launch of its Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) program, a cutting-edge life support system that offers critically ill patients a vital chance at recovery when conventional treatments fail.

ECMO is an advanced technology used to support patients whose heart and lungs are unable to function properly on their own due to severe conditions such as acute respiratory distress syndrome, cardiac failure or severe infections. By temporarily taking over the functions of the heart and...

Tyler, Texas (October 1, 2024) — UT Health Tyler is proud to announce that it has achieved a prestigious Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) designation, recognizing its commitment to providing the highest standard of care for critically ill and premature newborns. This achievement reinforces UT Health Tyler as a leading provider of advanced neonatal care in East Texas.

Level 3 NICUs are equipped to provide comprehensive care to infants at any gestational age or those with critical health conditions requiring specialized medical interventions. The...

When Dayton “Junior” Pierce stopped by the UT Health Carthage emergency department to thank his care team, he was able to give them a wave goodbye when he left.

That small gesture is something his care team celebrated, especially since when they first met Pierce he was missing his fingers, the result of a woodworking accident in his garage at his Lake Murvaul home.

Pierce, 75, was working on a project for his wife in early October, using a miter saw to cut wood, when it slipped and cut off his fingers. His wife raced him to UT Health Carthage, where the emergency department...

Tyler, Texas (August 29, 2024) — UT Health East Texas EMS has been recognized by The International Academies of Emergency Dispatch (IAED) as an Accredited Center of Excellence (ACE) for emergency medical dispatching.

IAED is the standard-setting organization for emergency dispatch services worldwide. Accreditation (and subsequent re-accreditation) from the IAED is the highest distinction given to emergency communication centers, certifying that the center is performing at or above the established standards for the industry. Centers who earn ACE status are the...

Partnership will increase care options in the region, focus on training workforce

TYLER, Texas (August 22, 2024) – The University of Texas at Tyler, UT Health East Texas and Plano-based Oceans Healthcare today announced a partnership to expand behavioral health care in East Texas, including facilities in Tyler and Longview.

The Tyler facility is expected to open in 2026 and will offer individualized treatment options for adolescents, adults and seniors. The facility will also provide in-demand services for high-acuity patients, a population of patients with complex needs. Oceans’ existing hospital in Longview, which treats similar patients,...

Tyler, Texas (August 14, 2024) – UT Health Tyler has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain ̶ MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2024. UT Health Tyler is one of only 259 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor.

The award recognizes UT Health Tyler’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients and signifies that UT Health Tyler has reached an aggressive goal of treating these patients to standard levels of care as outlined by the American College of Cardiology/American...

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...

Henderson, Texas (August 2, 2024) — UT Health Henderson is among the best hospitals nationwide for nurse communication, according to Becker’s Hospital Review.

Becker’s compiled a list of 418 top hospitals for nurse communication in each state using Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and UT Health Henderson is among the hospitals 39 listed for Texas.

“Nurse communication is a critical aspect of patient care that significantly influences patient outcomes,...

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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