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Tyler, Texas (June 27, 2024) — Every year, thousands of people are injured badly enough after fireworks-related incidents to require medical treatment during the July 4 holiday, with children and young adults suffering many of those injuries.

While the majority of these injuries resulted from amateurs attempting to use professional-grade, homemade or other illegal fireworks or explosives, less powerful devices such as small firecrackers and even sparklers also can cause significant injuries. 

“We have seen all sorts of injuries in our emergency room during...

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Jacksonville, Texas (June 27, 2024) — UT Health Jacksonville has collaborated with the Josie King Foundation to provide care journals to patients to further enhance patient safety. UT Health Jacksonville is also the first hospital to include a QR Code on the journal for patients and loved ones to easily access their providers, specialties and other information right on their cell phone. 

Hospital leadership learned about the care journals from Sorrel King, who spoke at a UT Health East Texas leadership conference last year, highlighting the importance of creating a...

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Henderson, Texas (June 26, 2024) – UT Health Henderson is now offering an acute withdrawal management program, which is an inpatient, hospital-based three- to five-day medical detox available to adults requiring medical management of withdrawal symptoms from alcohol and/or opioids. 

“Across the nation, addiction/substance use disorder impacts millions of people and their families. The good news is there is hope — addiction can be successfully treated,” said UT Health Henderson CEO Mark Leitner. “UT Health Henderson is dedicated to helping people across East Texas...

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Tyler, Texas (June 24, 2024) — UT Health East Texas today announced the launch of virtual nursing across its hospital network. Partnered with care.ai, the UT Health East Texas virtual nursing program is the first in the region. 

Virtual nursing empowers care teams to work more efficiently and drive improved clinical outcomes. Enabled by video communication with credentialed registered nurses (virtual nurses) and in-room smart sensors, the platform allows virtual nurses, who are employed by UT Health East Texas, to manage a wide variety of patient care tasks that do...

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TYLER, Texas (May 14, 2024) – UT Health East Texas today announced that UT Health Quitman and HealthFirst have been selected by Modern Healthcare as two of the 2024 Best Places to Work in Healthcare. The complete list of this year’s winners, in alphabetical order, is available at ModernHealthcare.com/bestplaceslist. Modern Healthcare will publish a special supplement featuring a ranked list of all the winners along with the October 14, 2024, issue of MH magazine.

“With all the economic uncertainty, staffing challenges, and folks wanting more flexible work setups,...

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Do you know the warning signs for a stroke? Would you recognize them in someone else? What about yourself? We often think if something like a stroke has occurred, we would realize it immediately, right? As it turns out, nearly 70 percent of people who have suffered a minor stroke don’t recognize the symptoms at all. Seeking medical treatment within the first three hours is critical to successful treatment. However, according to a study published in the journal Stroke, 30 percent of stroke patients wait more than 24 hours to contact their doctor or head to the emergency room.

How...

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