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UT Health East Texas to add acute care beds and discontinue long-term acute care services in response to changing healthcare landscape
Read more: UT Health East Texas to add acute care beds and discontinue long-term acute care services in response to changing healthcare landscapeTyler, 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…
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Employee Spotlight: Linda Boykin, Clinical Manager, Healthy Connections
Read more: Employee Spotlight: Linda Boykin, Clinical Manager, Healthy ConnectionsAs 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,…
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5 Ways to Decrease Your Risk of Colorectal Cancer
Read more: 5 Ways to Decrease Your Risk of Colorectal CancerColorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in both men and women; it is also the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, a month set aside to increase awareness and education of colon cancer. According to the American Institute for Cancer Research, almost half (47%)…
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UT Health East Texas recognized for quality care and employee satisfaction
Read more: UT Health East Texas recognized for quality care and employee satisfactionQuitman 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…
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UT Health East Texas acquires six urgent care clinics across East Texas
Read more: UT Health East Texas acquires six urgent care clinics across East TexasTyler, 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…
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Employee Spotlight: DaVina Austin, Senior Human Resources Business Partner
Read more: Employee Spotlight: DaVina Austin, Senior Human Resources Business PartnerAs 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…
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Do you hear ringing, buzzing, clicking or whooshing sounds in your ears? If so, you are not alone.
Read more: Do you hear ringing, buzzing, clicking or whooshing sounds in your ears? If so, you are not alone.We’ve asked Dr. Katherine Bowman, AuD, audiologist at the UT Health East Texas ENT Center on Three Lakes Parkway in Tyler, to answer some of the more common questions about tinnitus. What is tinnitus? Approximately 25 million American adults will experience tinnitus (the name for that ringing/buzzing sound) in any given year. Tinnitus can be…
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UT Health East Texas to launch region’s first ECMO program
Read more: UT Health East Texas to launch region’s first ECMO programTyler, 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…
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Employee Spotlight: Shoundala Sam Smith
Read more: Employee Spotlight: Shoundala Sam SmithAs 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…
