Methodist Healthcare Newsroom
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San Antonio’s Methodist Healthcare Gets Social With Organ Donor Recruitment
May 04, 2012
San Antonio, Texas – Methodist Healthcare has created a way to be social, save lives and raise money for your favorite charity. The ‘I’m a Lifesaver’ campaign encourages Methodist Healthcare fans to become organ donors.
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Methodist Hospital Receives Highest Award for Quality Health Care in Texas - All Methodist Healthcare Hospitals Recognized with Quality Awards
April 27, 2012
San Antonio, Texas – Methodist Hospital and its affiliated campuses received one of only two Gold Awards presented by the Texas Medical Foundation (TMF) Health Quality Institute for distinguished efforts in health care quality improvements. All Methodist Healthcare hospitals received recognition in the form of Gold, Silver or Bronze Awards from TMF, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Texas.
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Colorful Painted Chair Donated to Methodist Children's Hospital!
April 11, 2012
Last year patients from Methodist Children’s Hospital, a campus of Methodist Hospital, painted a chair to be auctioned for charity.
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Methodist Children’s Hospital Receives Generous Donation of 1,000 Bears from SBM Site Services and Wells Fargo Banks
April 09, 2012
Employees from SBM Site Services and Wells Fargo worked diligently over the past few weeks to collect more than 1,000 teddy bears and other stuffed animals to bring comfort and joy to the patients of Methodist Children’s Hospital...
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Benefits of weight loss surgery for type 2 diabetes discovered!
April 02, 2012
The New England Journal of Medicine this week released findings of a trial at the Cleveland Clinic establishing substantial benefits of weight loss surgery for type 2 diabetes and other metabolic diseases. The study demonstrated bariatric surgery controlled blood glucose levels better than...
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Methodist Heart Hospital Accredited as Heart Failure Institute
March 14, 2012
This week, Methodist Heart Hospital, a campus of Methodist Hospital, was accredited as a Heart Failure Institute by the Healthcare Accreditation Colloquium. This accreditation is based on the hard work and dedication of staff and physicians at the hospital’s Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Program, offering the only hospital-based advanced heart failure clinic in the region.
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Liver Transplant Program at Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital Recognized as Best in the Nation
February 01, 2012
The Liver Transplant Program at Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital (MSTH), a campus of Methodist Hospital, has been recognized as the best liver transplant program in the country, based on data recently released by the Scientific Registry for Transplant Patients.
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San Antonio’s First Dedicated Education Unit for Nursing Students Opens at Methodist Hospital
September 06, 2011
In partnership with the Nursing School at the University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio, Methodist Hospital announced the opening of the first Dedicated Education Unit in San Antonio.
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Houston Texans Kick Off Their Pre-Season with a Visit to Methodist Children’s Hospital
August 26, 2011
Houston Texans football players, cheerleaders and team mascot TORO traveled 200 miles to visit Methodist Children’s Hospital, a campus of Methodist Hospital, and give young patients a special pre-season look at the team.
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Surf’s Up at Methodist Children’s Hospital as Mauli Ola Pro Surfers Visit Patients
August 17, 2011
Surfers from the Mauli Ola Foundation will visit Methodist Children’s Hospital, a campus of Methodist Hospital, on Wednesday, August 17 to visit with patients, sign autographs and help the patients make hats. Based in Laguna Beach, California, the foundation works to introduce surfing as a natural treatment for people with genetic disorders.
