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South Texas Health System Mcallen has won several awards in the years it has been operating. It was named Rio Grande Valley Hispanic Chamber Hospital of the Year in 2011. [ 1 ] Its maternity ward has won awards such as recognition as a Texas Ten-Step facility in 2013 and 2015 for promoting breast feeding, [ 8 ] [ 9 ] and recognition from the ...
Prescription drug monitoring programs, or PDMPs, are an example of one initiative proposed to alleviate effects of the opioid crisis. [1] The programs are designed to restrict prescription drug abuse by limiting a patient's ability to obtain similar prescriptions from multiple providers (i.e. “doctor shopping”) and reducing diversion of controlled substances.
McAllen is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Hidalgo County. It is located at the southern tip of the state in the Rio Grande Valley, on the Mexico–United States border. The city limits extend south to the Rio Grande, across from the Mexican city of Reynosa. McAllen is about 70 mi (110 km) west of the Gulf of Mexico.
McAllen Heart Hospital is a 60-bed cardiovascular disease hospital in McAllen, Texas.It was the freestanding heart hospital in the United States The hospital provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient cardiac care, a 24-hour Emergency Center, General and Weight Loss Surgery programs. [1]
The health system includes Texas Health Physician's Group and hospitals identified as Texas Health Presbyterian, Texas Health Arlington Memorial, Texas Health Harris Methodist and Texas Health Huguley. Texas Health has 29 hospital locations including acute-care, short-stay, behavioral health, rehabilitation and transitional care facilities.
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is an agency within the Texas Health and Human Services System. It was established by House Bill 2292 in 2003 during the 78th Legislature, [ 1 ] which consolidated twelve different healthcare agencies into five entities under the oversight of HHSC.
Memorial Hermann Health System is the largest not-for-profit health system in southeast Texas [1] and consists of 17 hospitals, 8 Cancer Centers, 3 Heart & Vascular Institutes, and 27 sports medicine and rehabilitation centers, in addition to other outpatient and rehabilitation centers. [2]
Founded in 1925, it is the primary teaching hospital for McGovern Medical School (formerly The University of Texas Medical School at Houston (UTHealth Medical School)) and the flagship location of 13 hospitals in the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System.