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ETMC EMS ambulances recently added new features to their units.
An East Texas Therapet dog is being inducted this month into the Texas Animal Hall of Fame. Aida, a golden retriever, is being honored for her work as a therapy dog throughout East Texas.
The ETMC Tyler Wound Healing Center has achieved
The ETMC Cardiovascular Institute has a new tool to aid cardiologists in diagnosis and planning.
For Shawna Simpson, having Henderson County’s first baby of the year was, in her words, a miracle.
ETMC Quitman is pleased to announce that nurse practitioner Shelbi Mullins, MS, RN, FNPC, will join Dr. Beverly Waddleton and Terry Dickey, FNPC, at the ETMC First Physicians Clinic in Quitman
If your loved one needed the highly detailed images provided by a 64-slice CT scanner to diagnose an illness, how far would you travel?
The ETMC Cancer Institute is pleased to announce the expansion of full-field digital mammography services to Quitman, effective January 2008.
ETMC Tyler is using new technology to accelerate patient care in the emergency department. A new electronic “whiteboard,” that is commonly used in hospitals, has replaced the traditional dry erase “whiteboard” with handwritten entries. The system will improve the workflow of physicians and nurses
ETMC received two statewide honors at the annual emergency medical services awards banquet recently. Dr. William Moore won the EMS Medical Director Award and ETMC Tyler won the Designated Trauma Facility Award from the Texas Department of State Health Services.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services presented awards in October to 392 of the nation’s hospitals for their successes in increasing organ donation rates.
Ceremonies unveiling plans for ETMC Pittsburg's new hospital also marked the beginning of a community fundraising campaign to benefit the ETMC Pittsburg Building Fund.
The relocation of one of the two physicians who provide obstetrical services at ETMC Quitman has led to the decision to close maternity services at the hospital, effective December 31, according to Chris Stipe, ETMC Quitman chief executive officer.
ETMC Athens offers medley of childbirth, childcare classesETMC Athens offers five baby classes. The two newest classes are Grandparenting Today and Super Siblings.
New fluoroscopy equipment in the radiology department at ETMC Quitman will offer imaging patients faster studies with much higher image quality.
East Texas Medical Center Regional Healthcare System screened 1,502 men during the ninth annual free prostate cancer screening.
East Texas Medical Center Tyler has been redesignated by the Texas Department of Health as a comprehensive Level I trauma facility.
ETMC has again national recognition for leadership in bringing medical communications and information technology to the people of East Texas.
Children's preventive healthcare needs, including well child exams, immunizations, and physicals for sports, camp or daycare, will be conveniently available at the new ETMC Carthage Well Child Clinic, which opens July 9.
ETMC Athens is working to see that people across Henderson County have...
A new system is providing knee replacement surgery patients with state-of-the-art accuracy in the ETMC Tyler surgery department. When patients undergo knee replacement surgery with the Ci System from DePuy, a Johnson & Johnson company, surgeons now have a 3-dimensional view of the knee joint.
Several years ago, the staff in the ETMC Athens OB department became aware of a growing problem. More and more women were coming to the hospital to deliver babies without having seen a doctor beforehand.
Kelly Pierson recently joined the ETMC Neurological Institute as the American Parkinson Disease Association Inc. Information and Referral Center coordinator.
The ETMC Neurological Institute reached a milestone in February by performing its 100th deep brain stimulation procedure.
ETMC Tyler offers digital mammography
Now East Texas women can benefit from new digital mammography technology added to the comprehensive diagnostic services of the ETMC Breast Care Center in Tyler.
ETMC Jacksonville Honored By Texas Hospital Association
East Texas Medical Center Jacksonville has been honored as a long-time member of the Texas Hospital Association. The hospital was one of four throughout the state to receive 75-year membership awards from the Association in 2006.
ETMC Athens has plenty of class(es) when it comes to baby
Little Miss Justleigh Harrison would hardly budge from in front of the parenting information booth at ETMC Athens Education Celebration Jan. 24...
Advanced 64-slice CT scanner added at ETMC Pittsburg
Technology rarely found in rural hospitals will help diagnose certain diseases earlier.
ETMC Athens gets 64-slice CT
The 64-slice computed tomography scanner is absolutely the top-of-the-line in producing detailed images of the body's anatomy.
