For the tenth year in a row Scott & White Memorial Hospital is on the list of 100 Top Hospitals® for cardiovascular care by Thomson Reuters. Scott & White is one of only five hospitals in the country to be included on the prestigious list for ten or more years.
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The 100 Top Hospitals®: Cardiovascular Benchmarks is an annual study that examines performance of 971 hospitals. Thomson Reuters analyzes clinical outcomes for patients diagnosed with heart failure and heart attacks, and patients who received coronary bypass surgery or percutaneous cardiovascular interventions – such as an angioplasty.
Scott & White Healthcare will expand its mental health services to the military in response to the tragic events at Fort Hood.
Scott & White’s Project HomeFront, which has been providing free mental health counseling to members of the military and their families since its inception 20 months ago, will increase staff and counselors to deal with what is anticipated to be an increased need for counseling among service men and women at Fort Hood.
“Our ties to the military and Fort Hood run deep,” said Maxine Trent, counselor with the Scott & White Project HomeFront. “And, we want to be able to do something to help those affected cope with their grief.” Trent went on to say “usually the need for counseling is strongest about two to six months or longer after such a traumatic event.”
The staff additions are in direct response to the tragic events that occurred at Fort Hood on Nov. 5, in which 13 people were killed, and more than 30 injured.
Scott & White’s Project Homefront has offered free, anonymous and unlimited mental health services to members of the military and their families. The program, designed and implemented by Scott & White Healthcare and the Central Texas – Fort Hood chapter of the Association of the U.S. Army, was started to help service men and women deal with the stress of multiple and extended deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Scott & White Project HomeFront has treated more than 4,500 patients since its inception.
Mental health counseling is available to service men and women who have been to Iraq or Afghanistan since 9/11 as a military member and their families, Guard, Reserve, active duty, or veterans and their families.
Services provided as part of Project Homefront include:
Individual, marital, and family counseling with licensed therapists
Confidential records that are not part of VA or TRICARE reimbursement systems
Family Resilience Rejuvenation Retreats
Marriage enrichment retreats
Skills and support retreats
Deployment support for children and adolescents
Professionally trained therapists
Off-post/base office visits
Appointments with counselors are available by calling 254-680-1139.
Those interested in contributing to the Fort Hood Community Response Fund, providing for the needs of the families, service members and agencies assisting can go to: http://www.forthoodausa.org/
Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple, Texas is caring for three victims involved in the shooting incident at Ft. Hood, and seven others were either transferred or discharged. All three patients are listed in fair condition.
Because our first priority is to provide an environment that will foster the healing process and allow Scott & White Healthcare to respond to our patients’ needs, interviews with patients are best conducted after their discharge. In addition, the families of patients still with Scott & White have declined requests from media to conduct interviews.
This means there will be no patient and/or family interviews made available by Scott & White.
Additional media queries should be directed to the public relations representative on duty by calling (254) 724-2111.
Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple, Texas is caring for five victims involved in the shooting incident at Ft. Hood, and five others were either transferred or discharged since last Thursday.
Because our first priority is to provide an environment that will foster the healing process and allow Scott & White Healthcare to respond to our patients’ needs, interviews with patients are best conducted after their discharge. In addition, the families of patients still with Scott & White have declined requests from media to conduct interviews.
This means there will be no patient and/or family interviews made available by Scott & White.
Additional media queries should be directed to the public relations representative on duty by calling (254) 724-2111.
All seven people treated by Scott & White following a shooting incident at Ft. Hood last week, have now left the intensive care unit at Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple.
Because our first priority must be to provide an environment that will foster the healing process and allow Scott & White to respond to [...]
Only one patient remains in the intensive care unit at Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple, following a shooting incident at Ft. Hood on Thursday, November 5. A total of seven patients are being cared for by the hospital.
The families of those patients still with Scott & White have all declined requests from media [...]
Seven victims of the shooting at Ft. Hood today remain in the care of Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple. Only two of these patients are in the intensive care unit.
Recognizing there are families from out-of-town who may consent to interviews, Scott & White will work with media to provide a place–away from the [...]
Of the ten victims brought to Scott & White for treatment, one patient has been transported to another facility, and two others have been released.
Only two of the other five patients remain in the intensive care unit.
Media queries should be directed to the public relations representative on duty by calling (254) 724-2111 or email kvoss@swmail.sw.org.
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All media queries should be sent to 254-724-4097.
Concerned family should call: 254-724-3562.
As of November 5, 2009 at 4:42 p.m.:
Scott & White Memorial Hospital has received 9 gunshot victims from Fort Hood. [...]
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