Tex Appeal September 2013

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Celebrating 35 years of healing in Central Texas Healing lives. One community at a time. Metroplex Health System is the primary healthcare provider for West Bell, Coryell and Lampasas counties. Serving over 140,000 patients per year, with over 300 physicians offering 43 medical specialties and a variety of wellness services, Metroplex is a true community hospital. The 232-bed, multi-campus facility is one of 44 campuses in 10 states operated by Adventist Health System, one of the largest Protestant health care providers in the nation employing 79,000 people in the U.S. and serving 4 million patients annually. In 2008 Metroplex retained a 32 percent partnership with Scott and White Healthcare one of the nation’s largest multi-specialty group practice systems with more than 700 physicians and scientists.

Metroplex Health System consistently fulfills its responsibility to its Central Texas community, not only by providing high quality medical care, but also by committing resources to a variety of annual programs and services through education, prevention, and for the support and benefit of the community. These resources offer a relief of poverty, research, education, health promotion and spiritual well-being. Committed to its responsibility to give back to the community, Metroplex Health System designates community benefits such as immunizations, free health screenings, subsidized health services, community education, wellness programs, and training for health care professionals. 14

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In May of 2012, Metroplex Adventist Hospital was presented with the Texas Health Care Quality Improvement Bronze Award by the TMFÂŽ Health Quality Institute, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Texas. The Texas Health Care Quality Improvement Awards honor Texas hospitals that are performing quality initiatives aimed at improvising outcomes in patient care by recognizing those hospitals that have improved their performance on specific national quality measures.

Metroplex earns Bronze Award, top 3% in Texas quality health care


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