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Seton Medical Center Harker Heights Nationally Recognized with an ‘A’ for Patient Safety by Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
Read more: Seton Medical Center Harker Heights Nationally Recognized with an ‘A’ for Patient Safety by Leapfrog Hospital Safety GradeHARKER HEIGHTS, TEXAS (May 13, 2022) – Seton Medical Center Harker Heights (SMCHH) receives the grade ‘A’ in the spring 2022 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. SMCHH earned this national distinction for protecting patients from errors, injuries, accidents and infections. “The high standards for patient safety upheld by our caregivers and medical staff are a vital part…
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Seton Medical Center Harker Heights Earns 2021 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired Recognition
Read more: Seton Medical Center Harker Heights Earns 2021 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired RecognitionHarker Heights, TX (November 15 , 2021) – The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is pleased to announce that Seton Medical Center Harker Heights (SMCHH) acute care and ambulatory facilities have both earned 2021 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired recognition as a certified level 8 out of 10. The CHIME Digital Health Most Wired…
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Patient Credits Primary Care Physician for Improved Health
Read more: Patient Credits Primary Care Physician for Improved HealthDirect communication and a reliable network of experts – that’s what Rick Keagle, a longtime resident of Harker Heights, likes about his primary care physician, Dr. Dave Webster. “Dr. Webster has been my PCP for nearly 29 years. If I had to do it all over again, I wouldn’t change anything,” said Keagle. “He’s seen…
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New Chief Nursing Officer at Seton Medical Center Harker Heights
Read more: New Chief Nursing Officer at Seton Medical Center Harker HeightsSeton Medical Center Harker Heights (SMCHH) has named Mandy Shaiffer, RN, BSN as Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), effective September 27, 2021. “Mandy is an accomplished clinical leader with many years of experience, and I am excited to welcome her to our team,” said SMCHH Chief Executive Officer Patrick Swindle. “As CNO, Mandy will focus on…
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Speech Therapy Helped This Texas Preacher Find His Voice Again
Read more: Speech Therapy Helped This Texas Preacher Find His Voice AgainIn April 2020, James C., 53, was relatively unalarmed when his wife mentioned his voice sounded a bit odd. He wrote it off as seasonal allergies and began a regime of cough drops and over-the-counter allergy medicine, and that was that. A few months down the line, his mindset changed when there was no sign…
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Behind-The-Scenes Operations Save The Day During Historic Snowstorms at Seton Medical Center Harker Heights
Read more: Behind-The-Scenes Operations Save The Day During Historic Snowstorms at Seton Medical Center Harker HeightsOn February 10, 2021, the Plant Operations team at Seton Medical Center Harker Heights was just beginning to feel the effects of a devastating winter storm headed their way. The temperature dipped into the teens that morning and would only rise into the 20s over the next few days – a rarity in Texas in February. James…
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Seton Medical Center Harker Heights Nationally Recognized as a Best Maternity Care Hospital by Newsweek
Read more: Seton Medical Center Harker Heights Nationally Recognized as a Best Maternity Care Hospital by NewsweekSeton Medical Center Harker Heights was named to Newsweek’s 2021 list of Best Maternity Care Hospitals. The distinction recognizes facilities that have excelled in providing care to mothers, newborns and their families, as verified by the 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Survey. Best Maternity Care Hospitals is part of Newsweek’s Best Health Care series, powered by data…
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Seton Medical Center Harker Heights welcomes its first Baby of the New Year
Read more: Seton Medical Center Harker Heights welcomes its first Baby of the New YearHARKER HEIGHTS, TEXAS (January 1, 2021) – Seton Medical Center Harker Heights (SMCHH) is proud to welcome the first baby born at SMCHH in 2021. Jasper Dean Byington was born at 2:43 a.m. on Jan. 1 to Shannon and James Byington. He weighed 8 lbs 8 oz, and measured 21.5 inches long. The parents received a…
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Physical Therapy Leads to Great Recovery
Read more: Physical Therapy Leads to Great RecoveryGlenn Blum ruptured the rotator cuff in his left shoulder when he was involved in an accident at work in February 2020. The urgent care he was being treated at recommended he go to Seton Medical Center Harker Heights for further treatment, and he began physical therapy shortly after in March. Glenn had only been…
