Growth

METHODIST HEALTHCARE OPENS PROGRESSIVE CRITICAL CARE UNIT IN LIVE OAK

In November, Methodist Hospital | Northeast proudly unveiled a new Progressive Critical Care Unit created to address the incredible growth experienced in Live Oak and surrounding communities. The new state-of-the-art PCU was designed with quality, safety and extraordinary patient experiences in mind. The unit boasts 30 private patient rooms with full bathrooms. The rooms are large and spacious to accommodate continuous bedside vital monitoring, dual suction and air gases, bedside dialysis cabinets, and charting inlets. Oversized glass doors are used to ensure the patient is always visible and safe. A family lounge with a dedicated bathroom is located just outside the elevators for their privacy and convenience, and every room will have views of beautiful Live Oak through picture windows. The growth at Methodist Hospital | Northeast is far from over, with plans to open a new parking garage this December, complete a new Hybrid OR in January, and break ground on a new medical office building in Q1 of 2022.

METHODIST HEALTHCARE OPENS FIRST EMERGENCY ROOM IN HELOTES

Methodist Healthcare is pleased to announce the opening of Methodist ER Helotes, the city of Helotes’ first and preferred emergency room. Located at 12285 Bandera Rd, Methodist ER Helotes is the fourth free-standing emergency room to open within the last year as part of the system’s ongoing effort to improve access to health care in San Antonio and beyond. Board-certified physicians and medical professionals are available 24-hours a day, seven days a week to provide reliable medical care when minutes matter the most. Methodist ER Helotes is capable of treating serious, sometimes life-threatening emergency medical conditions including chest pain, respiratory distress, abdominal pain, broken bones or dislocated joints, serious infections, injuries, stroke symptoms, and more. Methodist ER Helotes, a department of Methodist Hospital, is equipped to serve both adults and children through advanced technology and services including radiology, full-service laboratory and telemetry. Also available is specific on-site diagnostic equipment, including a 64-slice CT scanner, a dedicated x-ray suite and ultrasound and telemetry equipment. The facility has access to Picture Archiving Communications System (PACS) to electronically transmit any diagnostic image to any Methodist credentialed physician’s office, specialist or any Methodist hospital emergency room for seamless follow up. Should patients require acute and specialized care, there are no additional expenses for transfer to Methodist Hospital or Methodist Children’s Hospital. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on October 27 with remarks by Methodist Hospital CEO, Dan Miller and Mayor of Helotes, Rich Whitehead. GROUND BREAKING FOR WESTOVER HILLS MOB/HOSPITAL

System prepares for new 54-bed acute care, community hospital, and medical office building to address growing healthcare needs

In 2006, Methodist Healthcare purchased 74 acres of land located at 1604 and Highway 151, anticipating the record growth concentrated on the west side of San Antonio. “With more than 423,000 citizens in this patient service area, the population requiring care is larger than the city of Corpus Christi,” said Allen Harrison, President and CEO of Methodist Healthcare. “And this area will only continue to grow with an estimated 9.3% increase in residents in the next five years alone. That’s 40,000 additional lives to service by 2026.” Today, joined by San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg, the system broke ground in preparation of a new medical campus featuring Methodist Hospital | Westover Hills, a four-story, 180,000 square foot 54-bed acute care community hospital offering emergency, surgical, cardiology, gastroenterology and maternal care, as well as a NICU.

The campus will also have a four-story, 125,000 square foot medical office building owned by physicians and other investors. Specialties offered will include internal medicine, family practice, orthopedic, urology, pulmonology, oncology, radiology, and cardiology services, as well as maternal fetal medicine. South Texas Radiology Imaging Center (STRIC) will also be housed in this space. Over a third of the campus will intentionally remain undeveloped. The undeveloped areas include existing heritage oaks, other natural trees and current groundcover. Plans also include the addition of over 150 trees to the developed part of the property to serve as a habitat to some of the area’s natural wildlife.

The last new, full services hospital in the Methodist Healthcare family was built almost 13 years ago with the opening of Methodist Hospital | Stone Oak in 2008. “It is not often a health care provider has the opportunity to build a new hospital from the ground up,” said Harrison. “So it’s an honor to say that this $150 million investment will also bring 280 new jobs to West side communities, generating more than $24 million in payroll.” Both structures are expected to be completed in 2023.