Health care
BY JARRETT WHITENER, PARKS KUGLE
Health Care Guide
2025
Readers, welcome to your annual CI Health Care Edition. In this year’s edition, we’ve highlighted a local nonprofit organization that provides family and pregnancy support in Boerne. Our cover story discusses the current access to acute care for residents in the Boerne and Fair Oaks Ranch areas. In some situations, many residents must commute about 30 minutes away to the nearest traditional hospital.
Learn more about regional health care services in this special guide. Having access to a diverse range of health care options is an essential aspect of life in the Boerne and Fair Oaks Ranch areas for residents of all ages. In our health care guide, readers will have the opportunity to learn more about new technology offered at regional hospitals. Our cover story discusses anticipated future developments of health care facilities in the community.
Heather Demere San Antonio Market President hdemere@ communityimpact.com
Sierra Martin Managing Editor smartin@ communityimpact.com
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3 updates from North San Antonio hospitals
1 The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio The hospital has adopted deep brain stimulation, or DBS, technology. This technique uses electrodes placed in the brain and connected to a battery-operated generator in the chest to stimulate a specific area of the brain. The technology is relieving Parkinson’s disease, dystonia, epilepsy and essential tremor conditions. According to a news release, UT Health is one of the first hospitals in the nation to employ the new adaptive DBS system.
2 Methodist Hospital, Landmark The hospital is expanding its emergency room, which will more than double the number of patients it can treat daily. Hospital officials said the current ER had three rooms, but the new roughly 37,000-square- foot facility will add six rooms to treat around 40-50 patients daily. Each room will have full cardiac and ICU monitoring capabilities and be equipped to administer IV drugs. According to hospital officials, construction is estimated to be completed in fall 2025.
3 University Health At University Health, Artificial Intelligence is used to improve mammography, magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, and computed tomography, or CT scans, said Bill Phillips, executive vice president and chief operating officer. One of the key areas being advanced with AI is the ability to more accurately read mammograms, and speed up MRIs to be at least three times faster, allowing more patients to be seen in a day.
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