Health care
BY SARAH HERNANDEZ & ELISABETH JIMENEZ
Three health care updates from Southwest Austin hospitals
1 Ascension Seton Southwest Ascension Seton Southwest celebrated its 25th anniversary in May. As Southwest Austin continues to grow, the hospital also continues to expand its services. What’s new In November, Ascension Seton Southwest opened its fourth operating room. According to Patrick Paver, hospital administrator for Ascension Seton Southwest, the hospital performs over roughly 750 orthopedic surgeries and 300 general surgeries yearly. The new operating room features new lights and high-de nition technology for endoscopy towers, which allows surgeons to more closely examine the inside of the body. Ascension Seton Southwest’s outpatient care services have also grown signi cantly, which includes pediatric rehabilitation in collaboration with Dell Children’s Emergency Care and cardiac rehabilitation. Paver said those programs have grown 15-20% every year since they opened. Paver said the hospital is also on track to open an intermediate care unit, or IMU, at the end of this year. Paver said the IMU will allow more patients to recover closer to home. Ascension Seton’s Central Austin campus at 1201 W. 38th St., Austin, is on track to open its new women’s tower early next year, according to a hospital representative.
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3 St. David’s South Austin Medical Center St. David’s South Austin Medical Center renovated and expanded its women’s services unit earlier this year. The features According to St. David’s HealthCare CEO David Hu stutler, the expansion included new labor and delivery rooms and an additional cesarean section unit. The project also renovated existing C-section suites. The project cost $20 million and is part of St. David’s HealthCare’s plan to build nearly $1 billion in health care infrastructure across Central Texas, which includes a $249 million project at St. David’s South Austin Medical Center, according to previous reporting from Community Impact.
Austin-area residents can now receive specialized care for stroke emergencies and treatment at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Austin. The overview The medical center is now a designated primary stroke center, or PSC, following a national certi cation by The Joint Commission in collaboration with the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association. As a PSC, the medical center o ers specialized treatment for stroke patients including: • Board-certi ied telehealth neurologists The services at the medical center allow patients to receive comprehensive care in one central place, rather than having to travel to another hospital for stroke treatment. Dr. Farzan Ghodsianzadeh, neurologist and medical director of stroke care at BS&W Medical Center-Austin, said the center sees a “signi cant number” of patients in the area. He said the team is also seeing more patients under 50 impacted by stroke, making the PSC especially important. “Having a certi ed stroke center right here in Austin brings expert care closer to where our younger population lives, which means faster treatment and better outcomes,” he said. • Emergency physicians • Stroke-trained nurses
St. David’s South Austin Medical Center added new features to its women’s unit earlier this year.
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