Health care
BY GRANT CRAWFORD
Baylor Scott & White completes Pflugerville hospital expansion Baylor Scott & White celebrated the expansion of its Pflugerville medical center Aug. 13, with I L
the hospital first opened in Pflugerville. In that time, patient visits more than doubled. Dr. Ghassan Salman, chief medical officer for BS&W’s Greater Austin region, said the project is a step forward for the health system and placed an emphasis on providing “customer-centric care.” “We don’t look at this as a square footage or bricks and mortar; these are services for our community members in Pflugerville,” he said. “People in Pflugerville in the past had to drive long distances to get what they need and what they deserve. Going forward, you will have these services in your backyard, next to your homes.” What else? In addition to the new services at the Pfluger- ville center, other services include: • Interventional radiology
emphasis from health officials on providing greater access to care in residents’ backyards. The overview The campus expansion to double the overall hospital space includes a new, three-story medical office building, which more than quadruples the site’s clinic space. The project also doubled the center’s emergency room space. Other new services include interventional cardiol- ogy for minimally invasive heart surgery; expanded primary care; audiology; and ear, nose and throat care. Ashley Short, BS&W’s vice president of clinic operations for the Greater Austin region, said the center also expanded access to women’s health services, including OB-GYN and mammography services, although deliveries will continue at the BS&W’s Round Rock Medical Center. The project’s completion comes six years after
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• Internal medicine • Obstetrics • Orthopedics • Podiatry • Pulmonology • Urology
• Gastroenterology • General surgery
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