Building Boerne Baptist From the cover
Two-minute impact
Estimated drive time to new hospital 5 min 10 min 15 min Key:
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Baptist Health System, owned by Tenet Healthcare, operates seven acute care hospitals in the San Antonio region. Baptist Health System o cials said the Boerne hospital will be similar in design to other acute care hospitals, such as the Westover Hills location, which opened in 2024. The new hospital and adjoining medical o ce building will provide emergency and inpatient services, while increasing access to general surgery, cardiology, orthopedics and other services upon completion. The medical o ces will o er physician practices and additional ancillary health care services, o cials said. “The services provided will allow residents of Boerne and the surrounding area to reduce the need to travel outside the community for care,” Bill Waechter, market chief executive o cer for Baptist Health System, said in an email.
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SOURCE: BAPTIST HEALTH SYSTEM, SMAPPEN COMMUNITY IMPACT
Assessing the need
While Kendall County does not have 100,000 residents, statewide data scales the current number of health care professionals to the current population, resulting in a ratio that is higher than the listed number of nurses in the community. Compared with surrounding counties, Kendall County has fewer health care professionals, according to data from Texas Health and Human Services. With the construction of a new hospital, that number is expected to increase.
Health care professional ratio in Kendall County*
Number of health care professionals in neighboring counties
Number of health care professionals in Kendall County
State ratio*
Profession
Advanced practice registered nurses
114.7 49.5 190.4 77.6 8.5 744.8
85.3 73.7 215.2 93 7.8 290.7
2,922 1,352 6,592 2,029 262
44 38 111 48 4
Licensed vocational nurses Primary care physicians Psychiatrists Dentists
22,603
150 Registered nurses SOURCE: TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMUNITY IMPACT
*PER 100,000 POPULATION
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