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Robotic Surgery
Methodist Dallas Medical
Center is leading the way
in robotic surgery, performing the first fully robotic
Whipple and liver resections
in North Texas. Both robotic
surgeries were performed
by a team lead by Alejandro
Mejia, M.D., transplant and
hepatobiliary surgeon with
The Liver Institute at Methodist Dallas.
THR hospital
goes paperless
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth
is one of just 160 health
care facilities nationwide
- about 2 percent of U.S.
hospitals - to be recognized
for operating at the highest
level of electronic health
record adoption: a paperless
environment that helps
improve efficiency, quality
of care and patient safety.
Texas Health Fort Worth
earned the Stage 7 Award
from Healthcare Information
and Management Systems
Society Analytics, the highest level on the Electronic
Medical Record Adoption
Model used to track progress at hospitals and other
health systems.
Children’s donations
top $1 million mark
Children’s Medical Center
announced its 2013
Christmas is for Children
radiothon raised more than
$1 million for the nation’s
fifth-largest, not-for-profit
pediatric hospital. About 20
Children’s patients and families participated in the annual four-day event via pre-recorded and live interviews
held prior to