Outcomes 2019 - Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital BSWHHVH_646_2019 Outcomes JOOMAG MOD | Page 62

COMMUNITY SERVICE
SERVING DALLAS AND FORT WORTH
The leadership teams at Baylor Scott & White
Heart and Vascular Hospital – Dallas and Fort
Worth are committed to the mission of giving
back to the community by providing health
screenings and preventive health education.
Community outreach also means informing
and educating the broader community, and
identifying neighborhoods in need. It also leads
to collaboration with civic organizations, city
government departments and churches who
strive to help improve community health.
Every three years, Baylor Scott & White Health
completes a Community Health Needs
Assessment in every region where a
Baylor Scott & White facility is located. As part
of the Dallas and Fort Worth metropolitan health
communities, the assessment reports for Baylor
Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital guide
many of the outreach initiatives for hospital
leaders in their respective markets. For example:
• Community health education and screenings
are needed and provided for the underinsured
and uninsured persons in the service area.
• Community sponsorship monies are
distributed to programs and agencies that
help provide access to care for middle to lower
socio-economic groups and organizations
fostering heart-healthy lifestyles.
• Employee engagement activities include
volunteering for an urban farm located in the
middle of a food desert.
• Spanish-language health education is available,
addressing the prevention and risk factors for
diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
• Exposure to various careers in healthcare is
regularly offered to teens and college-age
students through several formalized programs.