Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano and THE HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano recently made a $5,000 donation to the Plano ISD Education Foundation in support of the 16th annual Ski Plano event. The event will be held on January 28 at Southfork Ranch and will benefit the students, faculty, staff and schools of Plano ISD.
On hand for the presentation were Lisa Raskin, president of the PISD Education Foundation, Betsy deVenny, Ski Plano volunteer, Mark Valentine, president, THE HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano and Jerri Garison, president, Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano.
“Baylor Plano and THE HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano are pleased to be able to support organizations such as the Plano ISD Education Foundation that invest into the future generations and future leaders of our community,” said Jerri Garison, president, Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano.
The Plano ISD Education Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose missions is helping all students in Plano public schools achieve their full potential by providing financial support to educators and academic programs. The Foundation generates private support for priority projects identified by the Plano Independent School District for which tax dollars are not available.
Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano is a 112-bed acute care hospital committed to serving North Texas residents with personalized care and advanced technology on a beautiful campus with hotel-like amenities and all private rooms. Services at the not-for-profit, fully-accredited facility include treatment for advanced spine deformities at the Baylor Scoliosis Center, neurosciences, orthopedics, medical and radiation oncology, surgical weight loss, women’s services, gynecology, urology, gastroenterology, pulmonary medicine, sleep disorders, pain management, diabetes management and more. Patients have access to digital imaging onsite at Baylor Plano, at the Baylor Diagnostic Imaging Center at Craig Ranch, and the Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano Elizabeth Jekot, MD Breast Imaging Center. The hospital is the first in North Dallas and Collin County to offer minimally invasive robotic surgery for procedures through the FDA-approved da Vinci® S Surgical System. Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano ranks fourth in U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals metro area ranking for the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Baylor Plano is also a 2010 recipient of the Texas Award for Performance Excellence and houses an Accredited Community Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Program by the American College of Surgeons Commissions on Cancer. Baylor Plano is the only hospital in Collin County and one of six in Texas to be accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers. Jerri Garison is president of Baylor Plano. For more information, or a physician referral, call toll free 1-800-4-BAYLOR or log onto www.BaylorHealth.com/Plano.
THE HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano is recognized as the No. 1 Cardiovascular Specialty Hospital in the country based on cardiac surgery volume* and is the first and only freestanding, full-service hospital in this region dedicated solely to heart and vascular health care. Committed to providing safe, quality, compassionate care and five-star service, the 116-bed hospital was created through a partnership between Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano and cardiovascular physicians and surgeons practicing in North Texas. The hospital has received numerous awards and recognition since its January 2007 opening, including five-time Press Ganey™ Summit Award® winner for Inpatient and Emergency Department patient satisfaction, The Joint Commission’s Top Performer in Key Quality Measures, Accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI by the Society of Chest Pain Centers, The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Advanced Heart Failure, and The Joint Commission’s Certification for Ventricular Assist Device. Additionally, the hospital is one of a select group of 382 health care organizations out of 6,000 achieving Magnet® recognition for nursing excellence. THE HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano is only the 26th hospital in Texas to be granted Magnet® Recognition. The facility, located off of the George Bush Turnpike and Preston Road, recently completed a multi-phase hospital expansion due to significant demand for its services. The hospital's Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Care opened its doors in Pavilion II on the Baylor Plano Health Care Campus offering advanced imaging services and multiple heart disease management centers. For more information about the services offered at THE HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano, please call 1.800.4BAYLOR or visit TheHeartHospitalBaylor.com.
Notice Regarding Physician Ownership: THE HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano is a hospital in which physicians have an ownership or investment interest. The list of the physician owners or investors is available to upon request. Physicians are members of the medical staff at one of Baylor Health Care System’s subsidiary, community or affiliated medical centers and are neither employees nor agents of those medical centers,THE HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano or Baylor Health Care System. *Source: TRG Consultative Services, Denver, Colorado
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As the largest not-for-profit health system in the state of Texas, Baylor Scott & White promotes the health and well-being of every individual, family and community it serves. It is committed to making quality care more accessible, convenient and affordable through its integrated delivery network, which includes the Baylor Scott & White Health Plan, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, the Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance and its leading digital health platform — MyBSWHealth. Through 52 hospitals and more than 1,300 access points, including flagship academic medical centers in Dallas, Fort Worth and Temple, the system offers the full continuum of care, from primary to award-winning specialty care. Founded as a Christian ministry of healing more than a century ago, Baylor Scott & White today serves more than three million Texans. For more information, visit: BSWHealth.com