May is Mental Health Month
Mental illnesses are medical conditions that disrupt a person’s thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others and daily functioning. Mental illnesses often result in a diminished capacity for coping with the ordinary demands of life if left untreated. More than 54 million Americans are affected by mental illness each year.
New Status as Accredited Chest Pain Center
The Medical Center of Southeast Texas to Provide Prostate Screenings
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness month. The Medical Center of Southeast Texas will provide $10.00 prostate screenings on Wednesday – September 7th from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. in the auditorium of The Medical Center. No fasting necessary.
Glenwood Regional Medical Center Receives Louisiana Hospital Capstone Quality Award
West Monroe, LA – Glenwood Regional Medical Center has received the 2010 Louisiana Hospital Capstone Quality Award, presented by eQHealth Solutions, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Louisiana. This award recognizes Glenwood as one of only 38 hospitals in the state for achieving certain improvements in the quality of health care given to their patients.
Odessa Regional Medical Center Achieves New Status as Accredited Chest Pain Center
Odessa Regional Medical Center announces that it has received Chest Pain Center Accreditation from the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC), an international organization dedicated to eliminating heart disease as the number one cause of death worldwide.
New PET/CT Technology at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas Offers Improved Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
PORT ARTHUR, Texas. Monday– April 11, 2011. The Medical Center of Southeast Texas will offer patients a powerful new diagnostic imaging system known as PET/CT. This hybrid technology combines the strengths of two well-established imaging modalities in one imaging session to more accurately diagnose and locate cancers while increasing patient comfort.
Glenwood Regional Medical Center Announce Launching of New Lifnet® System
Web‐based System from Physio‐Control Will Help Improve Care for Heart Attack Patients in Northeast Louisiana
Glenwood Regional Medical Center Designated an ACR Breast Imaging Center of Excellence
Breast Cancer Awareness “Think Pink Tea”
Glenwood Regional Medical Center, has been designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology (ACR).
By awarding facilities the status of a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence, the ACR recognizes breast imaging centers that have earned accreditation in mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy, and breast ultrasound (including ultrasound-guided breast biopsy).