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More psychiatric beds alone won’t fix San Antonio’s mental health challenges, experts say
San Antonio’s mental health challenges are bigger than needing more inpatient psychiatric capacity alone, experts said last week. Business leaders, healthcare executives and mental health experts met for a panel discussion on the loss of psychiatric beds in San Antonio following Laurel Ridge Treatment Center losing federal funding. Panelists...
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Methodist Healthcare System plans ER, clinic on South Facet
Methodist Healthcare System is planning a brand new freestanding emergency room and outpatient clinic on the nook of South Zarzamora Avenue and Southwest Loop 410 because the system seems to be to develop entry factors on the South Facet. The medical heart contains an $8.5 million, 11-bed freestanding ER totaling...
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EMS medics reflect on July 2025 flood response 1 year later
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Connecting Round Rock: Organica Aesthetics
Sponsored: This Connecting Round Rock feature is a paid partnership with Organica Aesthetics. Yes — downtown Round Rock is home to a locally owned med spa: Organica Aesthetics, offering safe, personalized medical aesthetic and wellness services. Confidence looks good on everyone — and helping Round Rock feel it is...
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Austin neighborhood tap water tests uncover lead and arsenic in homes
For more than a decade, residents of Austin's Colony, a neighborhood in an unincorporated area of southeast Austin outside the city service area, have voiced concern about their tap water's intermittent discoloration and extreme hardness.
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The race to own orthopedic triage
Somewhere between the moment a knee gives out and the moment a surgeon decides whether to operate, a series of decisions gets made. Physical therapy, an injection, a specialist visit or nothing at all?. Whoever controls those initial decisions controls the patient, the downstream revenue and, increasingly, the data that...
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Judge Gags San Antonio Hospice In Magnolia Name Dust-Up
A federal judge has temporarily sidelined San Antonio’s Magnolia Hospice Company Inc. from using the Magnolia name while a trademark fight plays out, finding the branding battle is likely to leave patients and health care partners scratching their heads. The preliminary injunction takes effect immediately and will stay in place as the case moves forward.
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First baby born at new Ascension Seton Women's Hospital in Austin
AUSTIN, Texas — A baby girl named Akira became the first infant born at the new Ascension Seton Women's Hospital, just days after the facility opened its doors in central Austin. Akira was born at 10 a.m., weighing 7 pounds, 5 ounces, according to Ascension Seton. The hospital celebrated...
Community Impact Austin
Closer to care: Bastrop explores path to full-service hospital
The city of Bastrop is studying the feasibility of bringing a new, full-service hospital to the area. (Community Impact staff) For years, Bastrop residents have left the area for specialty and inpatient care. Now, city leaders are studying whether a full-service, acute care hospital could work closer to home. In...
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The military used the technology to scan for land mines. San Antonio is using it to detect lead pipes.
A technology first used to scan for land mines will soon be coming to San Antonio’s front yards. The San Antonio Water System signed a $4.5 million contract with White River Technologies to start using an advanced metal detection technology at the public utility’s June 2 board meeting.
Community Impact Austin
Family Dental of Teravista to relocate practice near Georgetown, Round Rock border
Family Dental of Teravista will be moving from its current location on Westinghouse Road. (Gracie Warhurst/Community Impact) Family Dental of Teravista is relocating its office from Westinghouse Road to Boselli Way, an employee with the local practice confirmed. Construction on the new building will begin in August and wrap up...
Community Impact Austin
Ascension Seton opens new women's hospital to keep up with Austin's baby boom
The new Ascension Seton Women's Hospital tower rises seven stories at 1201 W. 38th St. (Jessica McLaren/Community Impact) Ascension Seton opened its new Women's Hospital on June 25 at 1201 W. 38th St., bringing the first hospital of its kind in Central Texas dedicated exclusively to women's care, according to the Ascension Seton Foundation.
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Ascension Seton Women’s Hospital opens for patients in Austin on Monday
Ascension Seton will open a new hospital tailored toward women’s healthcare on Monday in Central Austin. Ascension Seton Women’s Hospital is located on the south side of the main Ascension Seton Medical Center campus on West 38th Street. Ascension broke ground on the 325,000-square-foot facility in March 2023. The project experienced several delays in the years leading up to its opening.
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St. David’s South Austin Medical Center closes kitchen amid pest issue during construction
AUSTIN, Texas — Parts of St. David’s South Austin Medical Center are temporarily closed as hospital officials work to address a pest problem discovered during an ongoing renovation project. The hospital confirmed it has shut down its kitchen, enhanced pest-control services and increased cleaning protocols while crews work...