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NICU mom becomes NIICU nurse after daughter’s premature birth
SAN ANTONIO — Nine years after watching her premature daughter fight through a stay in the NICU, San Antonio mother Brook Sifuentes is now caring for families facing that same uncertainty as a NICU nurse. Sifuentes’ experience began when she was 28 weeks pregnant and attending a wedding about...
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COVID-19 cases on the rise across all age groups, local healthcare expert says
SAN ANTONIO – Dr. Jason Bowling, the chief epidemiologist at University Health, said there is an increase in COVID-19 cases across all age groups. Bowling, who is also an infectious disease specialist and professor with UT Health, said a likely factor contributing to the uptick is that students are in close corridors in class and at school events, then going home and interacting with their sibling, parents and grandparents.
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Boeing aims to reduce employee health insurance costs with new medical clinic at Port San Antonio
Boeing opened a new, 4,200-square-foot medical clinic near its Port San Antonio facility, where it will provide low- or no-cost primary care to its workers. It could soon open to other employers at Port San Antonio, who say that this type of healthcare opportunity can improve health outcomes and lower insurance costs for their workers.
livefromthesouthside.com
Center for Health Empowerment in South Texas Celebrates Grand Opening
The Center for Health Empowerment in South Texas (CHEST) officially opened CHEST South on Saturday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, facility tours, and a community resource fair. The new location is called CHEST South in anticipation of creating similar partnerships in other closed school buildings and communities across San Antonio. The...
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Blue Skies of Texas Breaks Ground on First-of-Its-Kind ER for Seniors
Blue Skies of Texas has broken ground on a freestanding emergency room at its West Campus on the far west side of San Antonio, a project the nonprofit believes is the first of its kind built directly on a continuing care retirement community campus anywhere in the country. The new ER is going up next to the campus at 5100 John D. Ryan Blvd., where residents will soon have hospital-grade emergency care steps from their own front doors instead of relying entirely on outside facilities.
hoodline.com
Boeing Opens First-Ever Combined Clinic at Port San Antonio, Eyes Bigger Worker Health Push
Boeing has opened a combined primary care and dental clinic for employees and their families at Port San Antonio, marking the first facility of its kind the aerospace giant has ever built for workers at any of its sites. The clinic, called Crossover at the Port, recently held a soft opening, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony scheduled for September 10. It sits inside a 1920s bungalow originally built as housing for military officers and their families, a detail that underscores just how much the sprawling South Side campus has changed since its days as an Air Force base.
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Blue Skies of Texas is opening a free-standing Emergency Room that will provide care
If you are a resident at Blue Skies of Texas or just live on the far west side of San Antonio, we have some good news for you! Michaela met up with the president and CEO to see why they are breaking ground on a new free-standing emergency room for the whole community.
roundtherocktx.com
Ascension Seton Williamson’s New Patient Tower Opens September 1
The new patient tower at Ascension Seton Williamson takes its first patient on Tuesday, September 1. If you have driven up Seton Parkway in the last two years, you have watched it go up. It is finished now, the ribbon has been cut, and on Tuesday it becomes a working hospital.
CBS Austin
Pain Specialists of America brings personalized pain care to new Cedar Park facility
Walking into a medical facility doesn't always feel relaxing, but Pain Specialists of America's new Cedar Park clinic is designed to change that experience. The new facility combines a comfortable, modern environment with a team of physicians specializing in interventional pain care and advanced treatment options, giving patients another option when it comes to managing chronic pain.
KXAN
Hornsby Bend residents demand action on water quality, cost concerns during community town hall
Concerns over water quality, high utility bills and aging infrastructure took center stage Saturday as dozens of Hornsby Bend and Austin's Colony residents gathered for a town hall meeting at Dailey Middle School.
hoodline.com
MLK Bridge Reopens in Austin After Two Years, But I-35 Fight Isn't Over
Drivers crossing Interstate 35 on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard finally have all four lanes back after two years of lane shifts and temporary closures. Construction workers finished configuring the bridge into its final lane setup on August 9, restoring a key link between East Austin and DKR Stadium, Moody Center, and downtown just as the University of Texas prepares for football season.
insurancebusinessmag.com
Texas Mutual's health affiliate adds CHRISTUS to its San Antonio network
Texicare, the health affiliate of Texas Mutual, has signed a network agreement with CHRISTUS Health that adds 96 providers and 29 clinic locations across Bexar and Comal counties to its San Antonio offering, effective August 15. The addition covers primary care, emergency services, cardiology, orthopedics, neuroscience, pediatrics, and women's health.