SWMC News
Southwestern Medical Center Earns ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group
May 5, 2025
The grade, awarded for Spring 2025, is Leapfrog’s highest national recognition for patient safety.
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Mental Health Matters
May 1, 2025
Access to healthcare is a fundamental human right, something agreed upon internationally in the middle of the 20th century. Mental health was part of the package, and Mental Health Awareness Month was created in 1949, shortly after the declaration of health as a human right. What this means is that “good”...
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Our Little Ones Deserve the Same Shot We Got, Right?
April 21, 2025
In 1980, the world celebrated one of medical science’s greatest accomplishments: the eradication of smallpox, a highly contagious and potentially fatal disease that had no specific treatment. It took a vaccine, developed by Edward Jenner in 1796, roughly 200 years to fully eliminate the disease due to challenges in production,...
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Don't Let Stress Become a Health Issue
April 7, 2025
Some nasty habits – like nail biting, skin picking, teeth grinding, and hair pulling – can all be coping mechanisms for stress. Physical symptoms – such as headaches, muscle tension, fatigue, sleep issues, digestive issues, increased heart rate, and even chest pain – can be manifestations of stress. And a variety of...
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Be Well. Screen Well. Live Well. Stop Cancer Before It Starts
April 7, 2025
April showers bring May flowers, and an April screen can ensure you are cancer-clean.
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Patient Safety Awareness Week March 9-15
March 9, 2025
While March 9-15 is officially Patient Safety Awareness Week, unofficially, every week is Patient Safety Awareness Week at Southwestern Medical Center. In fact, patient safety is top of mind at our hospital every day, every hour, every minute, and every second. Patient safety is central to the “Do No Harm” principle,...
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The Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbarics at Southwestern Medical Center offers six tips to promote wound healing during National Nutrition Month
March 6, 2025
March is National Nutrition Month, a time to highlight the critical role nutrition plays in overall health. At the Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbarics at Southwestern Medical Center, we see firsthand how poor nutrition can contribute to non-healing wounds, particularly in patients with diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other chronic...
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Non-healing Wounds Stemming from Heart Disease can put Patients at Risk of Amputation
February 4, 2025
During American Heart Month, the Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbarics at Southwestern Medical Center spotlights wound healing and prevention by offering information and tips to educate patients about heart health and non-healing wounds.
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Don’t Wait for Weight to Weigh on Your Health
January 17, 2025
In a Forbes Health/OnePoll survey conducted about a year ago, four of the top five 2024 New Year’s resolutions focused on personal health. Toss out “improved finances,” and the remaining most popular aspirations were “improved fitness,” “improved mental health,” “lose weight” and “improved diet.” If Southwestern Medical Center could smile, we...
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A Few Actions Can Make This Cancer Mostly Preventable
January 13, 2025
Did you know that cervical cancer is one of the few cancers that can be prevented? January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, and if there is one, single data point to know when it comes to cervical health, that would probably be it. Through a combination of routine screenings, vaccination, and healthy...
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