Hendrick Health

Hendrick Health is proud to recognize #NationalRuralHealthDay and celebrate the #PowerOfRural in support of rural hospitals and physician clinics who work tirelessly to provide quality healthcare to their communities. Rural healthcare providers face growing challenges daily, yet they continue to deliver higher quality and more robust healthcare services than ever before. Today, only 10 percent of our population lives in rural Texas, but rural Texas accounts for almost 90 percent of the state’s landmass. That means Hendrick Health’s 24-county service area is roughly the size of the entire state of West Virginia. Hendrick Health’s partnership with 18 hospitals and dozens of rural health clinics spans the West Central Texas region - stretching from Aspermont, Knox City and Haskell to the north, to Brady and Lampasas to the south, to Colorado City and Snyder to the west and to Breckenridge, Eastland and Comanche to the east. On behalf of Hendrick Health employees, we appreciate you and thank you for the tremendous work you do for patients in the region.?

Recently, Hendrick Health employees joined local business leaders and fellow nonprofit organizations at Community Foundation of Abilene’s annual luncheon. Community Foundation of Abilene supports local nonprofits, provides scholarships to hometown graduates and helps families strategically reinvest back into the Big Country and the surrounding region. At Hendrick, we appreciate CFA’s partnership in building a better, healthier community.?

Congratulations, Pam!

This week, we broke ground on the new Hendrick Clinic Gastroenterology and Hendrick Endoscopy Center. This 24,700-square-foot facility is the first of several key Centennial Expansion initiatives. An existing building will be renovated and expanded for the physician clinic, while the endoscopy center will be all new construction. By moving routine endoscopy and GI cases out of the hospital, more space will be freed up for other patient procedures. As Hendrick Health continues to meet the growing needs of our region, we remain committed to creating easier access to care for our patients and their families.

Congratulations to our structural heart team for completing the first minimally invasive tricuspid edge-to-edge repair (TEER) procedure at Hendrick Health and in the region. The Abbott TriClip? System is the first-of-its-kind device to treat patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR), a disorder in which the valve between the two right heart chambers does not close properly. TR is often debilitating, causing symptoms such as shortness of breath and fatigue, and when left untreated, may progress into conditions such as atrial fibrillation and heart failure. Traditionally, the only treatment option for TR has been surgery. Visit hendrickhealth.org to learn more about the innovative heart and vascular services available at Hendrick Health.

Congratulations to the 2024 Hendrick Health leadership award recipients. Elizabeth Henry, Abilene market director for Case Management for Hendrick Health, was named the Leadership Excellence Award winner. Newcomers of the Year also were recognized for each campus – Toni Brockway, director for Workforce Development for Hendrick Medical Center; Laura Corder, PAT/Pre-Op/PACU nurse manager for Hendrick Medical Center South; and Jennifer Cook, Acute Care Services director for Hendrick Medical Center Brownwood.

Thank you to the 1,712 participants and 100-plus volunteers who took our slogan "think pink, roll big" to heart to make this year's Bunco for Breast Cancer a glittering success. Attendees were a sight to see dressed for the Roaring '20s theme for the 20th annual event. Best of all, the event raised more than $125,000 for The Hope Fund at Hendrick, which helps pay for mammograms for women in our area who would otherwise be unable to afford one. Mammograms are so important because early detection is a key strategy in fighting Breast Cancer.

Did you know that Hendrick Health is a nonprofit healthcare system directed by a local, volunteer board? It's been that way since our founding in 1924. Through the years, we have grown with the community, creating jobs and continually reinvesting in infrastructure and equipment to offer a wide range of comprehensive healthcare services so people can stay close to home for their medical care.

We are proud to be the official healthcare and orthopedic provider for Abilene Christian University athletics. Go Wildcats!

Hendrick Health's Healthcare Academy exposes local and area high school students to multiple healthcare fields and the educational programs in the Big Country to pursue those rewarding careers. The students recently attended Lab Day at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - Abilene Campus to experience examples of clinical skills training. To learn more about the Healthcare Academy and how to apply, visit the Workforce Development page on our website.