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Posted: 07/21/2025
Join us for the eleventh annual Wellness Tour, starting Monday, July 28 through August 2. Promoting health and wellness resources to the greater Midland community. This jam-packed health and wellness week is created and organized by Midland Health with the help of the City of Midland, Midland Fire Department, Midland College, Keep Midland Beautiful, Sibley Nature Center and Senior Life to name a few. Join us for our Ninja Nation Obstacle Course at Bush Convention Center on August 1 with an interact...
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Posted: 07/16/2025
Midland Memorial Hospital (MMH) has received two American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines ® and Mission: Lifeline ® achievement awards for demonstrating commitment to following up-to-date, research-based guidelines for the treatment of heart disease and stroke, ultimately leading to more lives saved, shorter recovery times and fewer readmissions to the hospital. Heart disease and stroke are the No. 1 and No. 5 causes of death in the United States, respectively, according to the American Heart ...
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Posted: 06/02/2025
Unique Health Challenges for West Texas Men Midland’s men are renowned for their hard work and self-reliance – but that rugged Permian Basin lifestyle comes with serious health challenges. On average, men live about five years shorter than women. In fact, many die in their prime from causes that are often preventable. For younger men under 45, unintentional injuries, accidents and even violence are the leading threats – a sobering reality in a region where oilfield and highway accidents can strike at an...
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Posted: 05/30/2025
Midland Health has been selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the 2025 Best Places to Work in Healthcare. This makes for the third year in a row that Midland Health has earned this honor. The complete list of this year’s winners, in alphabetical order, is available at ModernHealthcare.com/bestplaceslist. Modern Healthcare will publish a special supplement featuring a ranked list of all the winners along with the October 13, 2025, issue of MH magazine. “Being recognized as a 2025 Best Place to Work in H...
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Posted: 03/27/2025
March Is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month By Jenifer Dumire, BSN, RN, CVRN-BC, BHCN, CGRA High Risk & Genetic Navigator at Midland Health Colorectal cancer is more common than many people may realize. Lifetime risk of developing colorectal cancer is 1 in 24 in men and 1 in 26 for women. So, think of being in a room with 100 people and ¼ of those in the room will have colon cancer sometime in their lifetime. The good news about colon cancer is that it tends to be a very slow growing cancer and alway...
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Posted: 03/06/2025
The International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards (IBCCES) proudly awards the Certified Autism Center™ (CAC) designation to Midland County Hospital District Police Department, the second law enforcement agency in Texas to earn the prestigious credential. To earn the CAC certification, at least 80% of the department completed autism-specific training, equipping them with the skills and resources to best communicate with, understand, and support autistic and sensory-sensitive com...
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Posted: 02/20/2025
In preparation as confirmed cases of the measles in West Texas increase, Midland Health is implementing safety procedures to protect patients, visitors, and staff. “Our greatest priority is the well-being of our patients and community,” said Dr. Rohith Saravanan, Chief Medical Officer for Midland Health. “In alignment with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) infection control recommendations and the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), we have instituted measures to he...
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Posted: 02/20/2025
Midland Memorial Hospital’s Critical Care and Progressive Care Units were both just awarded the Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN). The AACN, based out of Aliso Viejo, California, recognized Midland Memorial Hospital’s Critical Care Unit with a silver-level Beacon Award for Excellence and Midland Memorial Hospital’s Progressive Care Unit with a bronze-level Beacon Award for Excellence, making them the only designated units in the Permian Basin. The B...
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Posted: 01/24/2025
The Midland County Hospital District Police Department (MCHD PD) is excited to announce that every full-time Texas Peace Officer, Security Officer and Telecommunicator on staff has completed training as instructors for Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events (CRASE). This training is presented through Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT). CRASE training provides civilians with the opportunity to build strategies and preparedness for active shooter events. “While we hope the day n...
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Posted: 12/02/2024
Midland Health is excited to announce that the Simulation Innovation Training for Healthcare Program has been recognized as accredited in the area of Teaching/Education by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH). The SSH is the largest accrediting body of healthcare simulation programs in the world. Midland Health joins the list of 20 healthcare simulation programs in Texas that have achieved SSH Accreditation. The Simulation Innovation Training for Healthcare Program at Midland Hea...