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  • Suicide Prevention in Our Community

    In recent years, suicide mortality rates for people 15-44, 60-64, and 80-84 years old experienced an increase in suicide rates in Texas. Still, suicide is a public health crisis that affects individuals of all ages, races, sex, an...

  • COACH/CODE

    Midland Health offers a free support group for all community members interested in learning about diabetic and cardiovascular health. COACH (Community Outreach and Cardiovascular Health) is a group of people diagnosed with Heart D...

  • Midland Health Launches Center for Serious Illness and Supportive Care

    Dear Fellow Midlanders, Hello! My name is Kathryn Lagus. I am an APRN at Midland Memorial Hospital. My family and I moved to Midland in the summer of 2022, and have since fallen in love with your town. Not long after the move, I w...

  • New Patient Education Video Platform

    Recent research has shown that when asked directly after a healthcare appointment or hospital stay, one out of two patients will need clarification about what they were told about their condition at the time of the visit. Medical ...

  • 68Nurse: More than Telephone Triage

    The 68Nurse call service went live on July 6, 2009, and this week the call center will be celebrating 14 years of service to the community.   The 68Nurse team consists of Registered Nurses located in the Permian Basin who hav...

  • Creating More Previvors

    I recently came across an article where the author was telling the story of his wife and his daughter.   The gentleman stated in his article that his daughter was a previvor and his wife should have been.   This is becau...

  • Saving Young Lives

    Midland Health is hosting a free teen heart screening for the youth in our community through a partnership with Championship Hearts Foundation.   The mission of Championship Hearts is to prevent sudden cardiac death in the ad...

  • Men’s Health & Colonoscopy Screening

    The importance of colon screenings is published widely across the internet, doctor offices, television screens, radio commercials, and the list goes on. Colonoscopies are often the “butt” of a joke, a complaint, and sometimes view...

  • Culture of ownership lifts quality of care at MMH

    In May, Midland Memorial Hospital was named a 2023 Modern Healthcare Best Places to Work. This honor is restricted to 150 organizations across the country, and only 75 of those are hospitals or insurers. The recognition of being n...

  • Midland Health's Wellness Tour begins this week

    The ninth-annual Wellness Tour is back to promote all the health and wellness opportunities Midland offers the community. The schedule for this jam-packed health and wellness week is full of fun events for all ages and the whole f...



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