5/31/2023
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...
5/10/2023
We live in a time where things can be uncertain and scary. Families face many stressors that can exacerbate or lead to mental health issues such as anxiety and depression. On average, a person will reach for their phone every 19 s...
5/10/2023
Long before COVID-19 cases were diagnosed in Midland in March 2020, the Trump Administration implemented a Public Health Emergency (PHE) related to the COVID-19 virus, effective January 31, 2020. This PHE is finally set to ...
4/20/2023
Alzheimer’s Disease is the most common form of dementia, and the risk is real, one in three seniors die with a form of dementia. The National Institutes of Health has spent billions of dollars on Alzheimer's research already. Let’...
3/29/2023
Even though there are conflicting recommendations about when a woman should start having a mammogram, at the Breast Center at Midland Health, we continue to follow the American College of Radiology’s recommendation of a yearly mam...
3/17/2023
Nurses, the lifeblood of our healthcare systems, are in increasingly short supply signaling a code red for the Texas Legislature currently meeting in Austin. If you or a family member need or will need care in a Texas hospital, nu...
3/17/2023
Midland Health proudly recognizes all 258 of our board-certified nurses on Certified Nurses Day, March 19th, 2023. A ceremony will be held for all certified nurses on March 20th in the O’Shaughnessy Garden at 10:00 AM that will in...
3/10/2023
Maternal Mental Wellness Program By Lisa McGee, LMSW, QMHP-CS Midland Memorial Hospital offers a maternal mental wellness program. The program serves mothers considered extremely low to moderately low income. It serves thos...
3/9/2023
By Kaitlyn Greb RD, LD Director Food and Nutrition Services at Midland Health March is National Nutrition Month, and this year's theme is "fuel for the future "! As the global population continues to grow, the challenge of providi...
7/21/2022
Food as medicine prioritizes food and diet in an individual's health plan, with the goal of either preventing, reducing symptoms of, or reversing disease processes. “You are what you eat.” “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” “...
7/21/2022
Midland Health is pleased to recognize Dr. Carol Boswell for being named a Texas Nurses Association "25 Outstanding Nurses of 2022" award winner. Boswell has been with MMH as a nurse researcher for many years and has assiste...
7/14/2022
Please join us in congratulating the latest DAISY Award winner, Alexis Chatham, BSN, RN. Alexis works in the Post-Surgical Unit and was nominated for the prestigious DAISY Award by a patient's family who was powerfully impacted by...
7/1/2022
Midland Memorial Hospital has received two American Heart Association Mission: Lifeline Achievement Awards. MMH has been recognized for demonstrating commitment to following up-to-date, research-based guidelines for the treatment ...
7/1/2022
The National Quality Forum has selected Midland Health's Padmaja Patel to serve on its 2022 Leadership Consortium. Patel currently serves as the medical director of the Lifestyle Medicine Center at Midland Health and has been an a...
6/15/2022
The Problem Nearly 7 million people in the U.S. are currently living with a chronic wound, and that number is only expected to grow. Today, one in four families has a family member with a chronic wound. People living with a chroni...
6/8/2022
Kambree Pena's extraordinary compassionate care earns her the nursing award. Please join us in congratulating our latest DAISY Award Winner, Kambree Pena, BSN, RN. Kambree works in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and was nominate...
6/2/2022
Midland Health has adopted the vision statement that Midland will be the healthiest community in Texas. With that in mind, please spend a few minutes and consider men's health and the relationship to the health of our community. A...
5/25/2022
Midland Memorial Hospital Auxiliary will begin the 2022 Summer Junior Volunteer Program on June 13. The summer program is for youth aged 13-17. Areas of service will include the Information Desk, popcorn service and gift shop. Dut...
5/11/2022
Karly Eaton, a registered nurse in the Labor and Delivery Unit, is Midland Memorial Hospital’s latest DAISY Award winner. Eaton was nominated for the prestigious DAISY Award by a patient who took the time to write the DAISY ...
5/5/2022
According to the latest U.S. Census figures, there are now more Americans age 65 and older than at any other time in U.S. history and that number is expected to increase more rapidly over the next decade as more baby boomers turn ...
4/27/2022
Respiratory therapy … not always the first thought in your mind when considering a health care profession. The fact is, you may not even know what a respiratory therapist (RT) does. Although the COVID pandemic has shed much needed...
9/29/2020
As flu season approaches, please prepare by getting your annual flu vaccine. It is an important preventative measure to help protect against influenza this season. Click here to download flu shot information....