Striving for excellence in all that we do
to care for our patients.
Welcome to our outcomes book for fiscal year 2017. This book celebrates the
past year’s successes by focusing on innovations in heart and vascular care.
As you’ll read, the collaborative team of medical staff physicians, hospital
leadership, volunteers, and all those who work at Baylor Jack and Jane
Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital in Dallas and in Fort Worth demonstrate
dedication to measurement in many ways. We are constantly pursuing
improvement in the care we provide by benchmarking our performance
against leading hospitals and programs throughout the country. Our steadfast
commitment to our patients anchors our passion for excellence in all that we do.
As a part of Baylor Scott & White Health, the largest health
care organization in Texas, we deliver quality cardiovascular
services. In Dallas, with Baylor University Medical Center, we
collaborate to remain nationally recognized and highly regarded
for heart and vascular care, advanced heart failure treatment,
and the cardiac surgery and heart transplantation programs.
The history and tradition for heart and vascular care on the
Baylor Dallas campus is rich with many examples of innovation
and research involvement. This reputation brings patients from
all over the globe to our doors.
In Fort Worth, on the campus of Baylor Scott & White All
Saints Medical Center, we work closely with hospital leadership
to provide continuity of care for all cardiology patients. This
collaboration, as you will read, in fiscal year 2017, resulted
in tremendous growth in non-invasive and interventional
cardiology volumes. We also shared in the development of
new cardiovascular programs and services for the communities
in Tarrant County and the surrounding region. We greatly
appreciate the engagement of the medical staff in Fort Worth to
elevate the level of innovation in cardiovascular care. It was truly
a tremendous year with many “firsts” in treatments and devices.
In addition, this past fiscal year was a time that led us to
celebrate the daily hard work and dedication to excellence
by every team member as two major accomplishments were
achieved. First, The Joint Commission surveyed the hospital;
we received our re-accreditation. We have achieved Joint
Commission accreditation since our opening as the first
dedicated heart and vascular hospital in North Texas.