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  Parkland Memorial Hospital (PMH)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Parkland Memorial Hospital is the primary teaching institution of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and is often rated among the best hospitals in the United States.
Parkland’s Surgical Pavilion, Renal Transplant and Diabetes Center will receive the PRC 5-Star Award for scoring in the 90-100 percentile, based on percent excellent, in each of the in-patient unit specialty norm areas for overall quality of care.
Parkland is the only hospital in the Metroplex to receive this honor.
www.swmed.edu /toxicology/parkland.htm   (590 words)

  
 Parkland Memorial Hospital - The Black Vault Encyclopedia Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Parkland is the only publicly supported hospital in Dallas County; funds are primarily provided by a specially designated property tax on Dallas County residents.
Parkland serves as the area's only Level 1 Trauma center, operates one of a handful of burn units in the entire state, and is the major teaching hospital of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
Coincidentally, Ruby died of a pulmonary embolism at Parkland Hospital on January 3, 1967.
www.blackvault.com /wiki/index.php/Parkland_Memorial_Hospital   (370 words)

  
 Hospitals - Parkland Memorial Hospital   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Dallas County Hospital District, a tax-supported entity of the City and County of Dallas, is responsible for Parkland, which is physically connected to the UT Southwestern complex.
The agreement between the Hospital District and the medical school stipulates that the chairmen of the departments at the school are the chiefs of service at Parkland; thus, Parkland essentially functions as a university hospital.
Parkland is nationally recognized as an exemplary county hospital.
www.swmed.edu /home_pages/imresidency/hospital.htm   (981 words)

  
 RedOrbit - Health - Replace Parkland, Panel Says: Dallas County: Hospital to Devise Options; Partial Reuse of Facility ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Any hospital replacement plan would have to be approved by Parkland's board, the county commissioners and, probably, Dallas County residents, who would be asked to approve a bond sale to cover the costs.
The numbers were based on the estimated growth of the indigent population, the number of out-of-county users at Parkland and a greater shift of uninsured patients to the hospital.
Hospital administrators attempted to show Tuesday that the cost of a new hospital probably would be covered by reduced personnel costs.
www.redorbit.com /news/health/355148/replace_parkland_panel_says_dallas_county_hospital_to_devise_options/index.html?source=r_health   (864 words)

  
 Clinical Psychology Rotations: Training Sites on or near UT Southwestern
Parkland Memorial Hospital Inpatient, Outpatient and Consult-Liaison Services: The Department of Psychiatry operates a 20-bed acute psychiatric ward in Parkland Memorial Hospital, the primary teaching hospital of the Medical School.
Parkland Memorial Hospital Psychiatric Emergency Room: The Psychiatry Emergency Room of Parkland Memorial Hospital is one of the main sources of health care for a very large segment of the population of Dallas County.
The student is placed in one of two of the Parkland Family Medicine outpatient clinics that are staffed by the UT Southwestern Family Medicine Faculty and Residents.
www.utsouthwestern.edu /utsw/cda/dept23139/files/82568.html   (719 words)

  
 Parkland Memorial Hospital Dallas, Texas
Parkland Memorial Hospital located in Dallas, Texas is Dallas County's only public hospital.
Located at 5201 Harry Hines Blvd., Parkland Memorial Hospital is the primary teaching hospital for students of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School.
Parkland Memorial Hospital has over 990 beds, and in a given year, treats hundreds of thousands of patients.
www.nurseuniverse.com /articles/Parkland_Memorial_Hospital.htm   (276 words)

  
 Parkland Foundation
The mission of Parkland Foundation is to secure substantial financial resources that advance the clinical, educational, and research quests of Parkland Health and Hospital System.
Parkland Foundation was established in 1985 after a representative of Parkland Memorial Hospital approached the Dallas Clearinghouse (an association of local banking institutions) seeking its help for a hospital project.
The association informed hospital officials that they could not make donations to a tax-supported institution and suggested that Parkland form a 501(c)(3) organization.
www.parklandfoundation.org /aboutus   (154 words)

  
 Miracle of Birth
Parkland's rate of stillbirths is lower than the national average, its rate of very-low-birth-weight babies is lower than the national average, and its C-section rate is 21%, compared with a national average of 24.4%.
Because Parkland is both a public hospital and a teaching hospital, new patients almost never arrive with their own doctors, as they would at a private hospital.
Parkland now has 39 midwives on staff, 6 of whom are on duty at all times.
www.fastcompany.com /magazine/63/parkland.html   (3968 words)

  
 Another Hospital Alien Mess » Netscape.com
Politics – Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas is a fairly famous institution and for a variety of reasons: 1.
Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas is a fairly famous institution and for a variety of reasons:
This time, the hospital wants her to pay $10 per visit and $100 for the delivery but she was unsure if she could come up with the money.
politics.netscape.com /story/2006/10/27/another-hospital-alien-mess   (1022 words)

  
 Parkland Hospital - Patients and Visitors
The Parkland Palliative Care team provides care to patients and their caregivers who are facing a life threatening illness.
Bereavement care is also provided for caregivers for a least one year, which includes memorial services four times a year.
The goal is to allow patients to remain in the comfort of their home as much as possible.
www.parklandhospital.com /patients_visitors/pastCare_pall.html   (183 words)

  
 Parkland Memorial Hospital - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Parkland Memorial Hospital is a hospital located at 5201 Harry Hines Boulevard, just west of Oak Lawn in north Dallas, Texas (USA).
Parkland serves as the area's only Level 1 Trauma center, operates one of a handful of burn units in the entire state (where the leading Burns resuscitation formula in use worldwide was developed), and is the major teaching hospital of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
After he was shot on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1 p.m in Treatment Room 1.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Parkland_Memorial_Hospital   (459 words)

  
 RedOrbit - Health - Parkland Pursues Patients Who Lied to Get Free Care: Dallas Hospital Aims to Recoup Millions From ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The public hospital's police staff is working with the district attorney's office to pursue criminal charges against patients who received treatment at Parkland since September and lied about where they lived and how much money they earned.
Parkland and county officials will announce details of their wide-ranging and unprecedented investigation into patient fraud at the hospital today during the Commissioners Court meeting.
Parkland Hospital has provided emergency and urgent care for patients from more than seven counties.
www.redorbit.com /news/health/586345/parkland_pursues_patients_who_lied_to_get_free_care_dallas/index.html?source=r_health   (879 words)

  
 Parkland Implements Vocada’s VoiceLink for CTRM
Primary teaching hospitals, such as Parkland, are particularly prone to communication problems because most of the front-line doctors are resident physicians who work under the supervision of faculty physicians.
Parkland is the primary teaching hospital for the adjacent University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and resident physicians rotate among Parkland, Zale-Lipshy University Hospital, St. Paul University Hospital, and the Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Parkland’s radiology department performs about 500 exams per day, she said, and the number of critical test results ranges from 4 to 25 per day, mostly generated by the hospital’s busy Emergency Department.
www.emediawire.com /releases/2006/5/prweb390853.php   (1065 words)

  
 Waiting game plagues world-renowned hospital - Health Care - MSNBC.com
The financial crisis that erodes patient care and, some doctors say, threatens lives at Parkland is part of a larger crisis threatening to unravel safety net health care at many of the 1,100 public hospitals across the country.
Parkland is the primary teaching facility of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, which touts four Nobel laureates, more than any other medical school in the world.
A hospital official familiar with Holland’s case said doctors would have operated sooner if the tumor were growing rapidly or threatening her sight, but its size hasn’t changed much.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5900349   (1840 words)

  
 Parkland Hospital - Headlines
It is important that Dallas County celebrates the excellent care and service offered to them by their hospital," said Dr. Ron J. Anderson, Parkland's president and chief executive officer.
Just 176 hospitals out of 5,189 medical centers in the United States scored high enough to be ranked this year.
To be considered, the hospitals must meet at least one of three standards: be a member of the Council of Teaching Hospitals, be affiliated with a medical school, or offer at least nine out of 18 select technological services to patients.
parklandnewsroom.qsigroup.com /news_detail.php?id=462   (282 words)

  
 Chapter 2: Inside Parkland Memorial Hospital
On November 22, 1963, Dr. Charles A. Crenshaw was a thirty-year-old attending physician at Parkland Memorial Hospital.
The General was filmed walking into Parkland Hospital immediately after the assassination; he was also identified by television reporter Charles Murphy.
Given the General’s cool demeanor and his apparent lack of command during a hostile confrontation between Parkland doctors and the Secret Service, the odds are quite high that General Clifton was an active participant in the conspiracy to murder President Kennedy.
www.jfkmontreal.com /inside_parkland.htm   (1719 words)

  
 Urban Legends Reference Pages: Parkland Memorial Hospital
A recent hospital analysis concluded that the average maternity ward patient at Parkland is a 25-year-old, married Hispanic woman giving birth to her second child.
Their care has swelled costs for struggling hospitals and increased the health care bills that fall to states and counties, giving ammunition to opponents of illegal immigration who complain of undue burdens on local taxpayers.
Facing harsh criticism from residents, public hospitals are confronted with an uneasy decision: demand immigration documents from patients and deny subsidized care to those who lack them, or follow the public health principle of providing basic care to anyone who needs it.
www.snopes.com /politics/immigration/parkland.asp   (1433 words)

  
 Dallas hospital plans to bill Mexico
Currently, Parkland is reimbursed by the federal government for treatment of illegal aliens, but Parkland officials said that agreement covers only 48 hours of emergency care and falls far short of what expenses the hospital often incurs.
The hospital has spent more than a week figuring out how many foreign nationals have been treated and how much to bill each of the nations.
John Gates, Parkland's chief financial officer, said he was in favor of sending the bills, though he doubted anybody would pay.
www.infowars.com /articles/immigration/dallas_hospital_plans_bill_mexico.htm   (447 words)

  
 Texas Twisted | The JFK Assassination Tour: Parkland Memorial Hospital
Hospitals, like airports, are perpetually strewn with construction zones, with new wings being tacked on ad infinitum and no apparent concern for navigation.
The Emergency and Trauma entrance itself has been obscured from view entirely, which you’d think would be the one section of the hospital they would want a person to locate in a hurry.
The entrance has changed over the years, but is still recognizable from file footage as the site where John F. Kennedy arrived shortly after being shot.
www.texastwisted.com /attr/jfk/04   (148 words)

  
 Parkland Hosptial: Voices from History Opens November 21, 2005
Parkland workers were carrying out their normal daily duties when emergency STAT calls went out for senior staff.
An integral element of Parkland Hospital: Voices from History, the Museum's Oral History Collection includes the memories of eyewitnesses, law enforcement officials, members of the media, Parkland Hospital personnel, White House officials, civic and community leaders, and others related to the events of November 22, 1963.
Parkland Memorial Hospital today is the primary teaching hospital of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and often rated among the 25 best hospitals in the United States.
www.jfk.org /Media/parkland_release.htm   (594 words)

  
 Southwest Airlines - Share the Spirit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Southwest Airlines has raised more than $100,000 for the annual Parkland Burn Camp during the past 12 years, making it possible for hundreds of children to interact with others who have been burned, and to know they are not alone in their struggles.
Parkland Burn Camp is sponsored by Parkland Memorial Hospital and is titled Camp I-Thonka-Chi, which is Choctaw for "a place that makes one strong or fearless, not afraid to face life." Camp I-Thonka-Chi began in 1993 as a mentor program for pediatric burn victims between the ages of 7-17.
The camp gives children the opportunity to be surrounded by people who know exactly what they are going through and attempts to build their self-esteem through confidence-building activities.
www.southwest.com /about_swa/share_the_spirit/parkland.html   (221 words)

  
 Dallas Hospitals | Hospitals in Dallas - DFWBuyNewHomes.com
Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas is voted #11 for Gynecology, #43 for Kidney Disease in United States by U.S.News.
Children's has been named one of the top pediatric hospitals in the country, according to U.S. News and World Report and ranks 24th out of more than 250 children's hospitals in the United States.
As one of only two pediatric hospitals in Texas to receive the honor, this is the second time that Children's has been included in the 16-year history of the prestigious list, with the last recognition in 1995.
www.dfwbuynewhomes.com /resource_hospitals.htm   (460 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Spanish interpreters in high demand at hospitals, clinics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
At Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, workers are eligible for incentive pay if they speak another language, said hospital spokeswoman Lynsey Purl.
Parkland and the public health system in Houston both offer in-house Spanish medical terminology classes.
He has access to Spanish-speaking staff at his hospital but finds that the phone services are sometimes more efficient.
www.usatoday.com /news/health/2006-06-25-hospital-interpreters_x.htm   (827 words)

  
 Parkland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aspen parkland, a biome transitional between prairie and boreal forest (taiga).
Adelaide Parklands, the green belt surrounding the city of Adelaide.
Parklands, Newcastle upon Tyne, a district of the United Kingdom city.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Parkland   (137 words)

  
 Hospitals - Parkland Memorial Hospital   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This status is due to the generous support of Dallas County taxpayers, who have consistently demonstrated their commitment to the hospital by approving bond issues for improvement and additions.
Over the last several years Parkland has added a multimillion-dollar structure that houses some fifty state-of-the-art ICU beds, a dialysis center, two CT and two MRI scanners, and seven floors of modern clinic space.
Common medical problems are encountered frequently, allowing the interns to become exceedingly adept at their management, but many of the patients referred to the faculty for tertiary care are hospitalized at Parkland.
www.swmed.edu /imresidency/hospital.htm   (981 words)

  
 Parkland Health & Hospital System Jobs on CareerBuilder
Parkland employs over 6,500 people and has full and part time job opportunities throughout the hospital and its community-based clinics.
In addition to traditional hospital jobs such as physical therapist and dietitian, Parkland has many job opportunities not always associated with a health care system.
Parkland employees are a diverse team that depends on one another to provide quality health care to patients and improve the quality of life for employees.
www.careerbuilder.com /JobSeeker/Companies/Details.asp?hhname=ParklandHealth_HospitalSystem   (267 words)

  
 (ATN) Dallas AIDS Group Sues County Hospital On AIDS Care
Parkland Memorial Hospital, the large county hospital comparable to San Francisco General here, treats over 1,000 patients with AIDS, ARC, or who are HIV positive.
The hospital admitted that in the one-month period from April 7 to May 6, 1988, seven people on the AZT waiting list died.
Judges in Dallas are assigned at random, and a conservative judge was assigned to the case.
www.aegis.com /pubs/atn/1988/ATN06004.html   (822 words)

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