7/30/2024
The top priority of the MRI department is the safety of our patients. One such safety standard the MRI Department follows is to require every MRI patient to change into a hospital cotton gown. We are often asked, “Why do we have t...
7/16/2024
MRI Safety Week is July 21-27, and helps us all recognize the safety precautions that come with using this imaging technology. The most important thing to remember about Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is that the magnet is alway...
3/1/2024
A M edical I dentification C ard is important to have in the event of an emergency . A medical ID card can provide information about someone to first responders when they are not able to speak for themselves. It gives quick facts ...
1/25/2024
Bariatric surgery, a medical procedure aimed at helping individuals achieve weight loss, has become an increasingly popular option for those struggling with obesity. Weigh to Success at Midland Memorial Hospital is the premier bar...
1/4/2024
In a proactive move to inspire and cultivate the next generation of healthcare professionals, Midland Health has spent the last year developing a partnership with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) to charter a Medical Explorers prog...
12/18/2023
"He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything." -Anonymous With the close of 2023 on the horizon, I challenge you to take a health inventory. How did you do in 2023? Did you make your health a priority? Only YOU ...
12/18/2023
It's the most wonderful time of the year. Holiday parties and celebrations are in full swing, gifts are wrapped, and tasty treats are everywhere. Family and friends are opening their homes for merrymaking or packing to go over the...
11/29/2023
Midland Health is proud to announce that Scolastica Achinike, RN, has been awarded the prestigious Daisy Nurse Leader Award. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation's programs to recognize the super-human efforts nurses perform ...
11/22/2023
Midland Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce the addition of state-of-the-art technology to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of lung disorders, including inflammation, infections, or cancer. The technology includes two se...
11/22/2023
November is a fantastic month of service, remembrance, and thankfulness. Midland Health and Midland Memorial Hospital have always given back to the community, especially around the holidays. As health professionals, we have a spec...
11/20/2023
This year, nearly 250,000 Americans will be diagnosed with lung cancer; the leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Smoking cigarettes is the number one contributor to lung cancer. The good news is Low Dose ...
11/16/2023
The Great American Smokeout - sometimes abbreviated as GASO - happens every year on the third Thursday of November It’s a day when the American Cancer Association encourages people who smoke to quit for one day in the ...
11/8/2023
At your local pulmonary clinic, healthcare professionals specialize in ensuring that your lungs are functioning at their best. Pulmonologists, the experts in the field, play a pivotal role in diagnosing, treating, and managing var...
11/3/2023
What can you do in fifteen minutes? You can take your dog for a short walk. You can drop your kids off for soccer practice. You can load the washing machine. You can send a work email. What can you do t...
11/1/2023
We invite you to participate in our upcoming Blood Drive event at Midland Memorial Hospital, where a simple act of donating blood can help save lives. Every drop counts and your contribution can make a significant impact. Walk-ins...
10/25/2023
"I had no idea it was there. I never felt anything." Contrary to popular belief, many women are diagnosed with breast cancer without actually feeling a lump and it's not until screening breast imaging when they find ou...
10/25/2023
Midland Memorial Hospital is excited to recognize that October is Health Literacy Awareness Month. At MMH, we have a team of patient education coordinators who focus on improving patient education for all patients and our communit...
9/15/2023
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...
9/8/2023
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...
8/23/2023
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...
7/26/2023
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 ...
6/21/2023
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...
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...
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...
5/11/2022
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....