Dallas Regional Medical Center

Description

Welcome to Dallas Regional Medical Center a 176bed hospital designed to meet the growing medical needs of northeast Texas residents Although a strong communitybased hospital Dallas Regional Medical Center proudly offers a comprehensive range of health services for acute and emergent situations Services include 24hour emergency critical care medical surgical and cardiac services including open heart surgery outpatient surgery a Total Joint Center for orthopedics and imaging services

With almost 400 physicians on staff you can be certain we will do our best in providing technologicallyadvanced high quality health care We will make every effort to make patients as comfortable as possible We also value your thoughts and feedback and welcome any suggestions you may have to help us improve our services

MISSION

Our Mission is to improve the health and quality of life of the people in our communities by providing advanced high quality costeffective services and by doing so in a caring and compassionate manner

VISION

Our Vision is to be the premiere provider of healthcare services in our area the preferred hospital for the citizens in our communities the hospital where quality physicians choose to practice and where skilled and compassionate employees choose to work

VALUES

In support of our Mission and Vision the culture of Dallas Regional Medical Center is founded on five core values

Service We are committed to service excellence to being responsive to the needs and values of our patients physicians employees visitors and community and to treating all of our customers with dignity and respect

Quality We are committed to continuously evaluating and improving our facility our processes and ourselves so that we can provide high quality care in a safe and comfortable environment

Compassion We understand that our customers come to us with diverse physical emotional and spiritual needs and we are committed to creating a caring environment that is responsive to those needs

Teamwork We are committed to teamwork and participation both in the hospital and in the community We recognize that all the members of our team employees physicians patients family member and visitors are important contributors to meeting our Mission

Integrity We strive to be a trusted partner to all members of our community and we are committed to act honorably and with honesty in all of our interactions

History

Dallas Regional Medical Center originally opened in 1964 as Mesquite Memorial Hospital The hospital had 27 beds 5 bassinets 1 operating room 1 delivery room an Emergency Room and 7 physicians on staff The hospital was expanded in 1975 purchased by Charter Medical Corporation in 1976 and renamed Charter Suburban Hospital The campus continued to grow through the 1980s with the purchase of a threestory Medical Office Building MOB In 1990 the hospital underwent another ownership and name change and Paracelsus Healthcare Corporation later known as Clarent Hospital Corporation renamed the hospital Medical Center of Mesquite

A fullservice Heart Center was established in 1991 The Heart Center included a cardiac cath lab openheart surgery cardiac rehabilitation a centralized outpatient diagnostic and surgery area and a new Emergency Department Since this time a second cardiac cath lab has opened and nuclear medicinespecial procedures have continued to grow

The hospital campus expanded in 1994 with the acquisition of commercial property located to the south of the MOB This property today contains both hospital office space and physician office practices In 1996 a threestory patient tower was constructed and currently contains a 14bed Surgical Intensive Care Unit on the 1st floor a 10bed Orthopedic Unit and Total Joint Center on the 2nd floor and shelled space for the future Cardiac Care Unit on the 3rd floor In 1998 a parking lot behind the MOB was constructed allowing for an additional 100 parking spaces And in 2000 the hospital purchased 1 acre of land north of the Emergency Department and expanded the Emergency Department into the current 23 bed unit with eight Fast Track bays