The Dallas County Hospital District, doing business as the Parkland Health & Hospital System, is the hospital district of Dallas County, Texas, United States. Its headquarters are in the Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas.
Parkland Memorial Hospital is the primary hospital of the district.
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History
In 2009 the Greater Dallas Planning Council awarded the Dream Study Award to the district due to the district's master plan for its hospital. In 2009 Parkland Health & Hospital system began analyzing electronic medical records in order to use predictive modeling to help identify patients at high risk of hospital readmission. Initially the hospital focused on patients with congestive heart failure, but the program has expanded to include patients with diabetes, acute myocardial infarction, and pneumonia.
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Community clinics
The district operates several community clinics. The locations elsewhere are:
- Bluitt-Flowers Health Center (Dallas)
- deHaro-Saldivar Health Center (Dallas)
- Employee Physician Office (Dallas)
- East Dallas Health Center (Dallas)
- Garland Health Center (Garland)
- Irving Health Center (Irving)
- Oak West Health Center (Dallas)
- Parkland Memorial Hospital (Dallas)
- Pediatric Primary Care Center (Dallas)
- E. Carlyle Smith, Jr. Health Center (Grand Prairie)
- Southeast Dallas Health Center (Dallas)
- Vickery Health Center (Dallas) - In Vickery Meadow
Youth and family centers
The district has several youth and family centers in area schools.
- Dallas Independent School District
- Amelia Flores Youth & Family Health Center - Bryan Adams High School
- Eddie Bernice Johnson Youth & Family Health Center - Lincoln High School
- Fair Oaks Youth & Family Health Center - Conrad High School
- Kiosco Youth & Family Health Center - Cary Middle School
- North Oak Cliff Youth & Family Health Center - Greiner Middle School
- Red Bird Youth & Family Health Center - T.W. Browne Middle School
- Seagoville Youth & Family Health Center - Seagoville
- Spruce Youth & Family Health Center - Spruce High School
- West Dallas Youth & Family Health Center - Pinkston High School
- Woodrow Youth & Family Health Center - Woodrow Wilson High School/J.L. Long Middle School
- Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District
- Vivian Field Youth & Family Health Center - Vivian Field Elementary School (Farmers Branch)
See also
- Harris Health System (former Harris County Hospital District)
- JPS Health Network (Tarrant County)
References
External links
- Parkland Health & Hospital System
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