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CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System was named as one of the nation’s top performing hospitals for cardiovascular services by Fortune and IBM® Watson Health®.

CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System is offering free counseling services to those seeking individual or family coverage through the Health Insurance Exchange during open enrollment from November 1 through December 15, 2020.

CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic continues to expand services to both primary care and specialty providers across the Texarkana region with the addition of two new physicians. By adding surgeon Michael Bortz, M.D. and family medicine physician Matthew Ramage, M.D., the CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic is able to expand family medicine care and surgery to provide needed services in the Texarkana community.

CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic in Texarkana has drastically improved communication and access to information for both patients and providers as a fully operational user of the Epic Electronic Health Record (EHR).

CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System achieved Magnet® Recognition in August 2020, as a reflection of its nursing professionalism, teamwork and superiority in patient care.

Heart care in Northeast Texas is taking yet another leap forward with the unveiling of an enhanced, state-of-the-art Cardiac Catheterization Lab at CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System.

The number of COVID-19 patients in the Texarkana and surrounding region has increased significantly in the past weeks, resulting in rising hospitalizations. Like area residents, we are concerned about this trend. First, we want to assure our community we have been and will continue to work together to respond to this pandemic. Both hospitals have worked diligently to ensure safe and accessible healthcare for all in need. We communicate regularly and are confident in our abilities to provide safe care to all with compassion and professionalism.

Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) International announced that CHRISTUS St. Michael Rehabilitation Hospital has been accredited for a period of 3 years for its Inpatient Medical and Inpatient Medical Stroke Specialty programs.

The W. Temple Webber Cancer Center at CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System is celebrating National Cancer Survivors Day differently this year. Following recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to postpone or cancel public events, the Cancer Center will not host an in-person event this year – but still encourages our community to celebrate cancer patients and those who care for them this Sunday, June 7, 2020, for National Cancer Survivor Day.

Stroke is becoming more common in the United States, and recent statistics reveal that close to 3-percent of the population has had one. Unfortunately, incidences of stroke, along with cancer and heart disease, are leading causes of mortality across the nation but more so in the region including Texarkana and surrounding counties.