2016

CHRISTUS St. Michael welcomed Sister Madeleva Manzanares to our Spiritual Care Staff on Oct. 31, 2016. Sister Madeleva will help address the spiritual care needs of our patients, and her fluent Spanish will be valuable as she works with our Hispanic patients. Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Sister Madeleva...

CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Spine Program Certification. The Gold Seal of Approval® is a symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s commitment to providing safe and effective patient care. The Spine Program underwent a rigorous on-site...

Tammy Mckamie, RN, MSN, OCN, GCN, Cancer Genetic Educator, W. Temple Webber Cancer Center at CHRISTUS ST. Michael, was presented with the International Society of Nursing Genetics (ISONG) Founders Award for Genomic Nursing Practice at the 2016 ISONG World Congress in Dublin, Ireland. The purpose of this award,...

The W. Temple Webber Cancer at CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System recently launched a Survivorship Program to help transition patients in remission to living beyond cancer.

Louise Thornell, MSN, MsBA, RN, NE-BC has been selected as Vice President/Chief Nurse Executive for CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System, Texarkana, TX, effective May 15, 2016. The announcement was made by Jason Rounds, COO/Administrator. “Louise brings over 30 years of health care and nursing experience to this role...

Thanks to a contribution from CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System, local students are getting more active at school with GoNoodle, an online suite of interactive movement videos. GoNoodle helps teachers motivate and engage students with 3-5 minute moderate to vigorous exercises they can perform next to their desks. Elementary students...

What is Zika Virus Disease? Zika virus disease (Zika) is a disease caused by the Zika virus, which is spread to people primarily through the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito. It has also occasionally been spread through sexual intercourse with an individual with the active infection, and it...

CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System has been announced as one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Patient Experience by the Women’s Choice Award®, America’s trusted referral source for the best in health care, for the sixth consecutive year. The evidence-based designation is the only award that identifies the country’s best...

CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System has taken a giant step toward improving the health of newborns and infants by once again earning the Texas Ten Step Program facility designation from the Texas Department of State Health Services. The Texas Ten Step Program encourages breastfeeding as the preferred method of...

CHRISTUS St. Michael Imaging Center has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR). MRI of the breast offers valuable information about many breast conditions that may not be obtained by...