Seton Healthcare Family

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| type = Non-profit organization

| foundation = Austin, Texas, United States (1902)

| founder = Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul

| location_city = Austin, Texas

| location_country = United States

| area_served = Central Texas

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| industry = Health care

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| homepage = [http://www.seton.net/ seton.net]

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Seton Healthcare Family, also known as Seton Family of Hospitals, is a Roman Catholic-affiliatedhttp://dailytexanonline.com/news/2012/10/03/proposed-ut-teaching-hospital-would-not-provide-family-planning Proposed UT teaching hospital would not provide family planning hospital network in the Greater Austin area. It is a member of Ascension, a not-for-profit health organization located in St. Louis, Missouri.[http://www.seton.net/about_seton/ascension_health Seton Family of Hospitals]

History

A grassroots effort in the 1890s by citizens of Austin, Texas, led to the opening of the Seton Infirmary on May 26, 1902. The citizenry asked the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul to construct a Catholic hospital to take care of the sick and poor.Levy, Sister Gertrude. The Story of Seton. Seton Healthcare Network, 2002, p. 3.

Over 100 years later the one 42-bed hospital, originally known as "Seton Infirmary"{{cite web|url=http://austin.twcnews.com/content/news/303166/seton-healthcare-founders-daughters-of-charity-to-leave-austin/|title=Seton Healthcare Founders Daughters of Charity to Leave Austin|last=Underwood|first=Alese|date=July 12, 2014|work=Time Warner Cable News|accessdate=July 17, 2014}} and located at 600 West 26th Street in Austin, Texas, has grown to serve a population of more than 1.8 million, with a special regard for the sick and poor. A Catholic health organization, Seton provides millions of dollars in charity care for the uninsured every year.Communications Department. Seton Healthcare Family Community Report. Seton Healthcare Network, 2009, p. 1.

The healthcare network now includes five major medical centers, two of which are designated Level I Trauma Centers. Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas is the only dedicated hospital for children in the region. Seton also operates two community hospitals, two rural hospitals and a mental health hospital along with multiple locations for outpatient medical services and three primary care clinics for the uninsured. Four facilities are designated Magnet hospitals by the [http://www.nursecredentialing.org/Magnet/ProgramOverview.aspx American Nurses Credentialing Center]. Seton has become the largest private employer in Central Texas, with approximately 11,000 associates.

In 2011, Seton partnered with the University of Texas System Board of Regents and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, one of the nation's leading academic medical centers, to increase the amount of medical education and medical research conducted in Central Texas.Seton, UT launch ER residency program. [http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2011/04/05/seton-launches-er-residency-program.html] Austin Business Journal. Seton Healthcare Network, 2011.

=Austin CyberKnife Center=

Austin CyberKnife is based in the Clinical Education Center, on the campus of the former University Medical Center Brackenridge campus.{{cite web|last=Zaragoza|first=Sandra|title=Seton partnership running Cyberknife program|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2011/02/21/seton-partnership-running-cyberknife.html|publisher=Austin Business Journal}}

The Austin CyberKnife Center is a cancer treatment center using CyberKnife technology to treat malignant and benign tumors throughout the body.{{cite web|title=Advanced Cancer Care With a Personal Touch|url=http://www.mdnews.com/news/2011_11/05728_oct2011_advanced-cancer-care|publisher=MD News}}{{unreliable source?|date=November 2012}} It has a Lung Optimization Treatment (LOT) System.{{cite web|title=Austin CyberKnife Upgrades Technology, Expands Treatment to Larger Patient Population|url=http://www.mdnews.com/news/2011_11/05728_oct2011_austin-cyberknife-upgrades|publisher=MD News}}{{unreliable source?|date=November 2012}}

Facilities

; Former

Brackenridge Hospital (owned by the City of Austin, contracted to Seton from 1995,{{cite web|last=Roser|first=Mary Ann|url=https://www.statesman.com:443/article/20130513/NEWS/305139727|title=Officials to unveil details on private ownership of Austin's public hospital|newspaper=Austin American Statesman|date=2013-05-13|accessdate=2021-10-18}} until its closure in 2017)

Awards

[https://web.archive.org/web/20120808220503/http://childbirthconnection.org/pdfs/mqm-press-release.pdf Maternity Qualify Matters Award, Childbirth Connection]
[http://www.usgbc.org/News/USGBCInTheNewsDetails.aspx?ID=3924 Dell Children's LEED Platinum, US Green Building Council]
[http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2008/03/03/daily7.html Top 100 Integrated Health Systems, Verispan]
[http://www.jointcommissioncodman.org/pastWinners/winnerPage.aspx?year=2007&id=63 Ernest A. Codman Award, Joint Commission]

References

External links

[http://www.seton.net Seton Healthcare Family]

Category:Healthcare in Texas

Category:Cancer hospitals

Category:Medical and health organizations based in Texas

Category:Catholic hospital networks in the United States

Category:Catholic health care