For Aisha Gordon, a 25-year-old certified medical assistant in Killeen, the decision to enter the healthcare field was mostly about families.
When she and her family moved to Texas 3 years ago, she wanted to find a career with a long, solid future. She was familiar with nursing and healthcare, especially when she heard about the work of her cousins who are Registered Nurses (RNs).
Read More
What started as a prayer request to the hospital chaplain turned into a memorable, first-of-its-kind event at Seton Medical Center Harker Heights.
Chaplain Emma Jane Conley was recently on the floor talking to family members of patients who were scheduled for surgery. Tammy, the daughter of Dorothy Molina, one of the patients, asked Emma Jane to pray for her mother. The very next day, Tammy walked up to Emma Jane with another request.
Read More
May is Better Hearing and Speech Month, a time when we should consider how much our hearing and speech abilities impact our daily lives.
We’ve asked Diana White, MS, CCC-SLP, a speech-language pathologist with Seton Medical Center Harker Heights (SMCHH) to explain her work for our patients.
“Most people I’ve met have never even heard of a speech-language pathologist (SLP),” said Diana, “so I like to use this month to advocate for communication and swallowing disorders, common, treatable disorders that can affect anyone of any age.”
Read More
HARKER HEIGHTS, TEXAS (May 13, 2022) – Seton Medical Center Harker Heights (SMCHH) receives the grade ‘A’ in the spring 2022 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. SMCHH earned this national distinction for protecting patients from errors, injuries, accidents and infections.
Read More
Harker Heights, TX (November 15 , 2021) - The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is pleased to announce that Seton Medical Center Harker Heights (SMCHH) acute care and ambulatory facilities have both earned 2021 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired recognition as a certified level 8 out of 10. The CHIME Digital Health Most Wired program conducts an annual survey to assess how effectively healthcare organizations apply core and advanced technologies into their clinical and business programs to improve health and care in their communities.
Read More
Direct communication and a reliable network of experts – that’s what Rick Keagle, a longtime resident of Harker Heights, likes about his primary care physician, Dr. Dave Webster.
“Dr. Webster has been my PCP for nearly 29 years. If I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't change anything,” said Keagle. “He's seen the good and bad me over the years, and he's done a great job managing my health.”
Read More
Seton Medical Center Harker Heights (SMCHH) has named Mandy Shaiffer, RN, BSN as Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), effective September 27, 2021.
In April 2020, James C., 53, was relatively unalarmed when his wife mentioned his voice sounded a bit odd. He wrote it off as seasonal allergies and began a regime of cough drops and over-the-counter allergy medicine, and that was that.
A few months down the line, his mindset changed when there was no sign of progress, and the same rattle in his voice remained. At this point, he decided to get it checked out and learned he had a cyst on his vocal cord.
Read More
On February 10, 2021, the Plant Operations team at Seton Medical Center Harker Heights was just beginning to feel the effects of a devastating winter storm headed their way. The temperature dipped into the teens that morning and would only rise into the 20s over the next few days – a rarity in Texas in February.
James King, Director of Plant Operations at Seton Medical Center Harker Heights, and his team knew they needed to kick their already strenuous operations into overdrive to prepare for what they would soon be faced with.
Read More
Seton Medical Center Harker Heights was named to Newsweek’s 2021 list of Best Maternity Care Hospitals. The distinction recognizes facilities that have excelled in providing care to mothers, newborns and their families, as verified by the 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Survey. Best Maternity Care Hospitals is part of Newsweek’s Best Health Care series, powered by data from The Leapfrog Group.
Read More
