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A nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, Methodist Health System is affiliated by covenant with the North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church. To support any of Methodist’s vital health care
and community programs, call the Methodist Health System Foundation at 214-947-4555. Texas law prohibits hospitals from practicing medicine. The physicians on the Methodist Health System medical
staff are independent practitioners who are not employees or agents of Methodist Health System or Methodist Dallas Medical Center.
Taking your heart to heart
Methodist Dallas Medical Center is finding ways to help local hearts
from both inside and outside the hospital walls.
Award-winning heart care
The Joint Commission recognized Methodist Dallas as a Top Performer on
Key Quality MeasuresTM in heart attack, heart failure, and stroke outcomes,
based on achievements in 2011. The hospital also received the American
College of Cardiology Foundation’s NDR Action Registry® —GWTGTM
Silver Performance Achievement Award for 2012 — one of only 73 hospitals
nationwide to do so.
Heart of the Community
Methodist Dallas increased its
commitment to promote heart health
with its Heart of the Community
initiative in 2012. Among our efforts:
■ ■ Participating in the Dallas County American Heart Association Heart Walk,
for which we raised more than $16,000
■ ■ Presenting our Heart to Heart event, which included biometric screenings
and women’s heart health education
■ ■ Introducing the HeartSmart Profiler at MethodistHealthSystem.org/
HeartSmart to help patients determine their heart age
■ ■ Promoting stroke and heart disease awareness at Oak Cliff Earth Day.
Learn more at MethodistHealthSystem.org/HeartOfTheCommunity.
Shining achievements
Methodist Health System
■ ■ Among health care’s 40 fastest-growing
companies nationwide by Modern
Healthcare magazine
■ ■ 116 independently practicing physicians on the
Methodist medical staff among D Magazine’s
Best Doctors in Dallas
■ ■ Four Dallas–Fort Worth Hospital Council
Foundation Award winners
■ ■ 13 nurses on the 2012 Dallas–Fort Worth
Great 100 Nurses list
■ ■ Among Health Care’s Most Wired by Hospitals
& Health Networks magazine for the third
consecutive year
Methodist Dallas Medical Center
■ ■ Texas Health Care Quality Improvement Silver
Award from the TMF Health Quality Institute
for heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, and
surgical care
■ ■ The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of ApprovalTM
for Orthopedic Joint Replacement Program
Learn more at MethodistHealthSystem.org/Awards.
Methodist Health System employees raised more than $16,000 for the Dallas County American Heart Association Heart Walk.