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9440 Poppy Drive
DALLAS, TX 75218
214-324-6100
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Press Releases
Friday, May 11, 2012 Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake is now utilizing induced hypothermia therapy, or therapeutic hypothermia, to help prevent brain damage in certain patients who have experienced a heart attack or stroke. The treatment uses cooling therapy to lower...
Monday, May 07, 2012 Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake has received the Texas Health Care Quality Improvement Silver Award from TMF® Health Quality Institute, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Texas. TMF established the awards program in partnership wi...
Monday, May 07, 2012 Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake asks you to join us as we recognize the men and women who work tirelessly to care for our community. National Hospital Week and National Nurses Week, May 6-12, are celebrated in recognition of healthcare employees...
Monday, April 30, 2012 Exercise and arthritis are two words that are not usually used together. But they should be. Exercise is very important for people who have arthritis because regular physical activity can help decrease joint pain and fatigue, increase strength and f...
Friday, April 27, 2012 Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake is offering a free stroke prevention screening on Saturday, May 5 from 8 to 11 a.m. to help you learn more about your risk factors for stroke. Call 866-764-3627 to register today.Most women do not realize that a s...
Thursday, April 12, 2012 Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake was recently named one of the Healthiest Employers in North Texas by the Dallas Business Journal. The award recognizes those companies that proactively shape the health of their employees and have committed to a p...
Thursday, April 12, 2012 Don’t Be Fooled by Lack of Symptoms with Deep Vein Thrombosis
There are four types of veins in the human body that range in size from 1 millimeter up to 1.5 centimeters in diameter. Pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart...
Saturday, March 10, 2012 Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake was recently named one of the Healthiest Employers in North Texas by the Dallas Business Journal. The award recognizes those companies that proactively shape the health of their employees and have committed to a p...
Friday, March 09, 2012 Colorectal cancer is not a common topic of conversation, but it is a fairly common type of cancer. Excluding skin cancers, colorectal cancer is the third most frequently diagnosed type of cancer in the United States. To encourage screening for the d...
Wednesday, March 07, 2012 When you think of poisons, the first things that come to mind may be hemlock, antifreeze and pesticides. But there are many more products lurking in your bathroom cabinet, hiding under your kitchen sink, or lying in wait on your garage shelf that ca...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 How much sleep is enough? According to the National Sleep Foundation, newborns typically need between 12 to 16 hours a day. School-age children require between 10 and 11, teenagers need a little over nine, and adults should average seven to nine hou...
Thursday, February 23, 2012 American Red Cross to Host Blood Drive at Doctors Hospital at White Rock LakeSomeone in the United States Needs Blood Every Two Seconds.
To help meet the needs of patients in the greater Dallas area, the American Red Cross is hosting a blood drive ...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake’s commitme...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 Each year kidney stones affect more than 1 million Americans, but in most cases they pass easily from the body. For others, kidney stones cause a number of symptoms including pain (which may be severe), blood in the urine, nausea or vomiting. The pa...
Friday, January 20, 2012 The choices you make today will impact your life tomorrow. This may sound like advice a mother gives her children, but it is especially true when it comes to taking care of your heart. While some risk factors for developing heart disease are beyond ...
Tuesday, January 03, 2012 Karen Talcott, RN, has been named the Nightingale Nurse of the Year at Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake for her compassion and commitment to patient care. The Nurse of the Year is selected by her peers from Nurse of the Month winners. Talcott was...
Thursday, December 29, 2011 Each year Americans make their list of resolutions for the New Year, and each year many forget those resolutions within a short time. Since many of the most popular resolutions are health-related, Alexander Amby, M.D., family practice physician on t...
Friday, December 23, 2011 Doctors Hospital at White Rock has been designated an American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence; a Blue Distinction Center for Bariatric Surgery by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas; and a ...
Wednesday, December 07, 2011 A health care consortium of Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake, Los Barrios Unidos Community Clinic, and Vibra Specialty Hospital of Dallas has partnered with El Centro College to custom train 728 health care workers using a $1+ million Skills Deve...
Monday, December 05, 2011 The national healthcare insurance provider Aetna recently recognized Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake for its commitment to early elective delivery infant safety. The fairly new initiative was created to assist Aetna in selecting facilities whose...
Monday, November 28, 2011 Instead of waiting for a heart attack patient to arrive by ambulance, physicians and staff at Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake can get to work on a treatment plan several minutes before the patient even arrives at the emergency department doors. ...
Monday, November 14, 2011 Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake encourages everyone to learn about their risk factors for diabetes during American Diabetes Month. The number of Americans with diabetes continues to increase. Nearly 26 million Americans have diabetes and an esti...
Friday, November 11, 2011 With the holiday season just around the corner, followed closely by a brand-new year, Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake encourages smokers to put down their cigarettes for good.This year’s Great American Smokeout will take place November 17. Start...
Tuesday, November 08, 2011 Anne Marie Bogar, a youth volunteer at Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake, recently presented a very special gift to the hospital: 350 receiving blankets for babies in the Doctors Hospital Nursery.In addition to securing the blanket materials, Boga...
Tuesday, November 01, 2011 Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake will add cardiac electrophysiology procedures to its patient care offerings. A subset of cardiology, cardiac electrophysiology centers on the diagnosis and treatment of electrical disorders of the heart, including...
Monday, October 24, 2011 Every year, approximately 600,000 American women undergo hysterectomies. The procedure to remove a woman’s uterus is the second most common surgical procedure performed in the United States on women of child-bearing age, and one in three women will ...
Monday, October 17, 2011 Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake has named Charles E. Williams as the new chief operating officer. Williams has held a variety of hospital leadership positions at several organizations in the Metroplex over the last 12 years. Most recently, he wa...
Friday, October 14, 2011 Safe Prescription Use Starts with CommunicationOctober Is Talk About Prescriptions Month
Can you take aspirin and warfarin, a blood thinner, at the same time? Will an antihistamine increase the depressant effect of a sedative? If you are one of th...
Thursday, October 06, 2011 Tired of spending hours in a stuffy, overcrowded ER waiting room? Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake has a solution with InQuickER. This is an emergency room service that facilitates patient satisfaction by allowing consumers to hold a place at the...
Monday, October 03, 2011 Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake wants women to focus on their breast health this October. The hospital asks women to “Picture Yourself Healthy,” encouraging each to take the one picture that could save her life – a mammogram. “Breast cancer can ...
Thursday, September 22, 2011 Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake has received the Get With The Guidelines®–Heart Failure Gold Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association. The recognition signifies that Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake has reached an aggress...
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake has named Denise Krajewski , RN, MSN, FACHE, as the new Chief Nursing Officer. Krajewski’s career in healthcare spans several decades. She has held numerous leadership roles, and most recently served in a dual rol...
Friday, September 16, 2011 Eric Boon has been named the new director of business development / associate administrator at Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake. “We are delighted to announce Eric’s addition to our team,” said Doctors Hospital CEO Scott Manis. “His in-depth know...
Friday, August 26, 2011 Swollen. Ugly. Painful. While some women joke that varicose veins are merely “roadmaps” on the backs of their legs, that doesn’t change the truth behind this uncomfortable condition — nor does it alleviate the pain that often accompanies it.“In norm...
Friday, July 22, 2011 Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake has again been recognized for its quality stroke care—this time, with a Bronze Achievement Award from the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines-Stroke (GWTG-Stroke) program.The award signifies that ...
Friday, June 10, 2011
Doctors Hospital's staff members have many talents. The recent Cake Wars employee baking contest proved it. Physicians judged 23 cakes on appearance and taste.
First Place went to Susan Gordon, RN, Case Manager, for her Pineapple Upside Down Cak...
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