Medical

National organization recognizes local doctor with INSPIRE Award

The American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) has recognized Dr. Nicole Hancock, a local internal medicine physician at Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas and Diagnostic Group, for her “inspiring” work in training internal medicine physicians, her dedication to patients and her commitment to...

Patients culled from care after deal deadlocks

On the heels of a stalled agreement between BlueCross BlueShield of Texas (BCBSTX) and Memorial Hermann health care, patients in Southeast Texas will no longer have in-network access to the physicians and facilities of the greater Houston Memorial Hermann campuses.

Five years after hospital closure, Orange to get new medical facility

CHRISTUS Southeast Texas and NexCore Group, a medical facility development company, held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Phase 1 of the Gisela Houseman Medical Campus (GHMC) in Orange on Jan. 24.

Safety guidance changes as Omicron cases climb

With COVID-19 case confirmations on a continued climb in the first two weeks of 2022 thanks to the exceedingly contagious Omicron variant, scores of Southeast Texans have no doubt been exposed in the not-so-distant past.