In addition to its main hospital, Texas Health Plano has outpatient facilities to serve the region.[/caption]As it nears its 25th anniversary next year, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano is working to accommodate a growing region with a $50 million, 54,000-square-foot expansion to increase its number of operating rooms as well as their size. The hospital opened five new rooms in June and will be adding five more to be complete in late 2016. The rooms will take the place of a few of the hospital's older rooms that are too small to accommodate the new technology, according to hospital representatives.
“One of our major goals was to move from the community hospital to become more of a regional referral center,” Texas Health Plano President Josh Floren said. “For us, it meant we had to advance many of our services across the system and be prepared to do more highly acute, highly complex cases at this hospital.”
Texas Health is positioning itself on a hub-and-spoke model, with satellite clinics throughout Collin County and Texas Health Plano providing the more complex procedures, Floren said. Outpatient services are provided at several area clinics, including its Prosper facility, which is expected to open in late 2016. The outpatient facility will provide radiology services, emergency care, a pharmacy, physician offices and other services.
A nurse practioner clinic, the Texas Health Your Health Center, also opened Oct. 20 at 2300 14th St., Ste. 145 in Plano. The new model is meant to help better address the medical needs of an increasing population, as well as the increasing number of seniors in Plano, Floren said. With 366 beds, Texas Health is nearing capacity.
“The highest-growing segment of the population is retirees. We really have to start thinking about what we’re going to do moving forward,” Floren said. “For us, we would like to reach more people without having to ask them to come to us.”
Texas Health has been operating as a Level II trauma center since September, and is expected to receive the accreditation next fall. The status will help first responders in the Prosper, Little Elm and Carrollton areas.
“We decided to do this because the community needed us to go to a Level 2. We’re saving 15 to 20 minutes in an ambulance when they can be getting care. Minutes mean lives,” Floren said. “If they have to pass us anyway, we should be the first stop.”
The hospital’s critical care unit was awarded a gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence this year by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. The CCU was recognized for demonstrating improved patient outcomes and overall performance.
