Community health

  • Community Health

    Community Health

    March 26, 2025
    Areas to support in community health Community health: By the numbers We invest in programming that improves health outcomes for all communities within the Baylor Scott & White footprint. Source: 2023 Community Health Needs Assessment Featured stories Learn how generous donors are helping Baylor Scott & White address community health needs in North Texas, empowering […]
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    Community Care Clinics

    March 21, 2025
    Meeting the needs of the underserved  Texas has the highest percentage of uninsured residents in the nation, and in North Texas, thousands of individuals and families face the harsh reality of living without access to consistent, quality healthcare. Many are battling chronic diseases—diabetes, hypertension, COPD—without the guidance of a primary care provider. For uninsured patients, […]
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    Street Medicine

    March 13, 2025
    The healthcare crisis among Dallas’ homeless population With an estimated 3,700 individuals experiencing homelessness in Dallas, many face chronic medical conditions, mental health challenges and limited access to consistent healthcare. As a result, emergency departments (EDs) often serve as a primary source of medical care. At Baylor University Medical Center (BUMC), over 10% of daily […]
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  • Juanita J. Craft Recreation Center

    Juanita J. Craft Recreation Center

    March 11, 2025
    A community in need  Residents of Southern Dallas face significant health challenges, exacerbated by food insecurity, income inequality and limited healthcare access. In the Frazier neighborhood, the rates of diabetes, heart disease, cancer and stroke are the highest in the city. Additionally, residents in surrounding ZIP codes are three times more likely to suffer from […]
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    St. Philip’s Community Care Clinic

    March 11, 2025
    A county in need In Dallas County, 1 in 5 residents lack public or private health insurance, leaving thousands of families without access to consistent, life-saving medical care. This challenge is especially urgent in South Dallas, where the rates of diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and stroke are the highest in the city. Without a regular […]
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  • Couple’s donation opens doors for underserved

    Couple’s donation opens doors for underserved

    March 10, 2025
    Myra and Darwin Smiths’ generous gift will help expand access to genetic counseling and community health worker programs.
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  • Making a difference in southern Dallas

    Making a difference in southern Dallas

    September 1, 2024
    For more than a decade, Baylor Scott & White Health’s Community Care Clinics have provided quality care for uninsured and underinsured patients. To help promote the health and well-being of residents in Southern Dallas, many of whom lack access to a medical home, generous philanthropists have chosen to support the new Baylor Scott & White […]
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    A medical home for the underserved

    June 1, 2023
    Philanthropists Harris and Anne Clark pledged their support of $2.5 million to Baylor Scott & White Douglass Community Clinic – Plano.
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  • Having a heart for Hispanic culture

    Having a heart for Hispanic culture

    March 1, 2020
    To address the opportunity for a strengthened connection with the growing Latino population in North Texas, a new Hispanic Heart Group program within Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital was created to provide care with a special understanding of the Hispanic culture.
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