Texas Health Resources
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Texas Health Resources is a non-profit company that operates a network of hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....

s and related health facilities in the North Texas
North Texas
North Texas is a distinct cultural and geographic area forming the central-northeastern section of the U.S. state of Texas. North Texas is generally considered to include the area south of Oklahoma, east of Abilene, and north of Waco...

 region of the United States
United States
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. It is one of the largest faith-based
Faith-based
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, nonprofit health care
Health care
Health care is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is delivered by practitioners in medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and other care providers...

 delivery systems in the United States
United States
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 and the second largest in North Texas
North Texas
North Texas is a distinct cultural and geographic area forming the central-northeastern section of the U.S. state of Texas. North Texas is generally considered to include the area south of Oklahoma, east of Abilene, and north of Waco...

 in terms of patient
Patient
A patient is any recipient of healthcare services. The patient is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, veterinarian, or other health care provider....

s served (Baylor Health Care System ranks first, with 239 access points and 1,819,245 total patient encounters during its last fiscal year, ending June 30, 2010.) . Its mission statement
Mission statement
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 is "To improve the health of the people in the communities we serve."

History

THR leaders formed the system in 1997 with the assets of Fort Worth-based Harris Methodist Health System and Dallas-based Presbyterian Healthcare Resources. Later that year, Arlington Memorial Hospital
Arlington Memorial Hospital
Arlington Memorial Hospital is a full-service acute-care medical center located in Arlington, Texas with 417 licensed beds....

joined the THR system..

Hospitals

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen

Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Azle

Texas Health Burleson

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Kaufman

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Stephenville

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth

Texas Health Specialty Hospital

Texas Health Harris Methodist Alliance - Scheduled opening in 2012.

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital-WNJ Sherman (THR acquired Wilson N. Jones Medical Center on April 15, 2010)
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