Glen Rose Medical Center is continually looking for ways to improve our patient experience, recently GRMC applied for a grant available through The Hillcrest Foundation, a philanthropic organization created by Mrs. W.W. Caruth, Sr. (Mrs. Earle Clark Caruth) in 1958 to promote financial support for qualified Texas charitable organizations for the advancement of education, the promotion of health and the relief of poverty.

Mrs. W.W. Caruth, Sr. was from a pioneer family who settled in the Dallas area in 1848. The Hillcrest Foundation was created to carry the Caruth Family’s generosity to the people of Texas.

With the wonderful news that we had been awarded the grant, we went right to work, with careful consideration we chose to upgrade 8 of our Emergency Room patient beds and 5 of our Med/Surg (inpatient) beds. We chose the Stryker Big Wheel Beds for the ER as well as Stryker beds for our inpatient rooms. The addition of the new beds allows for safety alarm monitoring, accurate weight assist, the mattress can be inflated/deflated to assist with patient specific pressure points.

In addition to the new patient beds, we purchased a new ventilator. With the addition to our hospitalist program, we are able to care for a high level of acuity (sicker) patient. Our new ventilator is the newest technology, allowing for easier patient transport for scans, and overall better care for the patient.

We were honored to have members of the Caruth family tour the hospital, see the benefit of their generous contribution to the medical center, tour the radiology department and learn all about the new CT scanner and 3D mammography machine and meet the team at GRMC. We truly enjoyed and appreciated the visit.

The team at Glen Rose Medical Center has been diligently upgrading and adding new physicians and services to better serve our community, keeping patients closer to home with family and friends.

We would love to see you at our monthly Coffee Talk at Grounded Coffee Shop, the second Friday of each month at 9:00 a.m. We will talk about what’s new and coming to GRMC as well as meeting other people in the community. Stop by we’ll buy you a cup of coffee and talk. Come grow with us.