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CultureMap Dallas: New Frisco Location Doubles the Care Offered by Top-performing Children’s Hospital

CultureMap Dallas: New Frisco Location Doubles the Care Offered by Top-performing Children’s Hospital

by | May 14, 2019 | General News, Press Coverage

Scottish Rite Hospital is dedicated to providing world-renowned care for a wide-range of patients with orthopedic conditions. After 96 years, the hospital opened its second location in Frisco in order to serve more children. 

Scottish Rite for Children Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Center is located at the corner of Lebanon Road and the Dallas North Tollway. The campus features a state-of-the-art Movement Science Lab and physical therapy gym for sport-specific training and testing. 

Read more about the hospital’s Frisco location. 

Hometown Hero: The Sewing Ladies

Hometown Hero: The Sewing Ladies

by | May 7, 2019 | General News, Press Coverage

A specific group of volunteers at Scottish Rite Hospital, who call themselves The Sewing Ladies, have been a staple at the hospital since its earliest years. Originally, the group consisted mostly of wives of the hospital’s doctors. Now, the volunteers come from all different backgrounds but have one thing in common – they love to sew.

Between them, The Sewing Ladies have more than 800 years of sewing experience, and they put that experience to good use. Last year, the group of volunteers created more than 400 bed sheets and more than 500 hospital gowns for the hospital’s young patients.

Clarice Tinsley of FOX 4 recently featured the group in her “Hometown Heroes” segment.

Watch the full story here.

Physician Leadership: As health care moves to value, more leaders going to PROMs

Physician Leadership: As health care moves to value, more leaders going to PROMs

by | Apr 17, 2019 | General News, Press Coverage

Patient-reported outcome measures (PROM), which are stored in the clinical record, help physicians optimize treatment. These surveys can shed light on important factors following treatment, such as how the patient feels about their quality of life after treatment and whether everyday activities have improved.

Henry B. Ellis, M.D., a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at Scottish Rite Hospital, recently spoke with the American Association for Physician Leadership about the use of PROMs and how they help him and his team.

“PROMs really help us quantify the results of our treatment,” Ellis says. “And it will quantify their activity level following their treatment as well.”

Read the full story here.

WFAA Honors Scottish Rite Hospital’s Don Cummings

WFAA Honors Scottish Rite Hospital’s Don Cummings

by | Apr 15, 2019 | General News, Press Coverage

On April 5, 2019, several Scottish Rite Hospital staff members gathered before the break of dawn at the WFAA studio for a “Party on the Plaza” to celebrate a segment that was aired live that morning. The hospital’s Director of Prosthetics Don Cummings had no idea the story was actually about him.

Don, who has been at the hospital since 1987, was honored as WFAA Daybreak’s Rise and Shiner — an honor given to those dedicated to changing lives for the better through their work. Don was nominated by his peers and former patients at Scottish Rite Hospital, and the staff that showed up early Friday morning truly showed their support for Don and his family.

Watch the full segment here.

Scottish Rite Hospital Patients Depart For Annual Amputee Ski Trip

by | Feb 13, 2019 | General News, Press Coverage

Fourteen amputee patients from Scottish Rite Hospital received a grand send-off this week at DFW airport as they departed for the hospital’s annual Amputee Ski Trip. Representatives from Scottish Rite Hospital, American Airlines and DFW International Airport threw a party for the patients prior to their flight to Denver. The teenagers will spend a week at the National Sports Center for the Disabled (NCSD) in Winter Park, Colorado, where they will learn to ski and snowboard despite their limb differences.

Several patients discussed their excitement for the trip with local media, while representatives from the hospital offered insight on the benefits the trip provides to the kids. The goal of the trip is to foster a sense of self-confidence, discovery and independence for the patients. Snow skiing is well suited for amputees and, with special equipment, they can quickly become competitive and often excel at the sport.

Watch coverage of the send-off party from FOX 4 and CBS 11.

Dallas Mavericks Players Shoot Baskets With Scottish Rite Hospital Patients

by | Feb 12, 2019 | General News, Press Coverage

Dallas Mavericks players were joined by their mascot, Champ, last week as they visited patients at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. Three players from the Mavs shot baskets and played games with patients on the hospital’s multi-sport court. 

After an hour of shooting-around, the group headed inside to visit the hospital’s in-patient unit. Champ and the players passed out gift bags to each patient and posed for pictures with many of their families. The afternoon left a positive impact on both the patients and the players.

“It’s truly a blessing to get to spend some time with them, because they light up everybody that’s around them with their positive attitudes,” Dwight Powell, one of the Mavericks players on the visit, said.

Watch NBC 5’s coverage of the visit and see the Dallas Morning News’ photos from the day.