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METHODIST HEALTHCARE
had a big showing at this
year’s March of Dimes Walk for Babies. Greg Seiler,
CEO of Metropolitan Methodist Hospital, a campus
of Methodist Hospital, was chairman of this year’s
event. Hundreds of walkers, many of them pushing stroll-
ers with newborns and toddlers, turned up at SeaWorld
San Antonio for the big event.
The March of Dimes is a resource for moms and babies
everywhere. It helps moms take charge of their health,
and it supports families when something goes wrong.
The March of Dimes mission is to help moms have full-
term pregnancies and healthy babies. The organization
researches the problems that threaten newborns and
works on preventing them.
YOU WAKE UP
on a sleepy Sunday with severe abdomi-
nal pain. You know this is more than a minor stomach-
ache, but what could it be? The last thing you want to
do is spend all day waiting to be seen in the emergency
room (ER).
With just a tap on your iPhone or iPad touchscreen,
you now have quick and convenient access to emergency
medical help when and where you need it, thanks to
Methodist Healthcare’s new ER app.
The app lists Methodist Healthcare’s hospitals and
emergency centers throughout the city, along with ad-
dresses, ER wait times for most facilities and the distance
in miles from the app user. You can view maps, get direc-
tions or call each facility—all from inside the app. You
can also access Call-A-Nurse for Children—a service for
parents needing to reach specially trained pediatric nurses
after hours, on weekends and on holidays for medical
advice—or DoctorSource to help find specific physicians
by name, location or specialty.
CUT THE WAIT
The Methodist
Healthcare ER app uses GPS tech-
nology to locate you and help you
find the Methodist Healthcare ER
nearest to you, as well as see which
Methodist Healthcare hospitals
have the shortest wait times. You
can then find the health care facil-
ity best suited to treat your emer-
gency needs.
ER wait times are approximate
and represent a -hour rolling
average for each health care facility,
WHENEVER LIFE’S
EMERGENCIES HAPPEN
ER locations and wait times available at your ngertips
updating every 30 minutes. Wait times are also defined
as the time from the patient’s arrival until the time the
patient is greeted by a qualified medical professional, de-
fined as a physician, a physician assistant or an advanced
registered nurse practitioner. If you are having a medical
emergency, call 911.
“This app not only shows our commitment to keeping
San Antonio healthy, but also our commitment to technol-
ogy,” says Palmira Arellano, vice president of marketing
and public relations at Methodist Healthcare. “We want
to provide the best health care options for San Antonio,
and that goes hand-in-hand with keeping ourselves on
the forefront of technology. We are now a mobile world;
everyone should have access to the easiest, most conve-
nient health care option for them.”
GET THE APP
iPhone or iPad
users can download the free app
from the Apple App Store by
searching for “Methodist ER.”
iOS users can also access and
download the app by texting
“MHSER” to
99000
. Standard
text messaging fees may apply.
An Android version will be avail-
able soon. For more information
on the Methodist ER app, visit
www.MHSER.com.
M e t h o d i s t H e a l t h c a r e
Greg Seiler, CEO of MetropolitanMethodist Hospital,
is flanked by the March of Dimes 2015 Ambassador
Family—the Furlongs—all pictured here leading
the Walk for Babies. Erin Furlong is a labor and
delivery nurse at Metropolitan Methodist Hospital.
Her babies, Jack and Makenna, were born 78 days
before their due date. As part of the Ambassador
Family, Furlong shared her personal journey, and
her teamwas the No. 1 fundraising team, collecting
$8,028. Furlong herself raised $4,680.
THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT
AT WALK FOR BABIES!
“I was very proud to represent our hospitals’ mother/
baby programs,” says Seiler. “I was even more proud that
Methodist Healthcare had 51 teams, raising over $75,000.”
The eight hospitals thatmake up theMethodist Healthcare
family of hospitals in San Antonio were all represented.
Methodist Hospital, Methodist Metropolitan Hospital and
Methodist Stone Oak Hospital all have mother-baby and
NICU services, and are the most preferred hospitals by
mothers throughout South Texas.
e March of Dimes mission is
to help moms have full-term
pregnancies and healthy babies.
e new ER app helps you nd
the emergency care facility closest to
you—and with the shortest wait times.
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