DALLAS, Texas — Tenet Healthcare Corporation and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso will develop a new teaching hospital and an 110,000-square-foot medical office building in west El Paso, Texas. The new hospital will have capacity up to 140 beds and will operate as a part of the Sierra Providence Health Network, Tenet’s system of hospitals and outpatient centers in El Paso. It will serve as a teaching hospital for medical students, nursing students, resident physicians and faculty from TTUHSC’s Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, eventually offering training for approximately 75 medical residents across a multi-year program.
“We are proud to expand our El Paso network to include educating the next generation of healthcare professionals, many of whom we hope will choose to remain in the region after their training,” said Trevor Fetter, president and CEO of Tenet Healthcare. “With today’s announcement, Tenet’s recently completed and planned investments in the community will exceed $550 million over a 10 year period, and we are pleased to continue our commitment to the health and well-being of this important region.”
The facilities, technology and medical research capability at the new hospital will advance educational training in specialties such as emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics, pediatrics, psychiatry, radiology and surgery, and provide new clinical research opportunities.
SPHN and TTUHSC also recently announced the development of the city’s first geriatric behavioral health unit that will be located on SPHN’s Providence Memorial Hospital campus. The $2.1-million unit will have 12 private rooms and will serve the needs of patients aged 65 and older.
This announcement is the latest in a series of collaborations and significant investments by Tenet to enhance the healthcare services offered to the City of El Paso and the surrounding communities. Earlier this year, SPHN announced a partnership with the University of Texas at El Paso to advance research projects related to general health, disease prevention and advanced medical care. Last year, Sierra Medical Center and Providence Memorial Hospital announced a $120-million investment in upgraded technology, expanded service lines and aesthetic remodeling, in addition to a $67-million expansion at Sierra Providence East Medical Center that was announced in 2012. Today, SPHN is the second-largest private employer in the City of El Paso, with the new hospital projected to initially add more than 300 new jobs.
Construction on the new teaching hospital is scheduled to begin in 2014 and be completed in the fall of 2016.
