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Air Medical has strong ties to the San Antonio Healthcare and Biosciences
Industry, which is the largest and most dominant sector of the San Antonio
economy. In 2002, the total economic impact of the industry was $11.9
billion and it employed over 100,000 people or 14% of the entire San
Antonio workforce. The medical care and research conducted is at a
world-class level. San Antonio has 3 level 1 trauma centers, each working
in close collaboration with each other. This is the only Trauma Consortium
of its kind anywhere in the United States.
San Antonio is internationally renowned for world-class hospitals and
medical care, having received the “Best In Class” designation in
Cardiology, Transplants, Urology, Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, Burn
Treatment and Women Services. The South Texas Medical Center, which is
considered the largest medical center for health care facilities in the
United States in terms of land mass, employs 26,000 medical professionals
and serves 4.5 million patients a year.
The core of San Antonio’s health
care industry is comprised of:
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21 hospitals and intensive care facilities.
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35 internationally respected medical and
biological research centers.
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Five post-graduate medical schools.
Principal hospital in the South Texas Medical
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- Methodist Healthcare is the largest, most preferred healthcare
provider in South Texas, providing health care to close to 40% of all
patients in San Antonio. Furthermore, Methodist Hospital, the flagship
hospital for Methodist Healthcare is the largest provider of health care
to patients from South Texas that come to San Antonio for health care
- Methodist Healthcare consists of 22 healthcare facilities, with 7
acute care hospitals, including the Methodist Heart Hospital and
Methodist Children’s Hospital of South Texas
- Methodist Healthcare is the second largest San Antonio employer with
close to 7,000 employees. Approximately 2,800 physicians also practice
in a Methodist Healthcare hospital
- Methodist Hospital is the largest provider of health services in
South Texas to international patients. To meet the needs of this market,
Methodist Healthcare has a dedicated international department with
multi-lingual staff.
- Methodist Healthcare’s Texas Transplant Institute is the largest
provider of kidney transplants in the region, and in the top five in the
nation.
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