Baylor Scott & Centro Médico Blanco - Taylor

Our comprehensive approach to diabetes care is committed to ongoing research, advanced treatment and development of management programs, specialized centers and collaborative care teams of specialists who provide services, including:

• Endocrinology to manage condition
• Nutrition management
• Cardiology and pulmonology for heart and lung care
• Neuroscience for care of the nervous system 
• Nephrology for kidney care
• Ophthalmology to prevent vision loss
• Orthopedics, physical medicine, and rehabilitation
• Podología

Our gastroenterologists and digestive disease specialists can help you, providing a full spectrum of care for patients with concerns involving the esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, rectum, gallbladder, pancreas, and liver.

Example services and procedures we offer include:

• Abdominal and endoscopic ultrasound
• Colonoscopia
• Evaluation of liver transplant candidates
• Percutaneous liver biopsy
• Placement of external feeding tubes (gastrostomy)
• Treatment of pancreatic diseases

Common digestive diseases we treat include:

• Acid reflux
• Enfermedad de Crohn
• Colon polyps
• Liver diseases
• C. diff
• Enfermedad de reflujo gastroesofágico (ERGE)
• Heartburn
• Hepatitis
• Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
• Swallowing disorders

Our emergency care services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week and treat major emergency conditions, including:

• Allergic reaction (hives, swelling)
• Animal, snake, or human bites 
• Huesos rotos 
• Blue or purple color to lips, skin, or nail beds 
• Chest or stomach pain or pressure 
• Coughing up blood
• Dificultad para respirar 
• Fainting
• Ataque al corazón
• Puncture wounds 
• Seizure
• Severe bleeding or bleeding that does not stop with direct pressure
• Severe burns or burns on the face 
• Severe pain or loss of motion or sensation anywhere in the body
• Dificultad para respirar
• Carrera
• Sudden dizziness, weakness, or change in vision
• Trauma
• Trouble breathing, swallowing or wheezing 

If you are experiencing a medical emergency, call 911 immediately or go to the nearest emergency room (please do not drive yourself).

Our ophthalmologists and optometrists diagnose, manage, and innovatively treat routine and specialty eye conditions and diseases, including:

• Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
• Cataracts
• Enfermedades de la córnea
• Diabetic retinopathy
• Glaucoma
• Refractive errors (astigmatisms, farsightedness, and nearsightedness)
• Enfermedades de la retina

Our cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, and other heart and vascular specialists study, prevent, diagnose and innovatively treat through state-of-the-art technology and breakthrough techniques advanced heart and vascular conditions, including: 

• Insuficiencia cardiaca avanzada
• Arrhythmia
• Angina (chest pain)
• Aneurysm
• Miocardiopatía
• Cardiopatía congénita
• Insuficiencia cardíaca congestiva
• Enfermedad de la arteria coronaria 
• Ataque al corazón
• Heart valve disease
• Alta presion sanguinea
• Colesterol alto
• Peripheral vascular disease (PVD)
• Pericarditis 

Advanced imaging technology provides clearer pictures for radiologists and other specialty physicians on the medical staff to provide a more accurate diagnosis that leads to a customized treatment plan, if needed, to start the healing process.

Services may* include:

• Artrografía
• Bone density measurement
• Imágenes de la mama
• CT scan (including low-dose lung cancer CT screening)
• Radiología intervencional
• MRI
• Myelogram
• Nuclear medicine (Nuclear PET scan, radiofrequency ablation, I-131 therapy for hyperthyroidism and thyroid cancer)
• Radioinmunoterapia
• ultrasonido
• Virtual colonoscopy
• Rayos X y fluoroscopia

* Please call this location for particular outpatient services. Typically, your doctor’s office will refer you to us if we have the imaging service you need.

Our hospitalists or inpatient medicine physicians provide care during your full stay at the hospital starting upon your hospital admission and coordinate with your primary care physician and helps with your discharge.

Our imaging centers provide potentially life-saving 2D and 3D mammograms and clinical breast exams to screen for breast cancer and other conditions that impact women and refer to specialty treatments and services, including:

• Breast calcifications
• Breast cysts
• Breast lumps
• Breast nipple discharge
• Breast pain
• Dense breasts

Our neurologists, neuroradiologists and neurosurgeons study, diagnose, and innovatively treat through advanced technologies to improve quality of life most brain and spine conditions, disorders and injuries, including:

• Enfermedad de Alzheimer
• Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS)
• Brain aneurysm
• Brain and spine tumors
• Concusión
• Demencia
• Epilepsia
• Essential tremors
• Headache treatment
• Hydrocephalus
• Trastornos del movimiento
• Esclerosis múltiple
• Neuromuscular disorders
• Enfermedad de Parkinson
• Pituitary tumors
• Cuidado del Acto
• Skull base tumors
• Traumatic brain injury

Our pain management specialists provide many options for comprehensive and advanced therapy and treatments focused on managing sensory and emotional impacts and restoring function brought on by different types and degrees of pain, including:

• Dolor crónico de espalda baja
• Dolor crónico
• Fibromialgia
• Dolor lumbar
• Dolor de cuello
• Dolor de espalda no específico
• Distrofia simpática refleja
• Dolor del nervio ciático

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Taylor offers diagnostic and treatment options to manage and treat acute and chronic respiratory and pulmonary disorders.

Los neumólogos de nuestro personal médico estudian y tratan enfermedades de los pulmones, las vías respiratorias y el tórax, cuidan a los enfermos de las unidades de cuidados intensivos y tratan los trastornos del sueño. Si la cirugía es necesaria, tenemos médicos en el personal médico especialmente entrenado en cirugía torácica.

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Taylor offers care for numerous lung conditions including:

• Embolia pulmonar aguda y crónica
• Asma
• La enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica (EPOC)
• Fibrosis quística
• Cáncer de pulmón
• Fibrosis pulmonar
• Hipertensión pulmonar
• Neumonía
• Trastornos del sueño
• Dejar de fumar
• Tuberculosis

Our team of physicians and therapists are dedicated to helping patients find the best way back through nonsurgical therapies from all types of injuries, illness, and acute and chronic conditions, including but not limited to:

• Trastornos musculoesqueléticos
• Trastornos neurológicos y lesiones
• Trastornos neurológicos y del desarrollo pediátricos
• Cuidados postoperatorios
• Lesiones deportivas

After surgery or a severe illness, a patient may need professional care to aid in recovery transition from hospital to home. Patients recovering from illness or injury such as stroke, heart attack, cardiac surgery, hip and knee replacements, pneumonia, wound infections and dehydration can benefit from skilled nursing services.

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Taylor is unique in offering this level of post-acute care or "swing bed service" which is not available in most acute care hospitals. The professional skilled nursing staff at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Taylor can provide a complete spectrum of care for the recovering patient (as prescribed by a physician) including:

• Physical therapy*
• Occupational therapy*
• Terapia del lenguaje
• IV  medication administration
• Respiratory therapy
• 24-hour skilled nursing car
• Cuidado de heridas

For more information, call our Case Manager at 737.888.3239 or 737.888.3230.

*Offered twice each week day and once a day on Saturday for strengthening, mobility training, advanced wound care, balance or vestibular rehabilitation.

Our sleep program is dedicated to alleviating symptoms and improve sleep patterns and daily life by offering a full range of innovative diagnostic and treatment procedures to treat a variety of sleep disorders, including:

• Central sleep apnea
• Insomnio
• Narcolepsia
• Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
• Parasomnias
• Pediatric sleep disorders
• Periodic limb movements
• Sindrome de la pierna inquieta
• Ronquidos

Our surgeons offer pioneering innovations and advanced surgical offerings and services backed by research-based enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) to support patient outcomes, including: 

• Cirugía cardiotorácica
• Cirugía de colon y recto
• Cirugía General
• Cirugía ginecológica
• Cirugía de cabeza y cuello
• Ophthalmic surgery
• Cirugía Ortopédica
• Cirugía Pediátrica
• Cirugía plástica
• Medicina y Cirugía Podiátrica
• Cirugía Robótica
• Oncología Quirúrgica 
• Cirugía urológica
• Cirugía vascular

Our multidisciplinary teams who specialist in wound care, hyperbarics, and /or enterostomal therapy work to create a custom and comprehensive treatment plan to a variety of wounds, including:

• Abdominal stomas
• Arterial wounds
• Atypical wounds
• Diabetic lower extremity wounds
• Úlceras diabéticas
• Quemaduras menores
• New or non-healing surgical wounds
• Non-healing wounds of any kind
• Pressure ulcers (bed sores)
• Radiation wounds
• Traumatic wounds
• Venous wounds 

An automated teller machine (ATM) is available in the lobby of the specialty clinic/day surgery department on the first floor.

We are proud to be a part of Baylor Scott & White Health, a system invested in improving community health by addressing identified community health needs. We invite you to read our hospitals' reports on community benefit to find out more about our financial stewardship and how we fulfill community needs as part of this exceptional network of hospitals.

View our benefit report

Visitor information/concierge desks are located in the main entrance of the medical center, where staff can assist you with general information, maps, notary public services and local eateries/hotel listings.

Public-use telephones can be found in the emergency department lobby on the first floor.

Visitors may visit the Café for light meals or order food trays from the dietary department. Contact a staff member for ordering assistance. Some local food establishments will deliver food to the main entrance of the hospital.

Baylor Scott & White Health es un defensor de una mayor transparencia en los precios de atención médica y asequibilidad para los pacientes. Brindamos una herramienta de estimación de precios de autoservicio para ayudarlo a obtener estimaciones precisas de gastos de bolsillo, junto con otros recursos útiles para ayudarlo a tomar decisiones financieras más informadas sobre su atención.

Puede solicitar copias de sus registros médicos completando un formulario de Autorización para la divulgación de información y regresando al centro donde recibió la atención.

Debido a que nuestro personal se preocupa tanto por aquellos a quienes ayudamos, hay quienes a menudo van más allá de la llamada para brindar un gran cuidado.

Security officers regularly patrol the Taylor campus. To inquire about lost or found items, please contact 737.888.3100.

Hay salones designados para visitantes en pisos de pacientes. Áreas específicas han sido designadas para invitados en otras áreas. Si está en un grupo grande, le pedimos que considere a las familias de otros pacientes cuando el número de asientos es limitado. Las computadoras portátiles inalámbricas se pueden usar en la mayoría de las áreas conectándose a nuestra red inalámbrica de visitantes. Las estaciones de carga y los puntos de venta también están disponibles en áreas selectas de salones.

Please restrict your use of these devices to visitor lounges and non-patient care areas.

Contamos con nuestros voluntarios generosos para proporcionar varios servicios especiales. Cada voluntario mejora la experiencia del paciente de alguna manera al apoyar nuestra cultura de servicio al cliente. Únase a las filas de nuestros voluntarios para involucrarse y hacer una diferencia.