Houston Methodist

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Houston Methodist is written by Bryant Boutwell and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0578659956 (ISBN 10) and 9780578659954 (ISBN 13).

On December 9, 1919, Dr. Oscar Norsworthy, a Houston physician raised in the piney woods of Jasper, Texas, sold his 30-bed hospital near downtown at the corner of Rosalie and San Jacinto to the Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. More than money, Dr. Norsworthy was interested in placing his hospital in the right hands, and these Methodists were people of faith, integrity, and business know-how. If they were willing to meet his conditions to expand the hospital and support the medical staff he had assembled from among the best physicians Houston had to offer, then they had a deal for $35,000. The contract was signed. Houston Methodist: The Hospital with a Soul is a story of that small hospital's growth and transformation from a struggling community hospital into one of the world's great medical treasures. It takes readers on an entertaining and informative journey that parallels the history of Houston as it chronicles the hospital's growth decade by decade. It is a story of leadership, dedicated health care professionals, and a generous community working together to build a world-renowned center of medical excellence. Today, what was a small hospital without air conditioning is now a family of eight trendsetting hospitals throughout Greater Houston. In 2019 Houston Methodist represents one of the leading independent academic medical centers in the nation and ranks as the number-one hospital in Texas year after year. As the stories will tell, whether confronting floods associated with names like Allison and Harvey or addressing other challenges, Houston Methodist learns from its past, corrects course with resilience, and moves forward with a faith-based momentum. As you take this journey into the past and on through to present day, you will see why Leading Medicine is not just a slogan but a way of life ingrained in the hospital the Methodists purchased a century ago and transformed in ways the founders never dreamed possible.