ROCKWALL, TX (March 28, 2011) – Lake Pointe Breast Center is pleased to announce a partnership with the Bridge Breast Network to provide screening and diagnostic breast mammography for The Bridge and their clients. The Bridge Breast Network recently received a grant from the State of Texas to provide screening mammograms, in addition to diagnostic mammograms, to low income, uninsured women in Ellis, Navarro, Rockwall, Kaufman, Hunt and Collin Counties.
“We are pleased to offer our high-quality services to the Bridge Breast Network and those women receiving the benefits of The Bridge,” states Barbara Quast, RN, Breast Health Nurse Coordinator with the Lake Pointe Breast Center. “One of our goals at the breast center is to provide education and prevention services to the women in our local community. This relationship provides us the opportunity to give back to those in our local community that most need it.”
“We are excited to partner with the Lake Pointe Breast Center in providing screening and diagnostic services to uninsured and underinsured women,“ explains Terry Wilson-Gray, Executive Director of the Bridge Breast Network. “Lake Pointe provides us a high-quality provider that is convenient to women living Rockwall and Kaufman counties.”
The Lake Pointe Breast Center provides breast imaging services and education in Forney, Rockwall and Rowlett and is staffed by the only Breast Health Nurse Coordinator in the local community. Services includes screening and diagnostic digital mammography, diagnostic ultrasound, breast MRI, breast biopsy (including stereotactic-guided, ultrasound-guided, and MRI-guided), bone density, education and support groups.
ABOUT LAKE POINTE HEALTH NETWORK
Lake Pointe Health Network is a locally focused health network developed by Lake Pointe Medical Center and designed to improve access to healthcare services in Rockwall, Rowlett, Royse City and the surrounding communities. The network currently comprises Lake Pointe Medical Center, a 112-bed acute care hospital; Lake Pointe Imaging Centers, diagnostic imaging centers located in Rockwall and Forney; Lake Pointe Sleep Center, a four suite center offering services for both adults and children two years of age and older; Lake Pointe Breast Center, a center providing comprehensive breast care; Lake Pointe Wound Care Center, a comprehensive wound care center that includes hyperbaric oxygen therapy; Lake Pointe Urgent Care Center, located in Rockwall and offering lab and digital imaging services onsite; Lake Pointe Cardiac and Outpatient Rehabilitation, offering cardiac rehab, physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Lake Pointe Health Network is committed to providing high quality health care with a focus on the customer experience. To learn more about the facilities that comprise the Lake Pointe Health Network, please visit www.lakepointemedical.com.
ABOUT LAKE POINTE MEDICAL CENTER
Lake Pointe Medical Center is a 112-bed acute care hospital located at 6800 Scenic Drive in Rowlett. Lake Pointe Medical Center has been serving the residents of Rockwall, Rowlett, Royse City and the surrounding communities since 1987. The hospital provides a wide spectrum of medical services, including an emergency department with Fast Track services, a 14-bed intensive care unit, women's services, a Level II and Level III NICU, interventional cardiology, diagnostic imaging, and eight operating rooms. With a medical staff of over 400 physicians, Lake Pointe Medical Center provides most specialty services. The hospital holds CIGNA Center of Excellence Designations for Laparoscopic Gall Bladder Removal and Vaginal Delivery. The hospital is designated as a Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission. The hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission, the nation’s oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency, licensed by the state of Texas and certified for participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. To learn more about Lake Pointe Medical Center, visit www.lakepointemedical.com.
ABOUT BRIDGE BREAST NETWORK
History and Mission: The Bridge Breast Network is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to save lives by providing access to diagnostic and treatment services for breast cancer to low income, uninsured and under-insured individuals. The Bridge serves uninsured and underinsured women and men in 16 counties in the DFW area.
In the past decade, The Bridge has served over 100,000 North Texans and connected more than 10,000 with medical treatment. The Bridge was founded in 1992 to serve as the link between uninsured and under insured women and men and the life-saving care they so desperately need. Only through the help of volunteers and generous donations from the North Texas community is The Bridge able to carry out this vital mission. Status or circumstance shouldn’t be a factor in the fight against breast cancer. Cancer doesn’t care whether a person is Asian or Caucasian, 16 or 60, insured or not. The care shouldn’t discriminate either.
For every dollar donated, Bridge clients receive nearly 10 times that amount in medical care. Hundreds of physicians and medical facilities in the Metroplex have volunteered their professional services or drastically reduced their fees to make a large discount possible. Your tax-deductible donation goes toward lifesaving evaluations and treatment, such as biopsies, medication, and chemotherapy.
For more information on The Bridge Breast Network, visit us at www.bridgebreast.org, email us at info@bridgebreast.org or call us 214-821-3820.