Becomes First Baylor Hospital in Denton County 

(DALLAS, June 15, 2009) – Trinity Medical Center is now Baylor Medical Center at Carrollton, effective June 15, 2009.

The 237-bed acute care hospital located at 4343 North Josey Lane opened in 1985 and provides a broad spectrum of medical and health care services to the communities of Carrollton, Lewisville, Farmer’s Branch and North Dallas. 

The hospital joins the Baylor Health Care System network through the purchase of 71-percent ownership interest in Trinity MC, LLC, the company that operates Trinity Medical Center.  Physicians own, and will continue to own the other 29-percent of Trinity MC, LLC.  Trinity MC, LLC has a 25-year lease agreement with the Metrocrest Hospital Authority to operate the hospital.

“Trinity and Baylor share compatible missions and values around integrity, servanthood, quality, innovation and stewardship.  We are excited to bring to Carrollton and Denton County a commitment to our vision—to be trusted as the best place to give and receive safe, quality compassionate care,” says Joel Allison, president and chief executive officer, Baylor Health Care System.

“We are delighted to become part of the Baylor family,” says Spencer Turner, president of Baylor Medical Center at Carrollton.  “Baylor is a nationally recognized health care leader.”

Baylor Medical Center at Carrollton employs approximately 700 people and has 487 physicians on its medical staff, representing 37 medical specialties.

In 2007, Trinity Medical Center received the 2007 Texas Healthcare Quality Improvement Award of Excellence from the Texas Medical Foundation Health Quality Institute, the Medicare Quality Improvement organization for Texas.

About Baylor Health Care System

Baylor Health Care System is a network of hospitals, primary care and specialty care centers, rehabilitation clinics, affiliated ambulatory surgery centers and the Baylor Research Institute.  One of the largest private-sector employers in Dallas/Fort Worth, Baylor employs more than 16,000 people and has more than 2,700 physicians on its medical staffs.  Baylor University Medical Center, flagship hospital of the system, is a major patient care, teaching and research center for the Southwest.  For fiscal year 2008, Baylor Health Care System will report $429.5 million in community benefit to the Texas Department of State Health Services.