{"id":16,"date":"2017-07-26T21:11:17","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T21:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/medicine-division\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2025-10-13T09:21:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T14:21:30","slug":"patient-care","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/medicine\/patient-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Patient Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The clinical activities of the Department of Medicine reflect our commitment to excellence. Our goal is to deliver compassionate, patient-centered, high quality, evidence-based treatment to all of the many patients who entrust their health care to us. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is our passion and our promise to deliver this to the people of San Antonio, South Texas and beyond. Across numerous sites and interdisciplinary environments, Department faculty deliver state-of-the-art care that is seamlessly integrated with our parallel missions of educating tomorrow\u2019s future physicians and innovating through research.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We partner with several institutions in San Antonio and South Texas, including\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.universityhealthsystem.com\/\">University Health System<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vasthcs.med.va.gov\/\">South Texas Veterans\u2019 Health Care System<\/a>, our primary teaching hospitals, and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.santarosahealth.org\/\">CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health Care System<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;] \n        <a class=\"panel no-equilizer panel-mobile text-center colorized\" href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/medicine\/patient-care\/clinical-sites\/\" title=\"\" target=\"\">\n            <span class=\"circle close2x mid-icon\"><span><i class=\"icon-star\"><\/i><\/span><\/span><br>\n            <h3 >Clinical Sites<\/h3>\n            <p><\/p>\n        <\/a> \n        <a class=\"panel no-equilizer panel-mobile text-center colorized colorized-academics\" href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/medicine\/patient-care\/traditions-of-excellence\/\" title=\"\" target=\"\">\n            <span class=\"circle close2x mid-icon\"><span><i class=\"fa fa-user-md\"><\/i><\/span><\/span><br>\n            <h3 >Patient Care: Traditions of Excellence<\/h3>\n            <p><\/p>\n        <\/a>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;panel outline match&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"text-center\">\n<div class=\"circle colorized-patientcare close2x mid-icon\">\n<div><i class=\"icon-doctor mid-icon\"><!-- --><\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"lighter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/providers.uthscsa.edu\/\">Find a Doctor<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>With over 800 providers, we offer the most comprehensive care in South Texas.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button carat-double\" href=\"https:\/\/providers.uthscsa.edu\/\">Physicians &amp; Providers<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;panel outline match&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"text-center\">\n<div class=\"circle colorized-patientcare close2x mid-icon\">\n<div><i class=\"icon-star mid-icon\"><!-- --><\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"lighter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/providers.uthscsa.edu\/locations\/\">Find a Location<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Over 1.2 million people are seen at more than 20&nbsp;locations throughout South Texas.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button carat-double\" href=\"https:\/\/providers.uthscsa.edu\/locations\/\">Practices &amp; Locations<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]The clinical activities of the Department of Medicine reflect our commitment to excellence. 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