South Texas Health System

South Texas Health System Largest Provider of Healthcare in the Valley! South Texas Health System is owned and operated by a subsidiary of Universal Health Services, Inc.

With six hospitals located throughout Southern Texas, South Texas Health System offers a comprehensive array of medical services, including cardiovascular, maternity and women's health, emergency and surgical care, along with specialty programs in transplant, chest pain, pediatrics, diabetes, wound care, bariatric surgery, orthopedics, neurosurgery, rehabilitation, and behavioral health services. The hospitals of South Texas Health System include South Texas Health System McAllen, South Texas Health System Heart, South Texas Health System Edinburg / Edinburg Regional Rehab Center, South Texas Health System Children's, Cornerstone Regional Hospital and South Texas Behavioral Health Center. (UHS), a King of Prussia, PA-based company, that is one of the largest healthcare management companies in the nation. Cornerstone Regional Hospital is directly or indirectly owned and operated by a partnership that includes a subsidiary of Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS), a King of Prussia, PA-based company, that is one of the largest healthcare management companies in the nation, and physician owners, including certain members of the hospital medical staff. Social media accounts are managed by Marketing. We are unable to provide medical advice through social media. Please contact your physician, or in case of emergency, call 911. Although we do our best to respond to comments and messages, there may be a delay in response time, and we may not be able to respond due to the nature of the message. Please visit our website for language assistance, disability accommodations, the non-discrimination notice, Terms of Service and other important disclaimers.

Celebrating Together, Supporting Always: Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative condition in th...
01/05/2026

Celebrating Together, Supporting Always: Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative condition in the U.S., per the National Institutes of Health, with an estimated 500,000 Americans having a confirmed diagnosis.

Recently, program leaders from the South Texas Health System McAllen Outpatient Rehabilitation Center closed out the year with their first-ever Parkinson’s Disease Support Group Holiday Mixer.

The special gathering brought patients and their families/caregivers and staff together to connect, reflect and celebrate the strength of the community. Support group meetings like these are especially important during the holiday season when connection, understanding and encouragement can make a meaningful difference. They offer a safe space to share experiences, reduce isolation and remind everyone that no one needs to face Parkinson’s alone.

Parkinson’s Disease Support Group meetings are open to all individuals living with Parkinson’s disease, their caregivers, family members and friends and are held every third Tuesday of the month at 11:30 am in the Private Dining Room at STHS McAllen.

Thank you to our dedicated leaders and participants for making this inaugural mixer a heartfelt success.

For more information on the support group, call 956-971-5640, or visit the STHS Facebook events page at https://bit.ly/4pzICRG.

Knockin' It Out of the Park! The South Texas Health System Regional Operations Center recently celebrated the Christmas ...
01/05/2026

Knockin' It Out of the Park! The South Texas Health System Regional Operations Center recently celebrated the Christmas season with a festive holiday door decorating contest.

Open to all departments within the STHS Regional Operations Center, each team brought creativity and holiday spirit to life by decorating their doors. Entries were judged based on creativity, completion and originality, making the competition both fun and inspiring.

Congratulations to the following winners:

🥇 1st Place: Information Services Department
Theme: “Christmas Connectivity”

🥈 2nd Place: Supply Chain Department
Theme: “Welcome to the Grinch Workshop”

🥉 3rd Place: Human Resources Department
Theme: “O Christmas Tree”

A big thank you to everyone who participated and helped spread holiday cheer throughout the building. Your enthusiasm and teamwork truly made this year’s contest a seasonal success!

Sticking to a New Year's Diet: Nearly half of U.S. adults resolve to start a new diet in the new year, per a survey by t...
01/04/2026

Sticking to a New Year's Diet: Nearly half of U.S. adults resolve to start a new diet in the new year, per a survey by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. Unfortunately, only about 75% of resolutions are kept past the first week of January.

This week is Diet Resolution Week, an initiative which aims to lend support to those dedicated to losing weight in the new year that empowers a healthier lifestyle through resolute dietary commitments.

So, to help those hoping to diet, South Texas Health System offers the following tips on how to stick to a healthy meal plan:

🥗 Set achievable dietary goals
📔 Keep a food diary
🥦 Limit processed foods
🏃🏻‍♀️ Engage in regular physical activity
💪🏼 Seek support from friends or family for encouragement & accountability
🥳 Document progress & celebrate milestones

To learn more about adopting healthy habits that are right for you, consult with your doctor. If you don’t have a primary care physician, you can find one by visiting doctors.southtexashealthsystem.com.

Take Your Healthcare Career to New Heights! If you’re an exceptional individual passionate about making a difference in ...
01/04/2026

Take Your Healthcare Career to New Heights! If you’re an exceptional individual passionate about making a difference in the lives of others, South Texas Health System is currently hiring for multiple positions across its 12 facilities.

Whether you directly provide quality, compassionate care to patients or work behind the scenes to help keep a facility running smoothly, here’s your chance to join the largest integrated network of care in the Rio Grande Valley. STHS offers competitive salaries, a great benefits package and sign-on bonuses for qualified applicants.

For a complete list of available positions and to apply, visit https://bit.ly/491IC7Z.

Confidence in Birth: For expectant parents, it’s normal to feel anxious and not fully prepared for the impending arrival...
01/03/2026

Confidence in Birth: For expectant parents, it’s normal to feel anxious and not fully prepared for the impending arrival of a new addition. But South Texas Health System is here to help!

The Maternity Center at STHS McAllen and STHS Edinburg offer childbirth education classes to help expectant mothers learn about body changes during pregnancy, the stages of labor, delivery and postpartum care, and the basics of breastfeeding.

The classes, held on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at STHS McAllen and STHS Edinburg, are available for $50 for non-registered patients and at no cost for parents pre-registered at STHS Edinburg or STHS McAllen.

For more information, including a list of classes for 2026 at The Maternity Center at STHS Edinburg, visit, https://bit.ly/4aFUwWk.

For information on the classes offered at STHS McAllen, visit https://bit.ly/4qvyav9.

Be sure to also check out the STHS Facebook Events page for additional details https://bit.ly/4928pNk

New Year, New Mindset: The New Year offers a psychological clean slate, making it easier to break old patterns and embra...
01/03/2026

New Year, New Mindset: The New Year offers a psychological clean slate, making it easier to break old patterns and embrace new, positive behaviors.

A mental health reset helps in clearing past stress, gaining clarity and proactively building resilience through reflection, setting intentional goals and creating sustainable habits for improved emotional well-being.

So here are some strategies for a mental health reset:

🪞 Reflect & reframe
✅ Set intentional goals
😴 Prioritize rest
🏠 Declutter
🔌 Unplug
🧘 Embrace self-care
🤝 Seek support

If your mental health is suffering, seek professional support. STHS Behavioral can help. For a confidential assessment, call the facility’s hotline at 956-388-1300.

For more information and health updates, check out our latest South Texas Health Minute on ValleyCentral.com. bit.ly/3YDvtvT

01/02/2026

Let's Talk Mind-Body Wellness

The mind-body connection is vital for overall health because your thoughts, emotions and behaviors directly influence physical health, and your physical state affects mental well-being. It’s a powerful, two-way link that communicates through complex systems like hormones, neurotransmitters and the nervous system, impacting everything from stress response to mood and overall vitality, benefiting everything from sleep to chronic disease management.
The principle behind holistic health, nurturing this link between the mind and body through practices like mindfulness, physical activity and healthy habits improves resilience, reduces inflammation and fosters better health outcomes.
Unfortunately, chronic negative emotions have been linked with a number of health problems, including heart disease, high blood pressure and immune dysfunction.
While about 80% of U.S. adults recognize the link between mental and physical health, according to Mental Health America, translating that awareness into holistic wellness remains a challenge.
So, to help Rio Grande Valley residents better understand the important connection between the mind and body, South Texas Health System Behavioral will dedicate its first Let’s Talk Mental Health webinar of 2026 to mind-body wellness, including practical tools to help reduce stress, improve emotional balance, and support overall wellness through mindful awareness and intentional self-care.
During the online seminar, a mental health professional will highlight ways to integrate physical care with mental practices to improve overall health, including leveraging activities, creative outlets and social connection while learning to set boundaries to reduce overwhelm and build resilience.

Crumb-pletely Irresistible Designs! It's easy to get into the holiday spirit without getting your hands dirty, as eviden...
01/02/2026

Crumb-pletely Irresistible Designs! It's easy to get into the holiday spirit without getting your hands dirty, as evidenced by South Texas Health System McAllen's gingerbread house decorating contest.

Recently, STHS McAllen's departments battled it out while showing off their creativity with design themes that included a Barbie Dreamhouse, Polar Express and Santa’s Workshop at the North Pole.

While all the decorations were deliciously inventive, it was the staff in the Radiology Department, 4 East, 5 East and 5 West that earned bragging rights for best in dough.

Congratulations to the staff at STHS McAllen for taking the top prizes and thank you to all participants for your creative crumb-structions!

Celebrating Two All-Stars with Heart! When it comes to demonstrating extraordinary professionalism, service excellence a...
01/02/2026

Celebrating Two All-Stars with Heart! When it comes to demonstrating extraordinary professionalism, service excellence and great teamwork, the staff at South Texas Health System Heart always goes above and beyond. Two of the facility's all-stars were recently honored with STHS' ACE IT Award!

Under the recent leadership of Jason Waller, STHS Heart's Emergency Department Clinical Supervisor, performance metrics and patient satisfaction have been on a positive trajectory at the facility, meeting and exceeding goals and expectations. He seeks to be a role model for his team, and he addresses productivity, efficiency and patient care standards.

Meanwhile, Joe Cavazos, a registered nurse in the hospital’s Critical Care Unit, is a perfect example of who a team player in nursing should strive to be. He arrives every day with a smile, upbeat attitude, professionalism and a fantastic joking bedside manner that puts patients and families at ease.

Congratulations, Jason and Joe, for your commitment to putting all your HEART into providing quality care to our patients!

Tiny Cheers to the New Year! The start of a new year is a time to celebrate all that we have to look forward to or the n...
01/01/2026

Tiny Cheers to the New Year! The start of a new year is a time to celebrate all that we have to look forward to or the next 365 days.

For the Nuñez Family, there's an abundance of special firsts, with quality time with a new family member among the things they'll look forward to most in 2026.

Baby Luis was born at The Maternity Center at South Texas Health System Edinburg on December 28, at 9:27 a.m., weighing 8 lbs., 6 oz. and measuring 20.5 in. long.

Congratulations to the Nuñez family!

Here's wishing eveyone a Happy 2026 filled with love, good health and many blessings!

Out with the Old, In with the New! The New Year is deemed an opportune time for a "fresh start" because it allows people...
01/01/2026

Out with the Old, In with the New! The New Year is deemed an opportune time for a "fresh start" because it allows people to reflect on the past year, let go of failures and approach the new year with renewed motivation and a sense of possibility to set and reach new goals.

As you plot your course for 2026, South Texas Health System wishes you and yours a healthy, safe and joyous new year.

Wishing you a prosperous and successful 2026!

Balance the Mind, Support the Body: The mind-body connection is vital for overall health because your thoughts, emotions...
12/31/2025

Balance the Mind, Support the Body: The mind-body connection is vital for overall health because your thoughts, emotions and behaviors directly influence physical health, and your physical state affects mental well-being. It’s a powerful, two-way link that communicates through complex systems like hormones, neurotransmitters and the nervous system, impacting everything from stress response to mood and overall vitality, benefiting everything from sleep to chronic disease management.

While about 80% of U.S. adults recognize the link between mental and physical health, per the Mental Health America, translating that awareness into holistic wellness remains a challenge.

So, to help Rio Grande Valley residents better understand the important connection between the mind and body, South Texas Health System Behavioral will dedicate its first Let’s Talk Mental Health webinar of 2026 to mind-body wellness, including practical tools to help reduce stress, improve emotional balance, and support overall wellness through mindful awareness and intentional self-care.

Streaming live via STHS’ page tomorrow, Thursday, January 1, from 5:30 - 6:30 pm, an STHS Behavioral mental health professional will highlight ways to integrate physical care with mental practices to improve overall health, including leveraging activities, creative outlets and social connection while learning to set boundaries to reduce overwhelm and build resilience.

For complete details, visit the STHS Facebook Events page. http://spklr.io/618181awZ

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With six hospitals located throughout Southern Texas, South Texas Health System offers a comprehensive array of medical services, including cardiovascular, maternity and women's health, emergency and surgical care, along with specialty programs in transplant, chest pain, pediatrics, diabetes, wound care, bariatric surgery, orthopedics, neurosurgery, rehabilitation, and behavioral health services. The hospitals of South Texas Health System include South Texas Health System McAllen, South Texas Health System Heart, South Texas Health System Edinburg / Edinburg Regional Rehab Center, South Texas Health System Children’s, Cornerstone Regional Hospital and South Texas Behavioral Health Center. South Texas Health System is owned and operated by a subsidiary of Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS), a King of Prussia, PA-based company, that is one of the largest healthcare management companies in the nation. Cornerstone Regional Hospital is directly or indirectly owned and operated by a partnership that includes a subsidiary of Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS), a King of Prussia, PA-based company, that is one of the largest healthcare management companies in the nation, and physician owners, including certain members of the hospital medical staff. Hospital social media accounts are managed by the hospital marketing team. We are unable to provide medical advice through social media. Please contact your physician, or in case of emergency, call 911. Although we do our best to respond to comments and messages, there may be a delay in response time, and we may not be able to respond due to the nature of the message. Thank you.

Physicians are independent practitioners who are not employees or agents of this hospital. The hospital shall not be liable for actions or treatments provided by physicians. For language assistance, disability accommodations and the non-discrimination notice, visit our website.