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Located mid-way between Dallas and Shreveport, Tyler has a wide range of appeal and serves as the business and recreation center of a large geographical area. It is the largest city in East Texas.
The area has also become a popular retirement destination with its close proximity to lakes, golfing, shopping, and medical facilities coupled with a warm climate and low cost of living.
Tyler features a large, state-of-the-art medical community, built around a series of major hospital and clinic systems, including the East Texas Medical Center (ETMC) and Trinity Mother Frances, that serve all of the East Texas region.
Every year ETMC serves more than 300,000 East Texas residents through its strategy is to provide care in rural areas whenever possible. The ETMC system is organized so that primary care is provided in the rural health clinics. Secondary care is also provided locally in the ETMC affiliate hospitals. High-level secondary and tertiary care is provided at ETMC Tyler. And ETMC EMS provides emergency care and medically necessary transportation within the region and ETMC Home Health covers the entire system.
Trinity Mother Frances has a proud tradition of over 70 years of dedicated service to the residents of East Texas. As national leader in patient satisfaction, advanced technology and quality initiatives, Trinity Mother Frances is a faith-based, not-for-profit organization dedicated to creating healthy lives for people and communities.
East Texas Medical Center (ETMC) and Trinity Mother Frances Hospital are the two largest job employers in the Tyler area, each with about 3,800 employees.
While ETMC and Trinity Mother Frances have their major hospitals located in Tyler proper, these institutions offer large, fully-equipped clinics in locales such as Canton, Jacksonville, Lake Palestine, Pittsburg, Athens, Lindale, Whitehouse, and many other East Texas sites.
In addition, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler (UTHSCT), located just northeast of Tyler on U.S. 271, is a unique medical center providing a wide range of therapies and treatment.
East
Texas Medical Center (ETMC)
Trinity
Mother Frances Hospitals & Clinics
UT Health Science Center at Tyler
Smith County Medical Society
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