“There is actually a lot more organizing happening,” Cumpton said. It’s part of a rising trend according to Greg Cumpton, who researches union efforts as co-director of the Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources at the University of Texas at Austin’s LBJ School of Public Affairs. This vote comes at a time when other workers in Central Texas have pushed to unionize recently, including at several Starbucks locations in Austin as well as Tiff’s Treats. “I think the deteriorating work conditions - especially through the COVID crisis and pandemic and the hemorrhaging of staff that we had, with the minimal retention efforts that our facility was trying to make for them - really just put us to the breaking point where we said something’s got to change,” Clark added. More information will be available as this project continues to unfold.According to the union, nurses said they’d like to work with the hospital to address issues like short-staffing, recruitment and retention. “With the addition of the women’s tower, we’re excited to offer even more advanced women’s health services to help support our region’s fast-growing population.”Īscension Seton Medical Center Austin is located at W 38th St., Austin, TX 78705. George Macones, leader of women’s health services at Ascension Seton. “We strive to be the preeminent provider of comprehensive women’s health services in Austin and beyond,” said Dr. These investments are part of a comprehensive, ongoing plan by Ascension Seton, in partnership with Dell Medical School at the University of Texas and UT Health Austin, to continue expanding care for women in Central Texas. The new women’s tower follows other exciting expansions to women’s health services at Ascension Seton, including the expansion of Maternal Fetal Medicine services across Ascension Texas, the addition of the new Comprehensive Fetal Care Center and Specialized Delivery Unit at Dell Children’s Medical Center, Level IV Maternal Designation at Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin, and continued growth of subspecialty gynecology services across the network. Ascension Seton has seen an increased demand for women’s healthcare needs in Central Texas, and that the health system continues to grow to meet those needs. High quality care continues to be a primary focus for Ascension Seton. Women’s services expansions across Ascension Texas Construction on the new women’s tower will begin in fall 2022, and the tower is expected to open in fall 2024. A philanthropic effort to support the expansion of women’s health services at Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin will be launched in the fall of 2022. growth for other women’s services, including urogynecology, gynecologic oncology, breast diagnostics and surgeryĬommunity investment and partnership remains vital to growth at Ascension Seton.areas for minimally invasive gynecologic surgeries.private Neonatal Intensive Care Unit rooms.capacity for approximately 7,500 deliveries.patient-centered design with the addition of 28 inpatient beds for women’s clinical services.Totaling 282,000 square feet, the tower will feature: The new, comprehensive women’s tower will be located on the south side of the Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin campus, on the corner of 34th Street and Medical Parkway. “Ascension Seton will continue to focus on ways to meet the needs and expectations of our community and be a destination for high quality, individualized women’s services in Central Texas.” Development of new women’s tower This expansion enables us to deliver personalized and compassionate care for our patients and creates the best place to practice medicine for our physician partners,” said Andy Davis, President and CEO of Ascension Texas.
“In serving our community for 120 years, Ascension Seton is committed to creating an experience that is designed for and by women. The name of the new women’s tower will be announced at a later date. It will also create additional space where physicians can provide an exceptional patient experience, achieve world class outcomes, and train the caregivers of tomorrow. The tower will expand access to Ascension Seton’s comprehensive women’s health services in Central Texas with advanced clinical services for women’s health, increased patient capacity, high-quality, optimized care, and academic programs and subspecialty expertise. The women’s tower will be a $320 million investment and part of a broader expansion and modernization plan for Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin. Ascension Seton is pleased to announce plans to build a new women’s tower on its Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin campus.
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