Commitment to Community

Our commitment to the community goes beyond providing medical services. United Regional is here to promote healthy and thriving residents (individually and collectively).

Transition Clinic

United Regional’s commitment to compassionate care for all, regardless of the patient’s financial situation, is exemplified by our Transition Clinic. This isn’t your average clinic; it is designed to help patients who have been discharged from the hospital but still need medical attention. Its goal is to ensure continuous care, address immediate medical needs, tackle broader social issues affecting health, and reduce the chances of patients returning to the hospital. In 2024, the Transition Clinic served over 2,800 patients, underscoring our essential role in the community’s health.

Community Programs and Sponsorships

United Regional’s impact extends far beyond the bedside and the exam room. A number of community programs and sponsorships are aimed at improving overall health and community support.

Through outreaches such as the deployment of a Community Health Education Nurse, the partnership with the Wichita Falls Area Food Bank, and the Healthy Community Program — to name only a few — United Regional is connecting community members with local resources to enhance quality of life and promote healthy behaviors.

Community Health Education

Our Community Health Education Nurse provides education, vaccinations, and health screenings to thousands of residents each year. At neighborhood mobile food pantries, in 2024, she alone identified and educated more than 500 community members with high blood sugar and hypertension, an added benefit to the residents who received over 11,000 food boxes, provided in part by United Regional through the Wichita Falls Area Food Bank.

Find Help

Through the Find Help website, community members have access to finding programs to assist with food, housing, mental health, education, and other social services provided directly by community-based organizations.

Community Sponsorships

And as the Official Sports Medicine Provider of Wichita Falls Independent School District Athletics, as well as Midwestern State University Athletics, United Regional is prioritizing the health and well-being of athletes by providing medical expertise, resources, and support – geared toward preventing, diagnosing, and treating sports-related injuries, thereby promoting safer participation and enhancing overall athletic performance. Last calendar year, United Regional physicians, advanced practice providers, and athletic trainers — combined — devoted over 2,500 hours to attending practices and games and providing attention and expert treatment to hundreds of student athletes.

United Regional’s community support activities also include:

• Employees donating over $5 million to local organizations through the Spirit of Giving Campaign over the past 20 years.
• Hosting regularly scheduled blood drives at United Regional facilities
• Offering education on specific health topics
• Coordinating Drug Take-Back events to dispose of unwanted medications in the community
• Sponsoring medical services and supplies at the Hotter ‘N Hell Hundred cycling event
• And much more