non profit organization industry health care founded austin texas united states 1902 founder daughters of charity of st. vincent de paul headquarters austin texas united states area served central texas website seton.net seton healthcare family also known as seton family of hospitals is a roman catholic affiliated 1 hospital network in the greater austin area . it is a member of ascension health a not for profit health organization located in st. louis missouri . 2 contents 1 history 1.1 austin cyberknife center 2 facilities 3 awards 4 references 5 external links history edit a grass roots effort in the 1890s by citizens of austin texas led to the opening of the seton infirmary on may 26 1902 . the citizenry asked the daughters of charity of st. vincent de paul to construct a catholic hospital to take care of the sick and poor . 3 over 100 years later the one 42 bed hospital originally known as seton infirmary 4 and located at 600 west 26th street in austin texas has grown to serve a population of more than 1.8 million with a special regard for the sick and poor . a catholic health organization seton provides millions of dollars in charity care for the uninsured every year . 5 the healthcare network now includes five major medical centers two of which are designated level i trauma centers . dell children s medical center of central texas is the only dedicated hospital for children in the region . seton also operates two community hospitals two rural hospitals and a mental health hospital along with multiple locations for outpatient medical services and three primary care clinics for the uninsured . four facilities are designated magnet hospitals by the american nurses credentialing center . seton has become the largest private employer in central texas with approximately 11 000 associates . in 2011 seton partnered with the university of texas system board of regents and the university of texas southwestern medical center in dallas one of the nation s leading academic medical centers to increase the amount of medical education and medical research conducted in central texas . 6 in line with the catholic church s stand on abortion as well as birth control seton hospitals do not provide abortions oral contraception emergency contraception and sterilization . 1 austin cyberknife center edit austin cyberknife is based on the university medical center brackenridge campus a member of seton healthcare family . 7 the austin cyberknife center is a cancer treatment center using cyberknife technology to treat malignant and benign tumors throughout the body . 8 unreliable source it has a lung optimization treatment lot system . 9 unreliable source facilities edit university medical center brackenridge dell children s medical center of central texas seton medical center austin seton edgar b. davis hospital seton highland lakes hospital seton northwest hospital seton southwest hospital seton shoal creek hospital seton medical center williamson cedar park regional medical center seton medical center hays central texas rehabilitation hospital seton smithville regional hospital seton medical center harker heights towers nursing home awards edit maternity qualify matters award childbirth connection dell children s leed platinum us green building council top 100 integrated health systems verispan ernest a. codman award joint commission references edit a b http dailytexanonline.com news 2012 10 03 proposed ut teaching hospital would not provide family planning proposed ut teaching hospital would not provide family planning seton family of hospitals levy sister gertrude . the story of seton . seton healthcare network 2002 p. 3 . underwood alese july 12 2014 . seton healthcare founders daughters of charity to leave austin . time warner cable news . retrieved july 17 2014 . communications department . seton healthcare family community report . seton healthcare network 2009 p. 1 . seton ut launch er residency program . 1 austin business journal . seton healthcare network 2011 . zaragoza sandra . seton partnership running cyberknife program . austin business journal . advanced cancer care with a personal touch . md news . austin cyberknife upgrades technology expands treatment to larger patient population . md news . external links edit seton healthcare family retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title seton healthcare family & oldid 642995546 categories healthcare in texashospital networks in the united statescancer hospitalshidden categories all articles lacking reliable referencesarticles lacking reliable references from november 2012texas articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity 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