The only full-service hospital serving the fast-growing community of Westover Hills in San Antonio, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – Westover Hills is filling a need for health care and some of the youngest patients are benefiting.  KidsSTOP is a service designed especially for pediatric patients that offers them a convenient place to receive a variety of tests and outpatient treatments.  KidsSTOP is part of CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital. 
 
“The purpose of KidsSTOP is to provide a child-friendly environment where outpatient-related visits can take place,” commented Jeff Bourgeois, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – Westover Hills, Vice President/Administrator.  “When developing the KidsSTOP concept, the intent was to create a place that could accommodate minor tests and procedures specifically for children that would help reduce their feelings of fear and anxiety typically caused by a traditional hospital setting.”  Having this program in place also helps keep patients from having to utilize the emergency department for such procedures or tests.
 
Since opening its doors in November 2009, KidsSTOP has been well-received by patients and their parents alike. KidsSTOP offers such services as lab work, X-rays, respiratory therapy, IV therapy and management as well as CT/MRI scans.  Additionally, KidsSTOP also performs surgical and outpatient procedures, including minor GI procedures, urodynamics, newborn circumcisions and suture removal, all of which are arranged or performed by a physician and usually allow the child to go home the same day. All tests, treatments and procedures administered at KidsSTOP must be ordered by a doctor and not require an emergency room visit. 
 
KidsSTOP is located at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – Westover Hills at 11212 State Hwy 151.  Hours are Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.  For information, call 210.703.9KID (9543).
 
About CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System:
Founded in 1869 by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa is a Catholic faith-based, non-profit health and wellness ministry dedicated to extending the healing ministry of Jesus Christ and providing the highest quality medical care and services available. As one of the top health care organizations in South Texas, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa has four hospital campuses, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital City Centre located in downtown San Antonio, in the South Texas Medical Center, in New Braunfels, and CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Children's Hospital, San Antonio’s first children’s hospital, an academic teaching facility affiliated with the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. In July 2009, we extended our ministry to the fast-growing Westover Hills community with the opening of the area’s first full-service hospital.  CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System also owns a majority interest in CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Physicians Ambulatory Surgery Centers – San Antonio, LLC, a joint venture physician partnership which is comprised of four outpatient surgery facilities in San Antonio including Alamo Heights, Stone Oak, and in the Medical Center area.  Additionally, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System owns a majority interest in the CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Physicians Ambulatory Surgery Center in New Braunfels joint venture physician partnership.  CHRISTUS Santa Rosa is one of only two hospitals in Texas and the only one in San Antonio to receive the Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™ six years in a row and to be named one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals by HealthGrades®. It is also the preferred health system of the San Antonio SPURS. For additional information on CHRISTUS Santa Rosa, visit www.christussantarosa.org