Our History

Hunt Regional Healthcare facilities in Hunt County trace their origins to the 1950s.

At that time, a group of concerned citizens determined that hospital and medical care needs of this area could best be met by a public, open-staffed hospital.

The Greenville Hospital Authority was created by the City of Greenville to consolidate three private Greenville hospitals.

Journey of Change Video

• September 15, 1960
  The Authority began operating Greenville Medical and Surgical Hospitals on O'Neal Street and Stuart Street.
• May, 1967
  Greenville citizens voted for a tax- supported hospital district that would build and operate a modern new hospital in the city.
• August 1, 1971
  Citizens General Hospital, a four-story, 96-bed facility opened. The approx. 80,000 square foot hospital was built on an 11acres on in west central Greenville.
• November 3, 1981
  Hunt County citizens voted to expand the hospital district county-wide to provide for financing expansion and equipment needs. The expanded district, renamed Hunt Memorial Hospital District, is managed by an elected 9 member board from the 4 county precincts and one at-large representative.
• September 24, 1983
  Hunt County citizens approved a $12 million hospital expansion program, including the purchase of a 30-bed general/acute hospital facility in Commerce. New construction added 4 additional floors (approx.59,000 square feet). Approximately 13,000 square feet were remodeled. Citizens General Hospital equipment upgrade was also part of the plan.
• April, 1987
  Expansion program completed
• June, 1993
  Local HMHD hospitals affilitated with Presbyterian Healthcare System and changed the names to reflect participation in the PHS network.
• 1993
  HMHD officials broke ground for the Professional Building addition on the Presbyterian Hospital of Greenville campus. The 51,500-square-foot addition provides office suites for physicians and health related agencies.
• September, 1997
  Ground-breaking for a Presbyterian Hospital of Greenville expansion including enlargement of the Emergency Department from 7 beds to 21 beds, enlargement of the Surgery Department to provide both inpatient and outpatient procedures, addition of the Truett and Margaret Crim Maternity Center, and additon of the Medical Pavilion to house all outpatient services.
• March, 1998
  The Presbyterian Medical Plaza opened in Quinlan. The 10,000-square-foot facility includes physician office space, laboratory, and areas for diagnostic imaging and physical therapy.
• March 2001
  Presbyterian Hospital of Commerce met the criteria and applied for Critical Access Hospital designation. PHC received its designation from the State of Texas Center for Rural Health Initiatives.
• 2002
  The Hunt Memorial Hospital District Charitable Health Foundation began its mission to seek philanthropic support for hospital programs and area healthcare needs.
• Fall 2003
  Construction began on Ridgecrest Medical Park south of PHG. The medical office building provides 5 physician office suites.
• Fall 2004
  Hunt Regional Healthcare Charitable Foundation was created to assist the hospital district and personnel in pursuing philanthropic support for hospital programs. A 24-member independent board operates the Foundation.
• May 2005
  Hospital district voters approved a $24-million bond package to construct a "west wing" at Presbyterian Hospital of Greenville to house a comprehensive cancer treatment center, an expanded intensive care unit and heart monitoring and medical units. Construction was slated to begin in mid-2006.
• August 2005
  Rehabilitation Hospital of Greenville opened on the 7th floor of PHG to provide long-term rehabilitation. Senior Rehab is independent of Presbyterian Hospital of Greenville operations.
• September 2005
  Hunt County EMS and Presbyterian Hospital of Greenville set up a clinic for Hurrican Katrina survivors housed at the Hunt County Fairgrounds.
• Fall 2005
  HMHD announced a expansion of the Presbyterian Hospital of Commerce campus was announced as plans were made for a 2,000-square-foot facility to house a new outpatient program for older adults in the community.
  
  HMHD launched a comprehensive 3-year Service Excellence Initiative focused on district-wide improvements in patient care, employee retention and satisfaction, and physician satisfaction. Each employee of the district will be a part of this program whose goal is to make Hunt Regional Healthcare the area health care provider and employer of choice.
• December 2005
  Ground was broken for a new Presbyterian Hospital of Commerce facility that will house an outpatient behavioral health service for older adults.
• 2006
  The Development & Communications Office, headed by Jack Gray, was created by joining the Office of Community Relations and the HMHD Foundation into a single unit to represent the Hunt Regional Healthcare to all of its constituent groups.
• May 2006
  HMHD celebrated its 25th anniversary.
  
  SOMATOM Sensation 64-slice scanner began operation.
• September 2006
  The Rehabilitation and Fitness Center opened at Presbyterian Hospital of Greenville.
• October 2006
  Heritage Program for Senior Adults opened in Commerce.
• February 2007
  Groundbreaking was held for Presbyterian Hospital of Greenville's West Wing, including a new state of the art cancer treatment center.
• April 2007
  A General Electric Essential All-Digital Mammography System, the first of its kind to be installed in North Texas, began use in the Diagnostic Imaging Center.
• October 2007
  HMHD's "healthbeat" magazine debuted.
  
  First annual Coffee Talk and Women's Health Expo held.
• November 2007
  PHG received the Five Star Award from Texas Department of State Health Services for outstanding performance in registering births
• December 2007
  PHG launched the Health Information Network, a system of LCD information monitors installed in elevator bays.
  
  Greenville Health and Rehabilitation Hospital on the 7th floor (a separate facility from Presbyterian Hospital of Greenville) closed.
• January 2008
  The Bargain Box, opeated by the Commerce Auxiliary (Pink Ladies) opened a new storefront in Commerce.
• February 2008
  New lobby furniture and toys for the play area installed at PHG. Funding was provided by the Pink Ladies.
• March 2008
  The Wound Care Center deployed a second hyperbaric oxygen chamber.
  
  Presbyterian Medical Plaza in Quinlan concerted to a digital imaging system.
  
  PHG Surgery Center upgrades with two state-of-the-art anesthesia machines.
• April 2008
  Varian Clinac iX Linear Accelerator installation completed in Lou and Jack Finney Cancer Center at PHG.
  
  U.T. Southwestern's Transplant Services Center cited PHG as one North Texas' top 20 organ donor hospitals of 2007.
• May 2008
  PHG laboratory received certification by the College of American Pathologists.
  
  PHG re-accredited for a three year cycle from the Joint Commission, the national Gold Seal of Approval for healthcare quality and safety.
• June 2008
  West Wing opened with relocation of patients to new, state-of-the-art 16-bed ICU.
• July 2008
  PHG recognized by the Texas Department of state Health Services as one of the state's best screeners for infant hearing loss.
• September 2008
  Lou and Jack Finney Cancer Center opened with the relocation of chemotherapy services from the Medical Pavilion.
  
  The Hunt Memorial Hospital District announced a new name - Hunt Regional Healthcare - for the HMHD system. Presbyterian Hospital of Greenville became Hunt Regional Medical Center at Greenville and Presbyterian Hospital of Commerce because Hunt Regional Community Hospital. Other facilities under the HMHD umbrella also adopted the "Hunt Regional" name.
  
  

  Hunt Regional Medical Center at Greenville and Hunt Regional Community Hospital at Commerce are accredited by the Joint Commission On Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and are members of the American Hospital Association and the Texas Hospital Association. Hunt Regional Healthcare is affiliated with Paris Junior College, Trinity Valley Junior College, and Grayson County Junior College in the training of nurses and medical technicians and with the Greenville Independent School District’s Industrial Cooperative Education Program. 
  Hunt Regional Healthcare now includes Hunt Regional Community Hospital (the former Citizens Hospital of Commerce), Hunt Regional Medical Center at Greenville (the former Citizens General Hospital), the Professional Building and Outpatient Services Center in Greenville, Hunt Regional Occupational Health Network, the Cardiac Rehabilitation Center, the Transitional Care Unit, the Sleep Disorder Clinic, Hunt Regional Medical Clinic of Commerce, Hunt Regional Medical Plaza, Hunt Regional Home Care, Ridgecrest Medical Park, and American Medical Response (subsidized ambulance service). 

      Acute Rehabilitation Unit managed by MileStone Healthcare opened on the 7th       floor at HRMC.

• January 2009
  HMHD becomes tobacco-free at all facilities
• March 2009
  Hunt Regional Medical Center received its re-designation as an advanced Level III trauma facility.
• May 2009
  Acute Rehabilitation Unit at Hunt Regional Medical Center opened on the 7th floor
• July 2009
  Congressman Ralph Hall toured the Lou and Jack Finney Cancer Center