Founded as a Christian ministry of healing, Baylor Health Care System exists to serve all people through exemplary health care, education, research and community service. Baylor Health Care System, a not-for-profit health care provider based in North Texas, is a growing network of hospitals, primary care and specialty care centers, rehabilitation clinics, senior health centers, and affiliated ambulatory surgery centers. Baylor Health Care System also provides cohesive and coordinated research efforts through the Baylor Research Institute. In 2004, Baylor formed a cancer immunotherapy company, known as ODC Therapy Inc., to bring personalized therapies from early-stage clinical trials to marketing approval and commercial distribution.
Baylor Health Care System offers patients convenient access to health care in the Baylor tradition of compassion and healing. An employer of more than 15,000 people, Baylor Health Care System ranks as one of the largest private-sector employers in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. The system’s vision is to be trusted as the best place to give and receive safe, quality, compassionate health care.
Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas serves as Baylor Health Care System’s flagship hospital. The medical center is recognized as a center for patient care, teaching and medical research throughout the Southwest. For the 13th consecutive year, U.S News & World Report's "America's Best Hospitals" guide has ranked Baylor Dallas among the nation’s top hospitals in several medical specialties.