Working together over the next 15 months a priority

06/10/2016

Blog by W. Stephen Love, President/CEO, DFW Hospital Council Vince Lombardi once said, “People who work together will win whether against complex football defenses or the problems of modern society.” We were pleased to learn on May 2 that the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the Texas Medicaid 1115 … Read More

Looking to save money? Check out our free June 21 meeting!

06/09/2016

If you’re looking for ways to save your hospital money, you will not want to miss the DFW Hospital Council’s June 21 educational session “Saving Your Hospital Money” at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. This complimentary breakfast session is from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and will have top executives discussing fraud prevention and energy consulting with an open … Read More

DFWHC’s Spring Interlocutor now available

06/02/2016

The DFW Hospital Council’s Spring Interlocutor is now available. Click the graphic below to learn about DFWHC’s infant brain development campaign to be rolled out to North Texas hospitals this summer. You can also get the scoop on DFWHC’s hectic corporate move in April. We also detail the DFWHC Foundation’s April 27 Employee of the Year Luncheon with a list … Read More

Three weeks until DFWHC’s session “Saving your Hospital Money”

05/31/2016

It’s just three weeks until the DFW Hospital Council’s educational session “Saving Your Hospital Money” on June 21 at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. The breakfast session is from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. This complimentary event will have top level executives discussing ways for your hospital to save money, from fraud prevention to energy consulting, with an open … Read More

DFWHC educational session “Saving Your Hospital Money” set for June 21

05/18/2016

You’re invited to the DFW Hospital Council’s educational session “Saving Your Hospital Money” on June 21 at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. The breakfast event is from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. This complimentary event will have top level executives discussing ways for your hospital to save money, from fraud prevention to energy consulting, with an open Q&A. This … Read More

Love comments on potential Medicaid expansion in Oklahoma

05/17/2016

In a surprising turn-of-events in the conservative state of Oklahoma, leaders are now moving towards a plan to expand its Medicaid program to bring in billions of federal dollars from President Barack Obama’s new health care system, according to Associated Press reports yesterday. Oklahoma has denied expanding the program under Obama’s Affordable Care Act, a sentiment loudly echoed by the … Read More

Foundation data combined with asthma-related Twitter study

05/12/2016

The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) Foundation’s hospital data was combined with an analysis of real-time Twitter data to project population-level asthma ED visits and hospital admissions, according to a study presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting last week in Baltimore. Researchers used Twitter location data to isolate tweets from the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and only included asthma-relevant tweets in … Read More

Study reveals North Texas sexual assault statistics

05/05/2016

In the DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) Foundation study “Disparities Associated with Sexual Assaults and Abuses Identified by Hospitals in North Texas and Dallas County in 2010-2012” released this week, North Texas statistics involving sexual assault and abuse have been revealed for one of the first times in the region. The goal of the study was to detail community trends in … Read More

Photographs from April 27 luncheon now available

05/03/2016

If you are interested in obtaining photographs from the DFW Hospital Council Foundation’s 20th Annual Employee of the Year Luncheon on April 27, you’re in luck! They are now available through photographer Jerry McClure’s website. You can find them here.