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.

Area hospital employees awarded at April 27 Luncheon

04/28/2016

A salute to the North Texas hospital workforce, the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundation’s (DFWHC Foundation) 20th Annual Employee of the Year Luncheon was held April 27 at the Irving Convention Center. More than 700 attendees turned out to honor 139 nominees and 14 announced winners from a pool of 57 area hospitals. “The participation this year was overwhelming,” said … Read More

A look back: Employee of the Year Luncheon #19

04/26/2016

For the last two weeks we’ve been celebrating the 20th anniversary of the DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) Foundation’s Employee of the Year Luncheon set for tomorrow at the Irving Convention Center. We’ve been counting down with detail on previous luncheons listed below. During tomorrow’s event, the Employee of the Year Luncheon will honor more than 140 nominees and present 14 … Read More