The Economic Paradox of Texas Healthcare

08/26/2014

It has been reported many times how strong the Texas economy is. But how strong is Texas healthcare? We are blessed in Texas to rank 15th in the nation with an unemployment rate of 5.1 percent. We also created more than 1.9 million jobs over the last decade and would be the 13th largest economy in the world if Texas … Read More

Dr. Wright Lassiter to receive Distinguished Health Service Award

08/25/2014

Known to North Texas residents as “Mr. Public Servant,” Dr. Wright Lassiter, Jr. has been chosen by the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council (DFWHC) as the 2014 recipient of the Distinguished Health Service Award. The honor will be presented during DFWHC’s Annual Awards Luncheon, October 21 at the Arlington Convention Center. Dr. Lassiter entered the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) … Read More

Jon Meacham to serve as luncheon keynote speaker

08/22/2014

In his recent bestseller “Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power,” Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham described Jefferson as a man in a rapidly changing world who was a master of compromise. In support of the theme “The Art of Good Healthcare,” Meacham has been chosen as the keynote speaker for the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council’s (DFWHC) 66th Annual Awards Luncheon, … Read More

DFWHC to host Speed Networking on Sept. 4

08/22/2014

The Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council will be hosting its regular Speed Networking event on Thursday, September 4 at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children from 8:30-10:30 a.m. in the Reverchon Room. This has become a popular event where hospital executives have an opportunity to meet business leaders in a comfortable, timed format. This event sells out quickly with seats available … Read More

Love quoted in D Healthcare Daily lead story

08/08/2014

In a story this morning in D Healthcare Daily on the new Gallup-Healthways poll detailing the U.S. uninsured rate, an editorial by Steve Love, the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council’s president/CEO, was quoted due to its support of the Affordable Care Act. Love’s editorial posted Feb. 11, 2014 and titled “A Texas Solution,” proposed a bipartisan, cooperative approach to implement a … Read More

Coalition video shines spotlight on hospital heroes

08/07/2014

The Coalition to Protect America’s Health Care has taken another step in recognizing the nation’s hospital heroes with the release of a new video focusing on the neonatal intensive care unit at New York City’s Lenox Hill Hospital, part of North Shore LIJ Health System. This video is the first of several the Coalition will produce over the next few … Read More

Burgeoning C. diff project detailed in DMN

08/06/2014

The Clostridium Difficile (C. diff) initiative, guided by the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundation (DFWHC Foundation) and the UNT Health Science Center, was detailed today in a health blog posted by Leslie Barker on The Dallas Morning News website. The C. diff awareness initiative received a boost last week when Agency Creative was chosen to produce overall strategic development including … Read More

Love interviewed by new “HealthcareDIVE”

08/01/2014

Detailing the unique dynamics of the North Texas healthcare arena, the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council’s President/CEO Steve Love was interviewed by HealthcareDive, a new website devoted to national trends in healthcare. In the July 31 article “Tougher to get in than Harvard: The $100M Texas hospital where everyone wants to work,” penned by Judy Packer-Tursman, Love offered his insight about … Read More

DFWHC hosts educational event on managing data breaches

07/23/2014

The Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council’s hosted the complimentary educational event “Managing Incidents in a Regulated Data World: Post Final Rule” today at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. More than 70 attendees turned out to listen to Heather Pixton, sales and operational director at ID Experts. “In healthcare, more than 93,000 data breaches were reported to the U.S. Department of … Read More

Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services Symposium set for July 30

07/21/2014

Please save the date of July 30 when the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundation (DFWHC Foundation) hosts the educational event “Educating the Next CLAS: Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Today’s Healthcare Environment.” This special day-long event will take place in UT Arlington’s Rio Grande Room from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This is a great opportunity to discuss ways … Read More