DFWHC webinar “Enterprise Risk Modeling” posted online

08/30/2019

The DFW Hospital Council and Mercer complimentary educational webinar “Enterprise Risk Modeling for Health Care Systems” held Wednesday, August 28 is now available online. Chris Grimm, principal and senior investment consultant at Mercer, served as keynote speaker. Chris discussed a powerful new tool that could potentially assist health care systems in the allocation of capital resources. The webinar can be … Read More

ACHE to host Networking Blitz on Sept. 10 in Arlington

08/30/2019

The ACHE of North Texas will host its Networking Blitz on Tuesday, September 10 from 4:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Texas Health Resources Pavilion in Arlington. This event is for all ACHE of North Texas members who want to become more involved with fellow ACHE members. You can register here. For information, please contact John Whittemore at jwhittemore@achentx.org.

DFWHC webinar “Surgical Spotlight” posted online

08/27/2019

The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) and AMG Equipment complimentary educational webinar “Surgical Spotlight: Illuminating the Business of Surgery” held Thursday, August 22 is now available online. Blake Stock, director of product management and customer success at ORHub, Inc. served as keynote speaker with DFWHC President/CEO W. Stephen Love providing the introductions. Blake discussed how cloud-based data analytics can help Perioperative … Read More

Carrie Barton to perform National Anthem at DFWHC’s Annual Luncheon

08/27/2019

The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) announced today Carrie Barton will perform the National Anthem during its 71st Annual Awards Luncheon on October 8 at the Irving Convention Center (new location). A resident of Fort Worth, Barton started singing solos in church as a little girl. She was part of a family quartet, performing with a jazz vocal ensemble at her … Read More

Bianca Castro to moderate Woodward/Bernstein at DFWHC’s Oct. 8 Luncheon

08/22/2019

Bianca Castro, the news anchor and healthcare reporter for NBC 5, will moderate the discussion between Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein during the DFW Hospital Council’s (DFWHC) 71st Annual Awards Luncheon on October 8 at the Irving Convention Center (new location). Woodward and Bernstein received the Pulitzer Prize as reporters for The Washington Post when they broke the Watergate scandal … Read More

DFWHC’s Love to speak at Oct. 7 event at UT Dallas

08/21/2019

The University of Texas (UT) at Dallas’ Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management will host the educational event “Medicare for All: What Does it Really Mean?” on Monday, October 7 from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. in the Davidson Auditorium at the UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management. The panel discussion will include DFW Hospital Council President/CEO W. Stephen … Read More

Agenda released for upcoming North Texas State of Reform Conference

08/20/2019

State of Reform has released the official agenda of its North Texas Conference on September 12 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Irving Convention Center. After the past two years in Austin, the conference was moved to North Texas due to high demand in the area. DJ Wilson, president/CEO of State of Reform, will serve as host. The … Read More

Alliance for Healthcare Excellence to host lunch on Sept. 11

08/19/2019

The Alliance for Healthcare Excellence will be hosting the educational lunch “Restoring Humanity and Sanity to Our Healthcare System” on Wednesday, September 11 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Faith Presbyterian Hospice in Dallas. The luncheon will be held in the facility’s Marnie and Kern Wildenthal Education Center. Scott Conard, MD, chief executive officer of Converging Health, will … Read More

ACHE to host Third Quarter Education Event on Aug. 22

08/16/2019

The ACHE of North Texas will host a Third Quarter Education Event on Thursday, August 22 from 3:00-7:30 p.m. at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth. The seminar has been approved for up to 3.0 Face-to-Face Credits. The event will be highlighted by two panel discussions. Panel 1, titled “Rethinking the Ambulatory Care Network,” will include Kyllan Cody, FACHE, … Read More

Kyle Armstrong and Bob Ferguson named DFWHC award recipients

08/15/2019

The Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council (DFWHC) announced today Kyle Armstrong, FACHE, president of Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – McKinney, will be the 2019 Young Healthcare Executive of the Year; and John R. (Bob) Ferguson III, former chair of the Texas Health Resources Board of Trustees, will be the 2019 Kerney Laday, Sr. Trustee of the Year. The awards … Read More