DFWHC’s Fall Interlocutor magazine is now available

11/17/2025

The fall edition of the DFW Hospital Council’s Interlocutor magazine is now available. Click on the link or graphic below to read about passing of two long-time healthcare executives John Gavras and Stephen Mansfield. We also provide a recap of our 77th Annual Awards Luncheon and our participation in the 2025 Dallas Heart Walk. Hard copies will be mailed to … Read More

DFWHC employees participate in Dallas Heart Walk

10/30/2025

More than 20 employees of the DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC), the DFWHC Foundation and GroupOne Background Screening participated in the American Heart Association Heart Walk on Saturday, October 18 at the Levy Event Plaza in Irving. The annual 1-mile and 5k Heart Walk is designed to be a family-friendly event that brings communities together to raise life-saving funds and support … Read More

Dallas Heart Walk announces exciting move to Levy Event Plaza in Irving

02/04/2025

The American Heart Association is announcing the new location for the 2025 Dallas Heart Walk. The annual 1-mile or 5k walk is moving from its long-time location at Reunion Tower Lawn in downtown Dallas to the beautiful Levy Event Plaza on the banks of Lake Carolyn in Irving-Las Colinas. Thousands of annual participants are already registering to lace up and … Read More

Data shows alarming 9-1-1 trends for EMS calls during COVID-19 pandemic

05/07/2020

MedStar dropped a press release this week detailing the continue of alarming trends during the COVID-19 pandemic preventing people from calling 9-1-1. Simply put – residents are scared to death! Statistics for cardiac arrest are trending in an unhealthy direction, with an increase in residents having died at the scene and decreases in treatment for victims at area hospitals. The … Read More

It’s safe to call 911 during the COVID-19 pandemic!

04/30/2020

The American Heart Association dropped a video this week detailing why it’s safe to call 911 during the COVID-19 pandemic. 911 data in North Texas and across the U.S. shows a sharp drop in emergency calls due to residents’ fear of catching COVID-19. End result – more patients are dying of heart attacks and strokes. As the video states, hospitals … Read More

EHN to host “Hospital Resuscitation” event on June 26

06/21/2019

The Executive Healthcare Network (EHN) of DFW will host the morning session “A Paradigm Shift in the Standard of Care in Hospital Resuscitation” on Wednesday, June 26 from 7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. at the BravoTech Offices in Dallas. Russell Griffin, vice president of research and innovation for RQI Partners, a joint-venture between the American Heart Association and Laerdal Medical, … Read More