MADD – “Walk like MADD” events set for the Fall

08/08/2017

The DFW Hospital Council is posting blogs submitted by our Associate Members. The following was provided by MADD. For guidelines, please contact Chris Wilson at chrisw@dfwhc.org. On the road of life, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) wants every family to be safe without the threat of drunk or drugged driving. And we want every family to stay whole without the … Read More

DFWHC teams with Vestagen to promote ground-breaking scrubs and lab coats

08/07/2017

The Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council (DFWHC) and Vestagen Protective Technologies, Inc. today announced a partnership to promote the company’s VESTEX® Active Barrier (1) healthcare apparel. The VESTEX fabric combines fluid repellency and antimicrobial technologies into comfortable healthcare worker scrubs and lab coats. The teaming is expected to benefit North Texas hospitals by introducing them to new groundbreaking technology that has … Read More

Speaker announced for Aug. 16 DFWHC/Hall Render event

08/03/2017

Robin Sheridan, an attorney with Hall Render whose area of expertise is human resources and employment litigation, was announced today as the speaker of the August 16 educational event “Bullying and Workplace Harassment plus Discipline and Discharge” from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. The complimentary session is the second of four events DFWHC … Read More

DFWHC’s Summer Interlocutor is now available

08/01/2017

The DFW Hospital Council’s summer edition of the Interlocutor is now available. Click the graphic below to learn about DFWHC’s 69th Annual Awards Luncheon. You can also check out hospital economic impact numbers, the DFWHC/Hall Render Healthcare Series and community conversations on Alzheimer’s Disease. Hard copies will be mailed to members next week.

Hall Render’s Kim details foreign employee recruitment for DFWHC members

07/27/2017

Michael Lee Kim, an attorney at Hall Render who specializes in immigration, served as the speaker during yesterday’s DFW Hospital Council complimentary educational meeting “Foreign Physician Recruitment and Green Card Options for Foreign Healthcare Employees” at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. The event was hosted in coordination with Hall Render and was the first of four events in the … Read More

DFWHC/Coker Group event details “Volume to Value”

07/21/2017

Great crowd turned out for this morning’s DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) “Hot Topic” event “Enabling the Successful Transition from Volume to Value” at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Dallas. Co-hosted by DFWHC partner the Coker Group, speakers included Stefan Werdegar, vice president of leadership development/executive search at the Coker Group; Dr. Ron Strieker, principal at the Strieker Group, … Read More

Green Card – in today’s environment, a truly hot topic

07/21/2017

Green Card – in today’s environment, a truly hot topic. As demand for healthcare professionals continues to rise, more and more healthcare employers find themselves dealing with candidates for positions as physicians, nurses, therapists and other healthcare professionals who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents. In order to deal with increasing employee shortages, hospital leaders have increasingly had to … Read More

Recruiting Foreign Healthcare Professionals – Lessons Learned

07/17/2017

As demand for healthcare professionals continues to rise, more and more healthcare employers find themselves dealing with candidates for positions as physicians, nurses, therapists and other healthcare professionals who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents. In order to deal with increasing employee shortages, hospital leaders have increasingly had to develop policies for utilizing the immigration system to sponsor foreign … Read More

Healthcare revolution – DFWHC’s “Volume to Value” just one week away!

07/14/2017

It’s a revolution! The Volume-to-Value movement explores how the healthcare marketplace will be redesigned from the patient’s perspective — with an unrelenting focus on improving patient value. The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) “Hot Topic” meeting “Enabling the Successful Transition from Volume to Value” is just one week away on Friday, July 21 from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Texas … Read More

Speaker announced for July 26 DFWHC/Hall Render event

07/11/2017

Michael Lee Kim, an attorney with Hall Render whose area of expertise is immigration, was announced today as the speaker of the July 26 educational event “Foreign Physician Recruitment and Green Card Options for Foreign Healthcare Employees” from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. The complimentary session is the first of four events DFWHC … Read More