Stopping the flu starts with you – get your flu shot today!

08/17/2020

During this time of COVID-19, getting your flu shot has never been more important. With North Texas hospital employees working tirelessly to combat the pandemic, the last thing they need to worry about is a wave of patients suffering from the flu. Simply put, stopping the flu starts with you! The single best way to prevent the flu is to … Read More

ACHE of NTX to host Aug. 27 COVID-19 Leadership Panel

08/14/2020

The ACHE of North Texas will host the virtual panel discussion “COVID-19 What We Learned: Leadership” on Thursday, August 27 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m., CDT. Panelists will include: • Dr. Ralph Baine, President, Emergency Medical Consultants of TeamHealth; • Dr. Nikhil Bhayani, Infectious Disease Consultant, Associate Professor, TCU/UNTHSC Medical School; • Stephen Love, President/CEO, Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council; • … Read More

Guests from UTSW, Parkland and Texas Health highlight “Human Side of Health Care”

08/11/2020

Episode 31 of the DFW Hospital Council’s weekly radio program “The Human Side of Health Care” was broadcast Sunday on KRLD 1080 AM. The discussion included prenatal care during COVID-19 and a detailed look at epilepsy care and treatment. Guests included: • Dr. Trish Perl, Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, UT Southwestern; • Marjorie Quint-Bouzid, Senior VP Women and Infants … Read More

ACHE of NTX to host Aug. 18 “COVID-19 Health Disparities” panel

08/05/2020

The ACHE of North Texas will host the virtual panel discussion “COVID-19: A Public Health Crisis Health Disparities” on Tuesday, August 18 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., CDT. Panelists will include: • Jim Allard, VP Nursing and Chief Nursing Officer, Medical City Children’s Hospital and Medical City Women’s Hospital – Dallas • Tracy Brown, President, Intentional Inclusion Incorporated • Tiffany … Read More

Free COVID-19 testing available in Fort Worth

08/04/2020

Free walk-up COVID-19 testing is available in Fort Worth from August 4-8 at Jarvis High School. Testing will be available without appointment from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the school’s gymnasium located at 1411 Maydell Street. No advanced registration is required, though all persons being tested will need to have a telephone due to results being returned by phone … Read More

Guests from UTSW highlight “The Human Side of Health Care”

08/03/2020

Episode 30 of the DFW Hospital Council’s weekly radio program “The Human Side of Health Care” was broadcast Sunday on KRLD 1080 AM. The discussion included a COVID-19 vaccine update, plus a detailed look at pandemic’s spread in North Texas. Guests included: • Dr. Robert Haley, Director of Epidemiology, UT Southwestern; • and Dr. Trish Perl, Chief, Division of Infectious … Read More

#NTXDoesItRight Outreach

07/31/2020

We hope everyone is having a great Friday! We are excited to let you know that Dallas County Health and Human Services has launched a new campaign to promote its COVID-19 community health guidelines. In collaboration with the Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Stars and the Dallas Zoo, they have created the #NTXDoesItRight campaign to encourage North Texans to wear a mask … Read More

“Great Influenza” author and Hall Render guest highlight “The Human Side of Health Care”

07/28/2020

Episode 29 of the DFW Hospital Council’s weekly radio program “The Human Side of Health Care” was broadcast Sunday on KRLD 1080 AM. The discussion included a comparison of the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic and today’s COVID-19 pandemic, plus a detailed look at telehealth. Guests included: • John M. Barry, bestselling author of “The Great Influenza” • and Christopher Eades, … Read More

“Great Influenza” author John Barry interviewed for Sunday’s “The Human Side of Health Care”

07/23/2020

Check out an excerpt from Sunday’s interview here! American author and historian John M. Barry was interviewed this week as guest of the DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) and KRLD 1080 AM radio program “The Human Side of Health Care.” Barry’s book “The Great Influenza: The Story of the Greatest Pandemic in History” was an influential 2005 bestseller detailing the 1918 … Read More

Guests from UTSW and Children’s Health highlight “The Human Side of Health Care”

07/21/2020

Episode 28 of the DFW Hospital Council’s weekly radio program “The Human Side of Health Care” was broadcast Sunday on KRLD 1080 AM. The discussion included the latest COVID-19 epidemiology and behavioral health. Guests included: • Dr. Robert Haley, Director Epidemiology, UT Southwestern; • and Jason Isham, Director Integrated Behavioral Health, Children’s Health. DFWHC President/CEO Stephen Love and KRLD’s Thomas … Read More