Foundation’s 21st Employee of the Year Luncheon set for April 21

01/20/2017

The DFW Hospital Council Foundation’s 21st Annual Employee of the Year Luncheon has been scheduled for Friday, April 21, 2017 at the Hurst Conference Center. We hope you mark your calendar for this wonderful opportunity to honor hospital employees from across North Texas. Last year, 14 recipients were honored from a pool of more than 100 nominees. This year’s theme … Read More

DFWHC, Foundation and GroupOne hold annual holiday luncheon

12/16/2016

Enjoying the spirit of the season, the DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC), the DFWHC Foundation and GroupOne held its annual holiday luncheon today for team members in the ballroom of the Las Colinas Country Club. More than 50 staff members turned out for an event that included annual employee awards and prize giveaways. Comedic magician Landon Stark provided entertainment with a … Read More

D Healthcare Daily details Fort Worth panel discussion

12/16/2016

D Healthcare Daily Editor Matt Goodman was on hand for Wednesday’s panel discussion “Transforming Health and Health Care” at Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth. The panel included Barclay Berdan, CEO of Texas Health Resources; Stuart Flynn, MD, Dean of TCU and the University of North Texas Health Science Center School (UNTHSC) of Medicine; and Bill Thornton, President of … Read More

Date and location of 21st Employee of the Year Luncheon announced

12/06/2016

Mark your calendar! The date and location for the DFW Hospital Council Foundation’s 21st Annual Employee of the Year Luncheon has been set for Friday, April 21, 2017 at the Hurst Conference Center, located at 1601 Campus Drive in Hurst, Texas. A salute to the North Texas hospital workforce, the last Employee of the Year Luncheon honored 14 recipients and … Read More

DFWHC’s Summer Interlocutor now available

08/19/2016

The summer edition of the DFW Hospital Council’s newsletter Interlocutor is now available. Click the graphic below for the latest news on our upcoming 68th Annual Awards Luncheon. You will also find a recap of the Foundation’s Patient Safety Summit, information on preparing for a live shooter situation and, courtesy of GroupOne, a feature story on a “Professional Plaintiff” who … Read More

Throwback Thursday – Kristin Jenkins wins Young Healthcare Award in 2007

08/18/2016

In honor of “Throwback Thursday,” here’s a photograph of our very own Kristin Jenkins receiving the Young Healthcare Executive of the Year Award from John Haupert, former COO of Parkland Health & Hospital System, during the DFW Hospital Council’s (DFWHC) 2007 Annual Awards Luncheon. Today, Kristin is the president of the DFWHC Foundation.

North Texas Commission hosts discussion on Opioids epidemic

07/15/2016

The North Texas Commission hosted “Opioids: The Silent Epidemic” today at the Courtyard and TownPlace Suites in Grapevine. The luncheon event attracted more than 100 attendees and was part of the Commission’s series “To the Point, The Presidents.” Kristin Jenkins, president of the DFW Hospital Council Foundation, introduced the panelists including David Tesmer, senior vice president at Texas Health Resources, … Read More

Foundation data combined with asthma-related Twitter study

05/12/2016

The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) Foundation’s hospital data was combined with an analysis of real-time Twitter data to project population-level asthma ED visits and hospital admissions, according to a study presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting last week in Baltimore. Researchers used Twitter location data to isolate tweets from the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and only included asthma-relevant tweets in … Read More

Study reveals North Texas sexual assault statistics

05/05/2016

In the DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) Foundation study “Disparities Associated with Sexual Assaults and Abuses Identified by Hospitals in North Texas and Dallas County in 2010-2012” released this week, North Texas statistics involving sexual assault and abuse have been revealed for one of the first times in the region. The goal of the study was to detail community trends in … Read More