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

Photographs from April 27 luncheon now available

05/03/2016

If you are interested in obtaining photographs from the DFW Hospital Council Foundation’s 20th Annual Employee of the Year Luncheon on April 27, you’re in luck! They are now available through photographer Jerry McClure’s website. You can find them here.

Area hospital employees awarded at April 27 Luncheon

04/28/2016

A salute to the North Texas hospital workforce, the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundation’s (DFWHC Foundation) 20th Annual Employee of the Year Luncheon was held April 27 at the Irving Convention Center. More than 700 attendees turned out to honor 139 nominees and 14 announced winners from a pool of 57 area hospitals. “The participation this year was overwhelming,” said … Read More

A look back: Employee of the Year Luncheon #19

04/26/2016

For the last two weeks we’ve been celebrating the 20th anniversary of the DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) Foundation’s Employee of the Year Luncheon set for tomorrow at the Irving Convention Center. We’ve been counting down with detail on previous luncheons listed below. During tomorrow’s event, the Employee of the Year Luncheon will honor more than 140 nominees and present 14 … Read More