ShiftKey releases new Whitepaper detailing healthcare workforce crisis

10/28/2025

ShiftKey has announced the release of the new whitepaper “How Hospitals are Addressing the Workforce Crisis to Fill Shifts.” With acute care facilities across the country under pressure to maintain safe, high-quality patient care, hospitals are facing high vacancy rates particularly among nurses. In 2021, turnover among hospital nurses reached nearly 30 percent. According to the ShiftKey report on nurse … Read More

DFWHC and Forvis Mazars to host “Strategies to Drive Higher Margins” webinar on Nov. 6

10/27/2025

The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) and Forvis Mazars will co-host the webinar “Rising to the Challenge: Key Strategies to Drive Higher Margins” on Thursday, November 6 from 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., CDT. Speakers will include Peter Stille, Managing Director of Healthcare Performance Improvement at Forvis Mazars; Jeff Bond, Employee Benefits Subject Matter Expert at Forvis Mazars; and Stephen Love, … Read More

DFWHC virtual Six Sigma course is tomorrow – last chance to register!

10/13/2025

The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) and Leaning Towards Change, LLC webinar “Lean Six Sigma White Belt Course” is tomorrow, October 14 from 12:00 noon – 2:00 p.m., CDT – last change to register! Tanya Stinson, MHQS, CMBB, MCBA, CRP, the Founder and CEO of Leaning Towards Change, LLC, will serve as the instructor. The Lean Six Sigma White Belt Course … Read More

Sponsorship deadline next week for DFWHC’s Annual Awards Luncheon!

10/02/2025

The sponsorship deadline is rapidly approaching for the DFW Hospital Council’s (DFWHC) 77th Annual Awards Luncheon set for Friday, October 24 at the Loews Arlington Convention Center and Hotel. The event will take place in the Honor Ballroom, with a reception beginning at 11:00 a.m. followed by the luncheon and awards from 12 noon to 1:45 p.m. The sponsorships deadline … Read More

DFWHC and Leaning Towards Change virtual Six Sigma course in two weeks!

09/30/2025

The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) and Leaning Towards Change, LLC webinar “Lean Six Sigma White Belt Course” is in two weeks on Tuesday, October 14 from 12:00 noon – 2:00 p.m., CDT. Tanya Stinson, MHQS, CMBB, MCBA, CRP, the Founder and CEO of Leaning Towards Change, LLC, will serve as the instructor. The Lean Six Sigma White Belt Course is … Read More

DFWHC and Leaning Towards Change to host virtual Six Sigma course on Oct. 14

09/18/2025

The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) and Leaning Towards Change, LLC will co-host the webinar “Lean Six Sigma White Belt Course” on Tuesday, October 14 from 12:00 noon – 2:00 p.m., CDT. Tanya Stinson, MHQS, CMBB, MCBA, CRP, the Founder and CEO of Leaning Towards Change, LLC, will serve as the instructor. The Lean Six Sigma White Belt Course is a … Read More

DFWHC’s former President/CEO John Gavras has passed away

09/16/2025

It was with great sadness today that we learned of the passing of John Gavras, the DFW Hospital Council’s (DFWHC) former President/CEO. He was 84 years old. John joined DFWHC in 1976. At the time, the organization was known as the Dallas Hospital Council, an institution dating back to 1948. In 1978 at a press conference at the Fort Worth … Read More

DFWHC and Hall Render webinar “Restrictive Covenants” has been posted online!

09/11/2025

The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) and Hall Render webinar “TEXAS LAW: New Limits on Restrictive Covenants in Healthcare” originally broadcast on September 10 has been posted online. Speakers included Robin Sheridan, a Milwaukee Attorney for Hall Render; Keith Dugger, a Dallas Attorney for Hall Render; and Stephen Love, President/CEO of DFWHC. Chapter 15 of the Texas Business and Commerce Code … Read More