Love moderates panel of healthcare experts at national summit

11/08/2018

DFW Hospital Council President/CEO W. Stephen Love moderated a panel of healthcare maestros during the Oliver Wyman Health Innovation Summit yesterday at the Fairmont Dallas Hotel. The presentation “You Try Running a Hospital,” included Barclay Berdan, CEO of Texas Health Resources, LaVone Arthur, chief strategy officer at Baylor Scott & White Health, and Wright L. Lassiter, III, president/CEO of the … Read More

DFWHC and Accenture webinar details robotic automation in healthcare

11/01/2018

More than 90 attendees participated in today’s educational webinar “Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in Healthcare” hosted by the DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) in coordination with Accenture. The complimentary event was hosted by DFWHC President/CEO W. Stephen Love, with Carol Durham, an applied intelligence director at Accenture, James MacDougall, a senior director at Blue Prism and Frank Catone, a senior director … Read More

Love to moderate panel during Oliver Wyman Health Innovation Summit

10/31/2018

During the Oliver Wyman Health Innovation Summit, a national conference taking place November 5-7 at the Fairmont Dallas Hotel, DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) President/CEO W. Stephen Love will moderate a panel during the presentation “You Try Running a Hospital.” Love’s segment is set for Wednesday, November 7 at 11:00 a.m. The panel will include Barclay Berdan, CEO of Texas Health … Read More

Accenture posts third in series of blogs in advance of Thursday’s webinar

10/29/2018

RPA Done Right: Preparing for Automation In previous blog posts (No. 1, No. 2), we described the three approaches to robotic process automation (RPA), namely Recorded Desktop Automation (RDA), Software Development Kits (SDK), and RPA Digital Workforce, each having its rightful place to solve for specific business requirements. But RPA Digital Workforce is the only solution that can securely scale … Read More

Accenture posts second in series of blogs in advance of Nov. 1 webinar

10/23/2018

Intelligent Automation in Healthcare Intelligent Automation is the future, and the health industry is not immune to it. We are on the cusp of another industrial revolution that will change the way we work and interact with our patients and customers. Gartner estimates that “one-third of the workforce may be replaced by robots by the year 2025,” and that by … Read More

ACHE of North Texas annual dinner set for Nov. 7 in Irving

10/19/2018

The North Texas chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) will host its annual Membership Dinner on November 7 from 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. at the Las Colinas Country Club in Irving. Tickets have been selling fast, but individual and table tickets are still available. This year’s guest speaker is none other than Tony Hill, the former … Read More

Accenture posts first of series of blogs in advance of Nov. 1 “RPA” webinar

10/18/2018

RPA: Optimizing Healthcare, Improving Lives Is there room for robots in the hospital? To answer that, here is a story from James MacDougall of robotic process automation (RPA) provider for Blue Prism: “My first sortie as an Air Force pilot in an F-16 taught me one very important lesson—namely, that some technologies outstrip the human ability to maximize its performance. … Read More

“Opioid Crisis” webinar now available online

10/12/2018

The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) and the DFW Chapter of The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) October 10 educational webinar “Antidote to the Opioid Crisis is Rooted in Data” is now available online. Dr. Michael Petersen, physician executive with Accenture, and W. Stephen Love, president/CEO of DFWHC, served as speakers. The webinar can be viewed here. For questions, … Read More

DFWHC and DFW HIMSS webinar details a cure for the “Opioid Crisis”

10/11/2018

More than 180 attendees participated in yesterday’s educational webinar “Antidote to the Opioid Crisis is Rooted in Data” hosted in coordination between the DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) and the DFW Chapter of The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). Dr. Michael Petersen, physician executive with Accenture, and W. Stephen Love, president/CEO of DFWHC, served as speakers. The complimentary webinar … Read More

DFWHHRA luncheon on “Financial Wellness” set for next Wednesday, Oct. 10

10/05/2018

Just a few days are left to register for the Dallas-Fort Worth Healthcare Human Resources Association (DFWHHRA) luncheon “Employee Financial Wellness = Employer Resource Optimization” on Wednesday, October 10 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Texas Star Convention Center in Euless. David Cross, chief marketing officer of Fiducius, will serve as the keynote speaker. David is a customer … Read More