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

10/19/2020

Episode 41 of the DFW Hospital Council’s weekly radio program “The Human Side of Health Care” was broadcast this weekend on KRLD 1080 AM. The discussion focused on the importance of masks during the COVID-19 pandemic and the potential lung issues when contracting the virus. Guests included: • Dr. Robert Haley, Director of the Division of Epidemiology, UT Southwestern; • … Read More

Guests from NBC-5, UTSW, Texas Health and Scottish Rite highlight “The Human Side of Health Care”

10/12/2020

Episode 40 of the DFW Hospital Council’s weekly radio program “The Human Side of Health Care” was broadcast this weekend on KRLD 1080 AM. The discussion focused on a snake bite of a local meteorologist and studies on family stress during the pandemic. Guests included: • Dr. Robert Haley, Director of the Division of Epidemiology, UT Southwestern; • David Finfrock, … Read More

Guests from UTSW and Baylor Scott & White highlight “The Human Side of Health Care”

10/06/2020

Episode 39 of the DFW Hospital Council’s weekly radio program “The Human Side of Health Care” was broadcast this weekend on KRLD 1080 AM. The discussion focused on the accuracy of COVID-19 testing and stroke identification. Guests included: • Jasmin Tiro, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Behavioral and Communication Sciences, UT Southwestern; • and Dr. Dion Graybeal, Stroke and Vascular … Read More

Guests from JPS, Texas Health and Baylor Scott & White highlight “The Human Side of Health Care”

09/28/2020

Episode 38 of the DFW Hospital Council’s weekly radio program “The Human Side of Health Care” was broadcast this weekend on KRLD 1080 AM. The discussion focused on Sepsis Awareness and North Texas COVID-19 research. Guests included: • Kathy Watts, Clinical Sepsis Coordinator, JPS Health Network; • Jessica Aguilar, Clinical Sepsis Nurse, JPS Health Network; • Joni Padden, Nursing Informatics … Read More

TCU and UNTHSC’s Surgeon Generals Roundtable set for tomorrow evening – DFWHC discount available!

09/23/2020

A special complimentary discount is available to all DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) hospital members to the Surgeons General Roundtable “Health Disparities Coming to the Forefront in the Era of COVID-19” set for tomorrow evening at 6:00 p.m., CDT. Co-hosted by Texas Christian University (TCU) and The University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC), the virtual event will also include … Read More

TCU and UNTHSC to host Surgeons General Roundtable on Sept. 24

09/03/2020

A special complimentary discount is available to all DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) hospital members to the Surgeons General Roundtable “Health Disparities Coming to the Forefront in the Era of COVID-19” on Thursday, September 24 at 6:00 p.m., CDT. Co-hosted by Texas Christian University (TCU) and The University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC), the virtual event will also include … Read More

Cancer Support Community – Clinical Trials: Removing the mystery and opening eyes

06/09/2020

The DFW Hospital Council posts guest blogs by Associate Members. The following was provided by the Cancer Support Community North Texas and Mary Crowley Cancer Research. By Dr. James Strauss, Clinical Scientific Director, Mary Crowley Cancer Research and Mirchelle Louis, CEO of Cancer Support Community North Texas More treatment options are available to cancer patients than ever before. Treatment is … Read More

Substance misuse research covers 16 North Texas counties

05/01/2019

Eleven North Texas counties have deaths attributed to drugs and alcohol higher than state averages, while seven counties have death totals higher than national averages, according to a Substance Abuse/Misuse Community Needs Assessment Report of North Texas released this week. The 214-page document by the North Texas Community Health Collaborative was a first-of-its-kind study rendering regional diagnoses transparent across 16 … 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

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