Parkland/CMS to host educational session March 21

02/26/2016

Mark your calendars! The DFW Hospital Council is coordinating an educational session at the request of Parkland Health and Hospital System and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Titled “Continuum of Care for the Patient: EMTALA & Discharge Planning,” the session is scheduled for Monday, March 21 at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. The event begins at … Read More

DMN editorial praises “Books for Babies” program at Parkland

02/08/2016

The Dallas Morning News posted a great editorial this morning praising the “Books for Dallas Babies” program recently kicked off at Parkland Health & Hospital System. The program will send every baby born at Parkland home with a free book, putting into action words experts have preached for years: Reading to children early is the best way to develop their … Read More

DFWHC’s Summer Interlocutor is now available

08/31/2015

DFWHC’s Summer Interlocutor is now available. Click the graphic below for detail on the opening of the New Parkland, the success of the 8th Annual Patient Safety Summit and this year’s Distinguished Health Service Award recipient. Hard copies will be mailed to membership this week.

DFWHC participates in D Academy Class

02/13/2015

Steve Love, president/CEO of the DFW Hospital Council, participated in a panel discussion during the D Academy Health Care Class yesterday at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. Love was joined by Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, Parkland Health & Hospital System CFO John Moore and D Healthcare Daily Editor Matt Goodman. Love’s topic was “Who Pays for the Uninsured?” … Read More

DFWHC’s Fall Interlocutor now available

11/20/2014

The DFW Hospital Council’s Fall Interlocutor newsletter is now available. Click on the link or graphic below to read the issue. Hard copies will be mailed to membership next week. http://dfwhc.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Fall2014LOW.pdf

Love offers comments in D Healthcare story

10/28/2014

In the October 27-28 D Healthcare Daily story “Why Dallas Is Building So Many Hospitals,” Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council President/CEO W. Stephen Love offered his comments on the increased hospital construction in the metroplex. Love was interviewed by D Healthcare Editor Matt Goodman. According to Goodman’s feature, in nearly every corner of the North Texas region new hospitals are cropping … Read More

DFWHC Statement on Dr. Ron Anderson

09/12/2014

The following Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council (DFWHC) press statement was issued today by DFWHC President and Chief Executive Officer W. Stephen Love: After learning of the loss of Dr. Ron Anderson, we are all grieving for a man who was a giant in the North Texas health care delivery system. Arthur Schopenhauer, a German philosopher, once said, “Compassion is the … Read More