Guests from Texas Health and Medical City highlight the latest episode of “The Human Side of Health Care”

05/24/2022

Episode 21 of the third year of the DFW Hospital Council’s weekly radio program “The Human Side of Health Care” was broadcast on Sunday on KRLD 1080 AM. The discussion detailed treatments for Gout and innovations in knee and hip surgery. Guests included: • Dr. Imran Iqbal, Rheumatologist at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas; • Dr. Florian Dibra, Orthopedic Surgeon … Read More

OSPECS offers training to North Texas area

05/11/2022

DFW Hospital Council Associate Member OSPECS Consulting, LLC announced this week the company’s team members were offering training to hospitals in the North Texas area. OSPECS provides a high-level disinfection and sterilization comprehensive assessment program which has been termed “A 180-degree approach.” Mary Olivera, OSPECS President/CEO, is an in-demand national expert on sterile processing. For more than two decades, she … Read More

Guests from Cook Children’s and Texas Health highlight “The Human Side of Health Care”

04/11/2022

Episode 15 of the third year of the DFW Hospital Council’s weekly radio program “The Human Side of Health Care” was broadcast on Sunday on KRLD 1080 AM. The discussion detailed communication with our children following the pandemic and historic innovations in heart surgery. Guests included: • Lizzy Brown, Family Therapist at Cook Children’s Health Care System; • Dr. John … Read More

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

04/04/2022

Episode 14 of the third year of the DFW Hospital Council’s weekly radio program “The Human Side of Health Care” was broadcast on Sunday on KRLD 1080 AM. The discussion detailed great innovations in treating breast cancer and post-illness rehabilitation. Guests included: • Dr. Amelia Tower, Breast Surgical Oncologist and Medical Director of the Breast Program at Texas Health Harris … Read More

Guests from Methodist, Texas Health and Parkland highlight “The Human Side of Health Care”

07/13/2021

Episode 28 of the second year of the DFW Hospital Council’s weekly radio program “The Human Side of Health Care” was broadcast on Sunday on KRLD 1080 AM. The discussion detailed COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in North Texas and “healthcare transformations” over the past year. Guests included: • Dr. Leigh Hunter, Infectious Disease Specialist at Methodist Health System; • Winjie Tang … Read More

DFWHC and OSPECS webinar “PEER Collaboration” is now available online

10/16/2020

The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) and OSPECS Consulting, LLC webinar “PEER Collaboration: The Blueprint for Accreditation Success,” originally broadcast on October 15, has now been posted online. The complimentary event examined industry changes in surgical services and sterile processing to include detail on PEER methodology for OR and Sterile Processing. Speakers included Mary Olivera, Marilyn Main and Jonathan Wilder of … Read More

DFWHC and OSPECS webinar “PEER Collaboration” is tomorrow!

10/14/2020

Last chance to register for the DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) and OSPECS Consulting, LLC webinar “PEER Collaboration: The Blueprint for Accreditation Success” taking place tomorrow, October 15 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m., CDT. The complimentary event will examine industry changes in surgical services and sterile processing. The panel discussion will also detail: • Factors that affect Sterile Processing Departments; • … Read More

DFWHC and OSPECS to co-host Oct. 15 webinar “PEER Collaboration”

10/01/2020

The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) and OSPECS Consulting, LLC will co-host the webinar “PEER Collaboration: The Blueprint for Accreditation Success” on Thursday, October 15 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m., CDT. The complimentary event will examine industry changes in surgical services and sterile processing. The panel discussion will also detail: • Factors that affect Sterile Processing Departments; • Perpetual readiness in … Read More