Southwest Consulting Associates – FY 2019 IPPS Final Rule

02/20/2019

The DFW Hospital Council posts guest blogs by our Associate Members. The following was provided by Southwest Consulting Associates. By Kyle Pennington, Client Relations Manager at Southwest Consulting Associates In its FY 2019 IPPS final rulemaking published August 2, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continued the transition of utilizing charity care and bad debt costs reported … Read More

Hall Render – Marijuana in the Workplace: Legal Issues for Texas Employers

11/29/2018

The DFW Hospital Council posts guest blogs by our Associate Members. The following was provided by Hall Render. By Robin Sheridan, JD, MILR at Hall Render, with assistance from Law Clerk Victoire Iradukunda At least 30 U.S. states and D.C. have legalized marijuana in some manner and 9, including D.C., have legalized it for recreational use. At the federal level, … Read More

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

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

Nov. 1 webinar to detail “Robotic Process Automation in Healthcare”

10/01/2018

The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) in coordination with Accenture will host the webinar “Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in Healthcare” on November 1 from 1:00-2:00 p.m. This complimentary education event will be hosted by DFWHC President/CEO W. Stephen Love, with Carol Durham, an applied intelligence director at Accenture, and James MacDougall, a senior director at Blue Prism, serving as the expert … Read More

EHN to host Parkland’s Dr. Steve Miff for Sept. 26 meeting

09/19/2018

The Executive Healthcare Network (EHN) of DFW will host the morning session “Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation – The State of the Union” on Wednesday, September 26 from 7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. at the BravoTech Offices in Dallas. Dr. Steve Miff, president/CEO of Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI), will serve as keynote speaker. EHN is a free networking … Read More