Both Tarrant and Dallas counties will host an Active Shooter Consequence Management Training Workshop on Thursday, June 21 at the Richardson Civic Center from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The educational event is geared towards emergency managers, emergency responders, health and hospital personnel, municipal and county managers, public works personnel, human resource directors and other […]
Representatives of the North Texas Community Health Collaborative were invited to the nation’s capital on April 22- April 25 to discuss “Accelerating the Impact of Population Approaches to Mental Health First Aid” during the National Council for Behavioral Health Conference at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Maryland. The event attracted more than […]
The DFW Hospital Council Foundation Workforce Center’s North Texas Nurse Preceptor Academy will host its third session of 2018 on Friday, June 29 at Medical City Dallas Hospital within its City Hall in Building E. The program is from 8:45 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. The Nurse Preceptor Academy is for healthcare professionals interested in learning […]
It’s just one week until the DFW Hospital Council and Gerber educational event “Leadership Conference: The Economic Burden of Allergies and Positive Patient Outcomes” on May 23 at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Highlighting the complimentary conference is Dr. Andrea Papamandjaris as keynote speaker and making her first-ever […]
The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) Foundation’s 11th Annual Patient Safety Summit is scheduled for August 13-14 at the Arlington Convention Center. This year’s theme is “Home Run for Safety,” with Sorrel King, the creator of the Josie King Foundation, and Dave Dravecky, the former pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, serving as keynote speakers. Sessions […]
The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) Foundation teamed with interns from the University of North Texas (UNT) Health Science Center and Texas Woman’s University (TWU) to produce an extensive Behavioral Health Providers Repository covering 16 North Texas counties. The document lists behavioral health providers in each county including addresses, websites and services provided. The counties detailed […]
Assembled from data from the years 2012-2016, the Dallas County Child Death Review Team has released the latest statistics on child suicide death rates in the county. The numbers revealed an alarming 79 percent increase in suicides for children ages 14-17, with 51.8 percent of those suicides completed by children between the ages of 16-17. […]
The Spring edition of the DFW Hospital Council’s newsletter Interlocutor is now available. Click the graphic below to read about the nominees and winners of the Foundation’s 22nd Annual Employee of the Year Luncheon on April 25. You can also see an advanced preview of the 11th Annual Patient Safety Summit on August 13-14 and […]
Just one week until the DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) and Konica Minolta educational event “Cybersecurity and Compliance: Navigating the Landscape” on May 10 from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. What is the future of cybersecurity and compliance? Find out during this complimentary session with Navin Balakrishnaraja, CPHIMS, CHP, […]
Photographs are now available to the DFW Hospital Council Foundation’s 22nd Annual Employee of the Year Luncheon held April 25 at the Hurst Conference Center. Photos include those taken of the nominees during the reception. Jerry McClure served as the official photographer of the event and you can find his website here. Photographs from the […]
