Greetings from the Workforce Center at the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundation (DFWHC Foundation)! We have an education opportunity coming up that we hope you will consider attending – Healthcare Reform and Workforce. How will healthcare reform affect our workforce and planning for future needs? How will reimbursements affect staffing? On Nov. 8 from 1-3 […]
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Free Educational Event: Nov. 8
Update on Regional Health Information Exchange in North Texas
It has been a busy summer. North Texas’ Regional Health Information Exchange, housed in the North Texas Accountable Healthcare Partnership, has finalized its operational plans, sustainability model and is in the last phases of vendor selection for a Health Information Exchange technology firm. Last Thursday, Sept. 29, three finalist vendors presented to a collection of […]
Congratulations to Texas Team!
Congratulations to Texas Team for being named an official Future of Nursing Coalition to Advance the Health of Texans. The Sept. 26 announcement was made by the Center to Champion Nursing in America, an initiative of AARP, the AARP Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. “The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action” is a […]
New Collaborative Develops to Address Language Access!
Recently, a new collaborative effort was formed to address hospital quality and safety-language, literacy and disabilities. These significant issues compromise the patients’ ability to understand information related to their healthcare. This new collaborative effort, led by Mina Kini, director of diversity and inclusion with Texas Health Resources, has resulted in the new Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital […]
Patient Centeredness-
The Intersection of Workforce & Patient Care
Nothing I have to share here is new, but I believe the importance of our workforce must always be in view. With the watchword in healthcare today being patient-centered care, is patient-centeredness truly being defined as intended? In other words, when all the meetings are over and the lights are turned off in conference rooms […]
Level Orange
Driving down the President George Bush Turnpike, traffic is stalled and the air pollution level is Orange. Should you put your air conditioner on to circulate the inside air and turn the vents off? I never know if it is too late and I have acquired the air pollution inside of my car and then […]
North Texas Regional Workforce Planning Initiative
A Look Inside
After agreeing they had one thing in common — one meager pool of talents from which to grow a workforce — in 2009, several area hospital systems including Baylor Health Care System, HCA North Texas and Texas Health Resources, under the collaborative fervor of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundation Workforce Center (DFWHC Foundation), started […]
Stress and Heat: What a Bummer!
With the exception of a single day, temperatures have been over 100 degrees for almost two months. Texas is in the midst of one of the worst droughts in state history. There are daily news reports about water shortages. The debt ceiling has been raised after much debate in Congress. Unemployment is at an all-time […]
It’s HOT Out There!
Right now I dread going outside for any reason. Usually I am the first one to gather people together to go out to lunch. But lately, I would rather eat in our small kitchen than venture outside. There is no way to get cool in the five to ten minute run to the restaurant! Even […]
DFWHHRA Seminar
August 24
Educational opportunity with the Dallas-Fort Worth Healthcare Human Resources Association on Wednesday August 24, 2011 at the Las Colinas Country Club for their annual one-day seminar. The registration and breakfast will begin at 8:00 and the sessions will begin at 9:00 a.m. Awaiting approval for CEUs. Morning Session Entitled: “Reforming Healthcare Recruitment” Speaker: Greta Sherman […]