During a segment last night on NBC 5 News, Reporter Bianca Castro detailed the Behavioral Health Community Needs Assessment Report released this week by the North Texas Community Health Collaborative. The study was also covered by D CEO Healthcare Daily Reporter Shawn Shinneman. Coordinated by the DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) Foundation, the Collaborative released the […]
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Behavioral Health Report covers 16 North Texas counties
Seven North Texas counties have no psychiatric care beds and the number of behavioral care providers throughout the region are below national and state levels, according to a Behavioral Health Community Needs Assessment Report released this week. The 130-page report by the North Texas Community Health Collaborative was the opening bell of a strategic goal […]
DFWHC and Alzheimer’s Association to host March 8 event
The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) and the Alzheimer’s Association is inviting members to learn about the latest analysis findings of Alzheimer’s disease during the educational event “Alzheimer’s Research Update: Early Detection Resources and Tools” on Thursday, March 8 from 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. in the main auditorium at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children […]
Foundation hosts first Health Literacy meeting
The DFW Hospital Council Foundation hosted its first Health Literacy Collaborative Committee meeting on October 23 at its main offices in Irving. The forum was attended by 22 people representing hospitals and schools in North Texas. The Committee was created for the purpose of inspiring a health literate culture in North Texas with a goal […]
Foundation releases white paper on North Texas readmission trends
The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) Foundation released the new white paper “Readmissions in North Texas: A Comprehensive Overview of Statistics, Demographics and Charges to Identify Disparities 2013-2015” this week detailing hospital readmission trends in the region. Published by Dr. Sushma Sharma, the director of public and population health research in the DFWHC Foundation, the report […]
Foundation releases 2016-2017 Annual Report
The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) Foundation released its 2016-2017 Annual Report today. The 20-page document details the activities of each department over the past 12 months to include research papers, awards and final numbers on the Hospital Engagement Network (HEN). The DFWHC Foundation’s participation in the HEN concluded at the end of 2017, with 24 […]
Lori Millner honored during today’s CHC meeting
Lori Millner, the long-time chair of the DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) Foundation’s Community Health Collaborative (CHC) and executive director of the DFW Area Health Education Center (DFW AHEC), was honored today for her leadership and upcoming retirement in August. Millner was acknowledged during the CHC’s monthly meeting this morning at the DFWHC Foundation offices in […]
What does the regional FSRDC mean to you?
Blog by Kristin Jenkins, President of the DFWHC Foundation In April, a Federal Reserve Bank-led coalition of universities and the DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) Foundation were awarded the designation as a Federal Statistical Research Data Center (FSRDC) by the National Science Foundation. Why does it matter to our healthcare systems and partners? The designation allows […]
Foundation releases 2015-2016 Annual Report
The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) Foundation) released its 2015-2016 Annual Report to the public this week. This year’s edition, themed “A Helping Hand,” details each DFWHC Foundation department in addition to research and data projects over the past 12 months. You can view the report here. Hard copies will be mailed to members next week. […]
Foundation data combined with asthma-related Twitter study
The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) Foundation’s hospital data was combined with an analysis of real-time Twitter data to project population-level asthma ED visits and hospital admissions, according to a study presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting last week in Baltimore. Researchers used Twitter location data to isolate tweets from the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and […]