Blog by Kristin Jenkins, President of the DFWHC Foundation “Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.” – Jonathan Swift The numbers make the issue obvious, but they are still hard to believe. Twenty to 25 percent of people in Texas county jails are diagnosed with mental illness, with annual costs to […]
Posts Tagged ‘Texas Health Resources’
Oliveros and Kinney to chair Community Health Collaborative
The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) Foundation hosted a North Texas Community Health Collaborative Board Meeting on March 21 at its headquarters in Irving to discuss strategic priorities for 2018. The board selected Catherine Oliveros, vice president of community health improvement at Texas Health Resources, as chair and Ashleigh Kinney, director of family services and child […]
Leadership North Texas Health Day underway
The North Texas Commission’s Leadership North Texas Class 9 Health Day kicked off this morning at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth. The theme for this year’s event is “The Social Determinants of Health,” with 14 speakers and six sessions. DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) President/CEO W. Stephen Love provided a federal and state […]
Foundation provides training detail on recent TWC Grant
Presenting information on the Texas Workforce Commission Skills Development Fund, DFW Hospital Council Foundation President Kristin Jenkins and Foundation Workforce Director Sally Williams discussed training details with an audience of 20 representatives on December 7 at the United Way offices in Dallas. The forum was held in coordination with grant partners Medical City Healthcare and […]
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 participates in Dallas County domestic violence report
Did you know the presence of a gun during a domestic violence incident increases the risk of homicide by 500 percent? Or that domestic violence is 11 times more likely to occur on days of heavy alcohol or drug use? You can learn these and hundreds of additional facts in the Dallas County Adult Intimate […]
Local hospitals participating in Hurricane Harvey relief
The rains may have stopped (for the time being), but hospital relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Harvey have continued throughout the week in North Texas. While the number of evacuees has not reached the overwhelming totals from Hurricane Katrina in 2005 when an estimated 26,000 people arrived in Dallas, the storm has kept the […]
Annual Summer Institute set for Aug. 8 in Dallas
One of the DFW Hospital Council Foundation’s most popular events, the annual Summer Institute is set for Tuesday, August 8 from 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. at Texas Woman’s University in Dallas. This year’s event is themed “Innovation and Technology in Healthcare,” with Julie Hall-Barrow of Children’s Health serving as the keynote speaker with the […]
Foundation’s Kristin Jenkins moderates TCU health care panel
During a sold out event this morning at Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth, DFW Hospital Council Foundation President Kristin Jenkins served as panel moderator during the educational breakfast forum “Transforming Health and Health Care.” The event was hosted by TCU’s Neeley School of Business. The panel included Barclay Berdan, CEO of Texas Health […]
Healthcare Realignment: The Brave New World set for Oct. 5
Co-sponsoring with the DFW Hospital Council, the UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management will be hosting the educational event “Healthcare Realignment: The Brave New World” on Wednesday, October 5 in the Davidson Auditorium on the UT Dallas campus. Guest panelists will include Dr. Jeffrey Canose, COO, Texas Health Resources; Dr. Jim Walton, President/CEO, Genesis […]