Posts Tagged ‘Texas’

Legislative Items this Week

Many thanks to my friend Nora Belcher, Executive Director of the E-Health Alliance who keeps me updated on all Austin work in the Health Committees. We have a lot going on this week – please see the bills that will be heard below that may interest you. Please give me a call or email if […]

Healthcare Legislative Primer

Healthcare Legislative Primer – How to find out what impacts care Medicaid funding and redistricting are big topics this year in the Texas Legislature. Issues impacting our communities’ health may be less familiar to you. Several major bills have been heard since the week of April 18 in the Senate and House. While most bills […]

Texas Health Care Information Collection

You may be wondering who is the Texas Health Care Information Collection (THCIC) agency and why do we care what they do? THCIC was created by the 74th Texas Legislature in 1995. THCIC’s primary purpose is to provide data enabling Texas consumers and health plan purchasers to make informed health care decisions. THCIC collects data […]

Air Quality

Emory University and Georgia Tech University have partnered with the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundation (DFWHC Foundation) to research how air quality affects emergency room (ER) usage. Emory has been conducting research on air quality and ER usage since 1990 with a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency. They have ER usage data from Atlanta […]

Healthy North Texas: Our New Community Health Resource

What an exciting start to 2011 for the Community Health Division! As the director of Population and Public Health Research, it’s a constant adventure to find ways to improve population health through data and information. I am excited to announce the launch of our community health website this month, Healthy North Texas! Through the support […]