Posts Tagged ‘Merritt Hawkins’

Foundation report noted in D Healthcare story on new TCU/UNT medical school

A study prepared for the DFW Hospital Council Foundation’s North Texas Regional Extension Center (NTREC) by Merritt Hawkins exposing major gaps in Texas’ physician workforce was noted in a story this morning in D Healthcare Daily on the new medical degree program to be offered by the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNT) […]

NTREC’s Howe details physician shortage

Dr. Richard Howe, executive director of the DFW Hospital Council Foundation’s North Texas Regional Extension Center (NTREC), was interviewed by HealthLeaders Media earlier this month on the physician shortage in Texas. The story was prompted by the release of a survey commissioned by the NTREC and conducted by Merritt Hawkins detailing the alarming shortage of […]

Physician shortage! – Foundation study detailed by D Healthcare Daily

A study produced by the DFW Hospital Council Foundation, the North Texas Regional Extension Center and Merritt Hawkins revealing a statewide shortage in physicians was detailed this morning in a D Healthcare Daily story. You can read the full article here.

New study shows major gaps in Texas’ physician workforce

IRVING, Texas – One hundred and eighty-five (185) Texas counties with a combined population equal to or greater than 21 individual states have no general psychiatrist, while 158 Texas counties with a combined population equal to or greater than 14 individual states have no general surgeon, according to a new report. Entitled “The Physician Workforce […]