Blog by Kristin Jenkins, President of the DFW Hospital Council Foundation The DFW Hospital Council Foundation is dedicated to improving health and healthcare in North Texas. We would like our partners to consider us the “go to” resource to support improvement in the region. During 2017, we will highlight strategic initiatives designed to achieve these […]
Posts Tagged ‘healthcare data’
Texas Regional Data Managers Network to host annual conference May 12-13
The Texas Regional Data Managers Network will be hosting its annual conference May 12-13 at UT Southwestern’s William P. Clements, Jr. University Hospital in Dallas. Themed “Teamwork Equals Great Outcomes,” the event will be highlighted by detail on the new updates for the STS Adult Cardiac Database v2.9. The event is from 7:00 a.m. to […]
TQI films video in preparation for annual meeting
Highlighting opportunities of the DFW Hospital Council Foundation’s Texas Quality Initiative (TQI), leaders of the organization filmed a video last week to promote its annual conference on May 11 at the UT Southwestern Medical Center’s William P. Clements, Jr. University Hospital in Dallas. Dr. Baron Hamman of Texas Health Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dr. Steves […]
Foundation’s TQI speaks at national conference in Baltimore
The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) Foundation’s Texas Quality Initiative (TQI) took center stage last Thursday during the Society of Thoracic Surgeons event “Advances in Quality & Outcomes: A Data Managers Meeting” at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. Before more than 600 attendees, Cathy Knoff, the director of TQI, and Syma Prince presented “Wanted […]
Foundation leaders quoted in AHIMA Blog
In an April 15 blog in the Journal of AHIMA, the official publication of the American Health Information Management Association, a pair of Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundation leaders were quoted due to their expertise in healthcare data. Theresa Mendoza, director of quality, BI and data services for the Foundation, and Richard Howe, PhD, executive […]
Data Analytics in Healthcare: Physician Analytics Coming Soon
In my previous blog, I discussed five reasons why you should do physician data analytics including: 1) Improve communication, 2) Lower the overall costs, 3) Improve volume of patients seen, 4) Improve patient satisfaction and 5) Improve quality of patient care. We recently obtained a tool for launching the pilot physician data analytics service. This […]