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Fourth Annual Breakfast with St. NICUlas Successfully Kicked Off the Holiday Season
On December 10, more than 500 children and parents attended the 4th
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From left: Blake, Chesleigh and B.A. Lloyd |
annual Breakfast with St. NICUlas to benefit nursing priorities at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Chairs Chesleigh and Blake Lloyd, and Vice Chairs Sarah and Stockton Clemons led a hard-working committee to raise more than $40,000. Held at the Fort Worth Club, families enjoyed a delicious breakfast buffet, live entertainment and pictures with Santa. |
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There's Still Time: Get Your Tickets for Frostival 
Don't miss the must-attend event of 2012 --Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford's Frostival featuring the band Le Freak. Held on Saturday, Feb. 11 at the Omni Fort Worth Hotel, attendees will enjoy an evening of dinner and dancing while raising money for Texas Health HEB's new Patient Navigator program. The program provides patients and their families with the support and resources needed when dealing with a chronic illness so that they can focus on what really matters -- their healing and quality of life. Get your tickets at www.TexasHealth.org/Frostival or for more information call Michelle Wagner at 817-317-5234. |
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Create a Legacy: Charitable Gift Planning
Each month, we feature on our Web site new articles and interactive features that cover topics such as estate planning and charitable giving. We hope it will be a useful resource for you. New this month:
Communicating Your Plans With Loved Ones
You may be as hesitant about bringing up your estate plans to your loved ones as they are about asking you to cover this sensitive topic. Do your family, and yourself, a favor by bringing up the subject first. Read how, here.
Should Estate Planning Be Called Life Planning?
Guess what? If you have belongings, you have an estate. And without a plan, your estate could be subject to what the courts decide in case anything happens to you. Read more, here. |
Texas Health Burleson Receives Accreditation
Texas Health Harris Methodist Outpatient Center Burleson's pathology laboratory has received accreditation from the College of American Pathologists.
"Our staff works diligently each day and are thrilled our survey results reflect the time and attention they put into their work," said Becky Tucker, administrator of Texas Health Burleson. "We are proud to have received this accreditation that helps achieve the highest standards to positively impact patient care. We've joined an exclusive group of more than 7,000 labs worldwide that focus on quality patient care." To earn accreditation, labs must undergo an accreditation survey that includes inspection of laboratory records and quality control procedures. The surveyors also review staff qualifications, equipment, facilities and overall management of the laboratory. |
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Full Accreditation Earned By Texas Health Resources Research Program
In a major validation of its applied research program, Texas Health Resources has received full accreditation from the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP). The accreditation applies to Texas Health's human subject protection program, which includes the system's Institutional Review Board (IRB). Texas Health is one of only 241 organizations worldwide that have achieved full accreditation from AAHRPP for its human subject protection programs. Only about 20 percent of these are hospitals or health systems. Texas Health voluntarily participated in AAHRPP's extensive accreditation process. Full accreditation by AAHRPP is considered the "gold seal" in human research study participant protection. |
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I.T. Department at Texas Health Resources Named Among Nation's Best
The Texas Health Resources Innovative Technologies Division has been selected as one of the nation's Best Hospital Information Technology (IT) Departments by Healthcare IT News, a major trade publication.
Texas Health is ranked No. 10 in the large hospitals and health care systems category, and is the only Texas-based health care organization recognized. Texas Health was selected from among 179 hospitals and health systems nominated to Healthcare IT News. The publication based the rankings on results of a workplace satisfaction survey completed by nominees' IT department staff members. The rankings are contained in a supplement to the magazine's December issue and online. The recognition follows Texas Health's selection in June for the fourth straight year by Computerworld magazine as one of the top 100 workplaces for IT professionals. Texas Health placed No. 19 on that annual list, up from 34 in 2010. |
