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October 14, 2022 • Banner feature, Safercare Texas Asthma 411, HB 2243, State Rep. Stephanie Klick, Taskforce on Unassigned Albuterol Policy & Implementatio, the Asthma 411 Consortium,
The Asthma 411 team, as a part of The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s patient safety organization SaferCare Texas, is leading the development of legislation to be presented in January during the 88th session of the Texas Legislature. The team has partnered to create the Texas Taskforce on Unassigned Albuterol…
October 7, 2022 • Safercare Texas #WordsToLose, health literacy, Health Literacy Awareness Month.,
In recognition of Health Literacy Month, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s SaferCare Texas is launching a #WordsToLose campaign to emphasize the importance of using words that people can easily understand so that they can make appropriate health decisions. As a part of the campaign, HSC encourages area residents to…
August 3, 2022 • HSC Health, Safercare Texas HSC health, Janice Knebl, Julie Pedlar Dinneen, Katie McKinley, Patient Safety Organization, Riskonnect, SaferCare Texas, Tracy Chamblee,
HSC Health, in partnership with SaferCare Texas, is building out a custom risk reporting solution with a data reporting company called Riskonnect that just launched for clinic use. Riskonnect serves seven out of the 10 largest U.S. health systems and more than 170 health care and life sciences organizations, including 1400 acute care hospitals globally.…
April 4, 2022 • Community, Safercare Texas, School of Health Professions
During the last two years, the pandemic has highlighted the health disparities that millions of Texans face, from local access to health care to being able to find and navigate accurate health information. One way to help bridge these gaps is through community health workers. Dr. Teresa Wagner is hoping to improve the health of…
August 23, 2021 • Community, Public Health, Safercare Texas
By Katie Shanklin From school and work absences to school funding, asthma affects much more than just an individual’s ability to breathe. Asthma affects 5.1 million children in the United States. According to the Cook Children’s Community Needs Assessment, 19% of children ages 5-14 in the area have been diagnosed with asthma at some time…
July 28, 2021 • Community, Health Disparities Campaign, Public Health, Safercare Texas
By Alex Branch As Titus County grew into a COVID-19 hot spot last summer, Terry Scoggin realized the rural hospital he leads needed to make some big changes. The east Texas county is 40 percent Hispanic — many drawn there by jobs in the manufacturing and food processing industry — but Titus Regional Medical Center lacked the…
July 19, 2021 • Safercare Texas
By Sally Crocker Imagine trying to safely navigate the COVID-19 pandemic while living in a rural community with limited internet access and being unable to go online to keep up with changing health guidance. Or if English wasn’t your native language and you had to translate urgent health information needed to protect your family. Think…
June 25, 2021 • Community, Safercare Texas
By Diane Smith-Pinckney Bryce Schilling credits bystander CPR with his second chance at life. The Dallas accountant, 27, collapsed after participating in The Cowtown Half Marathon on May 8. His memory is foggy, but he remembers crossing the finish line and dropping to the ground. “Everything went black,” Schilling said. John Sims, director of The…
May 28, 2021 • Clinical Practice Group, Health Disparities Campaign, Patient Care, Safercare Texas
By Katie Shanklin From limited resources to lack of internet access, living in rural areas can be challenging. But when the coronavirus pandemic hit, HSC and one rural North Texas community’s public library teamed up to help keep residents healthy. According to the CDC, about 46 million Americans live in rural areas, experiencing long-standing systemic health and social…
March 26, 2021 • Patient Safety, Safercare Texas, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta Lillee Gelinas, MS, RN, CPPS, FAAN, remembers the first patient she ever lost. She was in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps and missed a respiratory depression that ultimately led to the patient’s death. Devastating experiences like that drove the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) to create the nation’s first and only…
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