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April 3, 2024 • HSC Health health coach, HSC health, lifestyle coaching,
The first time many people hear the term “health coach,” they immediately think weight loss, going to the gym and dieting. While these are things health coaches encourage, that’s not what they are trained to do. Through collaborative goal setting, health coaches partner with their patients to identify their goals ‑ whether it's managing a…
August 1, 2023 • Banner feature, HSC Health ADHD treatment, autism treatment, HSC health, Jay Roop, Kendi Hensel, OMM,
Dr. Jay Roop performs osteopathic manipulative medicine for patients of all ages at HSC Health — the patient-facing clinic at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth — but his favorite patients are the kids. Roop, a DO, said OMM can be used to improve everything from tongue ties and latching…
July 21, 2023 • Banner feature, HSC Health Caring for firefighters, heat exhaustion, Jessica Rangel, Palo Pinto, Possum Kingdom, Texas fires, wilderness medicine,
Last year, an open trash container whose contents ignited sparked a fire that destroyed five homes and charred more than 1,800 acres in Palo Pinto County. This year, the same area 80 miles west of Fort Worth that houses Possum Kingdom Lake was once again engulfed in flames. The so-called “Storage Fire,” which reportedly started…
July 20, 2023 • Banner feature, HSC Health, Whole Health depression, Environmental Health, Financial Health, mental health, Physical Health, spirituality, Whole Health, Whole Health care team,
This article is part of a series highlighting whole health initiatives on HSC’s campus. When a patient is diagnosed with a life-altering chronic illness, that person’s emotional state can plummet. Roughly 37 million Americans have diabetes, for example, and they are two to three times more likely to develop depression than people without the disease. If…
April 27, 2023 • Geriatrics, HSC Health Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program, Health Aging, Health Professions and Nursing Education Coalition, HRSA Title VII, HRSA Title VIII, Independent Living, Rep. Diana DeGette, Rep. Michael Burges,
On Wednesday, April 19, Dr. Janice Knebl, chief medical officer at HSC Health, attended the AAMC-led Health Professions and Nursing Education Coalition congressional briefing as a panelist. The briefing focused on how the HRSA Title VII and VIII programs shape the workforce and help address health workforce shortages. Invited by the Elder Workforce Alliance, Knebl…
January 3, 2023 • HSC Health Center for Older Adults, Distinguished fellow, interprofessional, National Academies of Practice, psychology,
Neuropsychologist Dr. April Wiechmann will be inducted into the National Academies of Practice as a distinguished fellow in psychology. The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth practitioner and professor will be honored during the organization’s annual meeting and forum on the weekend of March 30. The induction ceremony will take place…
August 8, 2022 • HSC Health, School of Public Health, TCOM American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Dr. Andrew Yockey, Dr. David Farmer, Dr. Scott Walters, mental health,
The numbers are staggering. Each year in the U.S., 300 to 400 physicians die by suicide. Such deaths are between 250% and 400% higher among female physicians when compared with women in other professions, and male doctors have suicide rates as much as 40% higher than the general population. Despite a recent push by the…
August 5, 2022 • HSC Health, HSC Health, Pediatrics Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, Dr. Christina Robinson, Healthy Families®, Healthy Kids, pediatric mobile clinic,
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth recently was awarded a $25,000 Healthy Kids, Healthy Families® grant from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX). The funding will allow the university’s Pediatric Mobile Clinic to continue striving to increase health care access for children across North Texas. The clinic has…
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.…
July 29, 2022 • HSC Health, HSC News African American nurses, Donald “Donny” Freeman, HSC Health Correctional Medicine, HSC Health GI department, Kristi Wright, male nurses,
Donald “Donny” Freeman, clinical operations coordinator of HSC Health Correctional Medicine, knows hard work. For more than 20 years, he was a transportation worker before deciding to leave everything he knew to start a career in health care. Freeman is constantly bettering himself, progressing from medical assistant to licensed vocational nurse, and is on track…
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