UT Tyler Receives Federal Grant to Increase Access to Primary Care-based Behavioral Health Care
The University of Texas at Tyler is making monumental strides in addressing the critical need for timely, accessible mental health care in East Texas. Thanks to a $1.75 million grant from the federal Health Resources and [...]
UMC El Paso Secures Voter Approval for $396.6 Million Bond Initiative
El Paso voters have given their approval to University Medical Center El Paso's $396.6 million bond initiative, a transformative step forward for healthcare in the region. With the funding, UMC El Paso will expand its [...]
Policy Group Recommends Funding SB 25 Nurse Grant Programs
Funding the Nursing Education and Training Grants for nursing clinical site capacity and innovation that were included in Senate Bill 25, 88th Texas Legislature, but were not funded is, one of the recommendations of the Texas [...]
Two THOT Members Among State’s Four Workplace Violence Against Nurses Program Grantees for 2024-25
Fort Worth-based JPS Health Network and Midland Health are two of the Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies’ four 2024-2025 grant recipients in the Workplace Violence Against Nurses program. JPS Health Network is the recipient of [...]
Influential Nurse Workforce Committee Adds Long-Time Nurse Leader
THOT-member Parkland Health’s Dr. Karen Wright selected for critical role The Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies Advisory Committee has selected Dr. Karen Wright, senior director of professional practice, nursing research, and clinical education at Parkland [...]
Two THOT members among awardees of new Medicare GME slots
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services awarded 200 additional Medicare-funded graduate medical education slots to 109 teaching hospitals across the country. Three of the 109 institutions are in Texas, and two of those [...]
News Release: Public and Teaching Hospitals Lead the Way in Investments and Innovations to Eliminate Barriers to Behavioral Health Care
November 18, 2024 (AUSTIN, Texas) –– A new series from the Teaching Hospitals of Texas profiles some of the behavioral health care investments and innovations public and teaching hospitals are leading to respond to their communities’ [...]
UT Tyler School of Nursing PhD Student Selected for Perinatal Advisory Council
Dr. Antay Waters, PhD student in nursing at the University of Texas at Tyler School of Nursing will begin a three-year term on the state’s Perinatal Advisory Council. She is the only advanced practice nurse on [...]
National Academy of Medicine Selects Physician-Researchers From Texas’ Teaching Hospitals for Membership
Texas’ teaching hospitals continue to lead the way in creating research environments that attract physician-researchers operating at the forefront of advanced research for cancer care and other new treatments for other diseases. Physicians with two Texas [...]
Physician Assistant Week 2024
October 6 – 12 is Physician Assistant Week, an opportunity to celebrate the dedicated physician assistants that make great care accessible for millions of patients every day. Collectively, physician assistants (PAs) see more than 500 million [...]