Match Day 2025: Welcoming the Future of Texas Healthcare
March 21, known as Match Day, for graduating medical students is a significant milestone, marking the next step in their journey to full medical practice. On Match Day, medical students find out which residency and fellowship [...]
Honoring Courage on COVID-19 Heroes and Memorial Day
March 4, 2025, marks the second annual COVID-19 Heroes and Memorial Day, a day of reflection, gratitude, and remembrance. This special day honors first responders and health care professionals who stood strong for their communities during [...]
Public Health in Action: How UMC Lubbock Supports Its Community Beyond Hospital Walls
When public health challenges arise, public hospitals step up — not just for their immediate communities, but for the broader regions that rely on their expertise and resources. As a public teaching hospital , University Medical [...]
JPS Health Network Launches SHINE Program to Empower the Next Generation of Healthcare Professionals
Beginning this summer, Tarrant County high school students can participate in JPS Health Network’s Students in Healthcare for Individual Empowerment (SHINE) Program to gain real-world experience working in healthcare settings and get a head start on [...]
JPS Healthcare Network: Advancing Maternal Healthcare in Texas with TeamBirth
As a valued member of Teaching Hospitals of Texas (THOT), JPS Health Network continues to excel in providing innovation in healthcare. JPS is the first hospital in Texas to implement the nationally-recognized, TeamBirth initiative. This groundbreaking [...]
Amid Growing Number of Maternity Care Deserts, Texas’ Teaching and Public Hospitals Maintain Labor and Delivery Services
Texas’ public and teaching hospitals are best known for their clinical teaching mission and their commitment to caring for underserved populations. They are also more likely than other hospitals to still provide labor and delivery services. [...]
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 [...]