The University of Texas Tyler Health Science Center Opens New Simulation Center to Train Critical Care Transport Nurses and Paramedics
The Helicopter Critical Care Transport Simulation Center at The University of Texas at Tyler Health Science Center is the second medical flight program in the country with a clinical flight simulator — and the only one [...]
THOT Members Receive Grants to Support Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Programs
Three Teaching Hospitals of Texas members are among the nine recipients of new state Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program grants. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, and [...]
Match Day 2026: Why Residency Training Matters for Texas
Match Day is one of the most important milestones in medical education. It's the day graduating medical students across the country learn where they will begin residency training, taking the next step from medical school into [...]
News Release: Public and Teaching Hospitals Secure Stability for Essential Hospital-at-Home Programs
February 3, 2026 (AUSTIN, Texas) –– Today’s passage of the government funding plan provides long-term stability for hospital-at-home programs, an essential component of modern healthcare delivery. The appropriations package extends the authority for hospital-at-home programs through 2030, [...]
University Health’s Newest Neighborhood Clinic Affirms Public and Teaching Hospitals’ Commitment to Timely, Accessible Preventive Care
University Health opened its newest outpatient clinic, University Health Vida, in San Antonio’s South Side in January 2026, continuing teaching and public hospitals’ legacy of investing in community-based care sites in traditionally underserved areas. “Texas’ teaching [...]
Press Release: Public and Teaching Hospitals Applaud Continuation of Hospital at Home Authority; Call for Permanent Authority
November 13, 2025 (AUSTIN, Texas) ––Texas’ public and teaching hospitals applaud the enactment of legislation to fund the federal government through Jan. 30, 2026, and re-start innovative Hospital at Home programs for Medicare and Medicaid patients. [...]
THOT Members Among Opioid Abatement Grantees
Three THOT members have been awarded grants from the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council (OAFC). The Council awarded more than 100 grants to hospitals, local mental health authorities, school districts, and other entities responding to the [...]
Press Release: Public and Teaching Hospitals Reject Proposed Changes to the Long-Standing 340B Prescription Drug Program
September 11, 2025 (AUSTIN, Texas) –– In comments submitted to the Health Resources and Services Administration on its proposed 340B prescription drug pricing change, Teaching Hospitals of Texas describes the proposal as a “pay and chase” [...]
University of Texas at Tyler Invests in Nursing Burnout Prevention
Nearly two-thirds of nurses nationwide report experiencing burnout, a major cause of workforce departures and disengagement and of the overall nursing workforce shortage. In Texas, the nursing shortage is expected to surpass 57,000 registered nurses and [...]
University of Texas at Tyler Awarded Nursing Innovation Grant
The University of Texas at Tyler’s School of Nursing has been awarded a $874,617 grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to fuel innovation in nursing education. This major grant — part of the state’s [...]