Celebrating Doctors’ Day 2023
March 30 is Doctors’ Day, a day to celebrate and appreciate all our incredible physicians. Doctors’ Day is an opportunity to acknowledge and thank our physicians who care for our communities in our hospitals and clinics [...]
THOT Supported Hospital at Home Legislation Advances
Essential legislation to maintain innovative hospital at home programs in Texas is advancing through the Texas Legislature. House Bill 1890, by Rep. Jacey Jetton, was reported favorably the House Public Health Committee on March 27. [...]
UTMB Rolls Out Moxi Robots to Support Nurses
Texas’ teaching hospitals are investing in multiple, in-depth strategies to support and retain their experienced nurses – a key element in solving Texas’ nurse workforce challenge. These strategies range from shared governance and telenursing to changing [...]
The Nursing Shortage is a Code Red for the Legislature
Teaching Hospitals of Texas president and CEO Maureen Milligan outlined the main challenges hospitals face as they work to solve the critical nursing shortage in Texas and what steps Texas lawmakers can take to help in [...]
New JAMA Study Documents Teaching Hospitals’ Impact on Patient Outcomes
Communities with academic medical centers (AMCs), or teaching hospitals, have better outcomes for patients at all hospitals, according to an analysis of more than 22 million hospitalizations of Medicare beneficiaries published in the Feb. 1 JAMA [...]
THOT, Harris Health Discuss Texas’ Nurse Workforce Shortage and Strategies to Address It
Maureen Milligan, PhD, president and CEO of Teaching Hospitals of Texas, and Jackie Brock, DNP, RN, chief nursing executive and executive vice president at Harris Health System in Houston, will discuss the nursing care shortage in [...]
PRESS RELEASE: Teaching Hospitals of Texas Announce Agenda for 2023 Texas Legislative Session
Teaching Hospitals of Texas Announce Agenda for 2023 Texas Legislative Session Support for the nursing workforce, Medicaid funding, and behavioral health are among the priorities Jan. 10, 2023 (AUSTIN, Texas) –– Texas teaching hospitals have [...]
San Antonio Op Ed: University Health Chief Medical Officer Provides Clarity on Reduced Health Risks Associated With COVID Vaccine
Hospital leaders continue providing clear data on COVID patients arriving for treatment in their emergency rooms, ICUs, and clinics. Bryan Alsip, MD, MPH, FACPM, is the chief medical officer of University Health in San Antonio. In [...]
THOT Member Harris Health System Testifies in Support of Funding for Nurse Clinical Training
Jackie Brock, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, TCRN, chief nurse executive and executive vice president for Harris Health System, testified today before the Texas House of Representatives Committee on Public Health, chaired by Rep. Stephanie Klick, RN. Brock’s [...]
THOT Testifies on Strategies to Enhance Texas’ Nurse Workforce
Testifying before the Texas Senate Committee on Health and Human Services on August 23, Maureen Milligan, THOT’s president and CEO, asked lawmakers to fund clinical site training support and retention strategies for nurses. While the [...]