News

DFW Healthcare Salaries Exceed U.S. Median

Dallas-Fort Worth healthcare workers are paid slightly more than the national average, according the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Healthcare practitioners and technical workers—such as physicians, nutritionists and therapists—earn a mean hourly wage of $35.53 an hour, which is ... Full Story

North Texas Health Exchange Now Live and Gaining Steam

The North Texas health information exchange (HIE) is up and running. The North Texas Accountable Care Partnership (NTAHP) morphed from a pilot project in early May. Two major systems—Children’s Medical Center of Dallas and Methodist Health System—participated in the launch. ... Full Story

FDA Alert Targets Dallas-based NuVision Pharmacy

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an alert to healthcare providers not to use sterile products made and distributed by Dallas-based compounding pharmacy NuVision Pharmacy because of concerns about a lack of sterility. The FDA issued the ... Full Story

Size Driving Today’s Hospital M&A, Experts Say

Panelists at the Health Industry Council’s recent Southwest Transactions conference in Dallas were asked what strategies are driving hospital mergers and acquisitions (M&A) today, compared with the 1980s and 1990s. The short answer: Size. Jack Hess, a partner at Financial ... Full Story

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Features

Mobile and Cloud Computing Go Mainstream

Lately we’ve seen some traditional Dallas companies investing in technology and expanding in non-traditional ways. By finding innovative uses of mobile applications and cloud-based services, these firms aren’t just digitizing what they do, but creating opportunities for their own companies and their customers. When the convergence of communications services and... Full Story

Why Bad Management is Usually to Blame

Management, Ed Whitacre says, is 95 percent about people. “If you can get that part right—the people part—most times the other stuff will work itself out,” says the plain-spoken Texan. He ought to know. For nearly two decades, the Ennis native successfully ran two of the country’s biggest companies: SBC... Full Story

Personnel Moves

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Cora Bennett

Texas Health Physicians Group

Cora Bennett has been named executive director for integration and alignment at Texas Health Physicians Group. In her new role, Bennett will be responsible for all of THPG’s on-boarding and... Full Story

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