Texas Hospitals: Invaluable – and Imperiled
THA is quantifying the wide-reaching importance of its hospitals – and the many headwinds threatening to reduce or erase patient care in communities across the state.
Read moreAdvocating for Texas Hospitals
Whether in Austin, elsewhere across Texas, or Washington, D.C., the Texas Hospital Association works year-round for patients and hospitals, advocating for the best possible health care environment across the state.
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From the CEO’s Desk
Keep up with the most pressing issues facing hospitals today with messages from THA’s Chief Executive Officer John Hawkins.
HOSPAC: Agents of Change
Through bolstering the best candidates for health care, THA’s political action committee paves the way to provide Texans the care they need.
News
THA Issues Statement on Governor’s Order on Undocumented Patients
Today, the Texas Hospital Association issued the following statement in response to Gov. Greg Abbot’s executive order and news release announcing a new requirement for Texas hospitals. The order aims to require Texas hospitals to collect information regarding patients who are not lawfully present in the United States who use…
Texas Hospitals Offer Tips Amid Beryl Aftermath
AUSTIN, Texas (July 9, 2024) – People in and around Houston affected by Hurricane Beryl who need electricity for medical needs, such as dialysis or oxygen, should go to cooling centers in the area before seeking hospital emergency rooms.
THA, Texas Hospitals to Honor Sacrifices of Health Care Heroes on First COVID-19 Heroes and Memorial Day
AUSTIN, Texas (Feb. 29, 2024) – This Monday, the Texas Hospital Association and hospitals across the state will observe the first of many important annual reminders about what the state’s patients and frontline workers endured during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Events
Playing the Long Game: Moving Beyond Cost Cutting
Leading healthcare systems must focus on performance improvement (reducing costs) and growth. Typically, the focus on cost-cutting is the common reaction to headwinds . . . 89% of hospitals currently have a cost-reduction plan (but only 6% characterized their programs as effective!) However, growth can have a greater near- and…
Updates on Regulation and Guidance for Hospital Programs Addressing Non-Medical Drivers of Health (NMDOH).
Hospitals are navigating increasing demands on how to address their patients’ health-impacting, non-medical needs. These social determinants, or as Texas calls them Non-Medical Drivers of Health (NMDOH), include nutrition, transportation, housing, and other living conditions that significantly impact health outcomes. As a result, new rules, regulations, and guidance for hospitals have…
Reimage Your Work Design: Processes, Roles, and Workflows to Best Support Your Workforce Ecosystem
By thoughtfully designing WHAT work needs to be done to create maximum value and align to the organization’s strategic priorities, WHO does the work so that you have the right resources at the right place at the right time, and HOW work is performed to create exceptional customer, employee, &…
We are the Texas Hospital Association
Founded in 1930, the Texas Hospital Association is the leadership organization and principal advocate for the state’s hospitals and health care systems. Based in Austin, THA enhances its members’ abilities to improve accessibility, quality and cost-effectiveness of health care for all Texans. One of the largest hospital associations in the country, THA represents more than 85 percent of the state’s acute-care hospitals and health care systems, which employ more than 400,000 health care professionals statewide.
