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  • Amy Rios

    View all posts Amy Rios is a seasoned marketing and communications professional with over a decade of experience writing for academic health care institutions, non-profit health care advocacy organizations, internal communications, and hospital associations. Through human interest stories such as Closing a Chapter of Texas Hospitals, Healing Uvalde, Brad Holland: Rallying for Texas Hospitals, Rios highlights the extraordinary efforts of health care professionals and the importance of provider and patient advocacy. Rios is also passionate about helping health care providers and communicators leverage the stories of patients, providers, researchers and institutions to highlight the human experience of delivering and receiving care. Rios is currently the senior marketing director at the Texas Hospital Association.

Articles by Amy Rios

Nomination Period Now Open for Texas Hospital Awards
February 11, 2025
4 min read

Nomination Period Now Open for Texas Hospital Awards

Every year, the Texas Hospital Association recognizes the outstanding contributions made by health care leaders within Texas hospitals through annual merit awards.
Jim Kendrick at THA’s headquarters in Austin, Texas.
January 6, 2025
8 min read

Jim Kendrick: Turnarounds and Transformation in Texas Hospitals

Jim Kendrick takes the helm as the Texas Hospital Association’s 2025 board chair with a bold vision for the future of health care in Texas.
October 31, 2024
3 min read

Halloween in Texas Hospitals

For patients spending Halloween in the hospital, the holiday can be a bittersweet reminder of the celebrations they’re missing at home. However, Texas hospitals rise to the occasion by transforming their halls into havens of spooky fun and creative engagement, ensuring that patients don’t miss out on the Halloween spirit. Integrating Halloween festivities into hospital settings is more than just…
Leadership Fellows: 10 Years of Grassroots Advocacy for Texas Hospitals
October 1, 2024
14 min read

Leadership Fellows: 10 Years of Grassroots Advocacy for Texas Hospitals

For the past decade, the Texas Hospital Association’s Leadership Fellows program has been a driving force in Texas hospital leadership advocacy. During a nine-month curriculum focused on legislative and regulatory processes, hospital executives are empowered to champion policy initiatives that ensure that future health care policy is rooted in the reality of day-to-day health care delivery. Despite being an interim…
August 28, 2024
5 min read

Texas Hospital Executives Answer the Internet’s Questions About Hospitals

We asked clinical, finance and executive leaders from hospitals across Texas some of the internet’s most frequently asked questions about hospitals.
Navigating Fiduciary Responsibility: A Guide for Retirement Plan Sponsors
July 17, 2024
6 min read

A Guide for Retirement Plan Sponsors

Navigate the maze of fiduciary responsibilities with a simple checklist guide to ensure your hospital’s retirement plan remains compliant.
THA Leadership Fellows interactive media training session
June 20, 2024
5 min read

Mastering Media Relations: Essential Tips for Hospital Leaders 

When a member of the media calls your hospital, it can elicit feelings of excitement or alarm. If the hospital has impressive or exciting news to share, media attention can scale the story to a broader audience. Unfortunately, unwanted media scrutiny can do the same. “The media world changes fast. We have to stay on top of that. COVID reinvigorated…
THA board meeting
June 4, 2024
4 min read

Accepting Nominations for THA’s Boards, Councils and Committees

Now through July 3, members can nominate Texas hospital leaders to serve on a THA Board, Council or Committee in 2025.
May 12, 2024
8 min read

Hospital Week: A Tribute to Texas Hospitals

For over 100 years, Hospital Week has recognized the tremendous impact hospitals and health systems have on patients, families and communities. This week, THA is honoring its members by highlighting some of our favorite heartwarming stories from Texas hospitals from the past year.
Doctor's Day 2024
March 28, 2024
5 min read

Beyond the Stethoscope: Highlighting Texas Physicians on National Doctor’s Day

Each year, National Doctor’s Day provides health care institutions, patients and the community with an opportunity to celebrate the physicians who dedicated their life’s work to improving others’ health. It shines a light on the immediate lifesaving work they perform every day and the extensive and rigorous path to earn the title of doctor. Physician executives play a pivotal role…