Texas Hospitals is the magazine of the Texas Hospital Association. Published six times per year, Texas Hospitals focuses on THA-member hospitals/health systems and the issues they face. From articles about innovative products and services to in-depth pieces on current issues and trends, Texas Hospitals provides relevant information health care executives can use to help their hospitals.
Featured Articles
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Tackling the Great Staffing Shortage
How Texas hospitals are charting their way toward sustainable solutions to workforce and staffing challenges.
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A Funding Crisis Within a Pandemic
Medicaid supplemental payment programs finally received federal approval in late March, but the future of Texas’ health care safety net remains far from certain.
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2022 THA Annual Conference & Expo
Recapping this year’s THA Annual Conference and Expo and celebrating our 2021 award winners.
In This Issue
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Leading Through Crisis
Q&A with Doug Lawson, Ph.D., CEO of St. Luke’s Health
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Bridging the Language Divide in Texas Hospitals
Texas hospitals place interpretation services front and center when making health care accessible for non-English-speaking patients.
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Best Practices: Strengthening the supply chain, operational efficiency and financial performance
The health care supply chain is crucial to the affordability and quality of patient care. However, supply purchasing is one of the largest expense areas for hospitals and health systems.