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Hospitals Need Every Route to Act Fast in a Mental Health Crisis
There’s a lot of talk about government efficiency these days. Whether it’s in Washington, D.C., at the Texas Capitol or on your…
Cap Recap
Each week during the 2025 session of the Texas Legislature, The Scope’s Cap Recap takes a quick look at the previous week’s most hospital-relevant news under the Pink Dome in Austin.
Available exclusively on LinkedIn, The MicroScope newsletter is a condensed version of all the content you can expect from The Scope with additional perspectives weighing in. Each month, we take a closer look at an advocacy theme or issue that Texas health care leaders should be aware of with commentary from our CEO, John Hawkins, THA staff and executives from our member hospitals.
Rural Texas Hospital Goes Hollywood
When Hollywood – and one of TV’s preeminent creators of…
The Texas Standard: Champions of Charity Care
Caring for the entirety of a large state with a…
Texas Hospital Executives Answer the Internet’s Questions About Hospitals
We asked clinical, finance and executive leaders from hospitals across…
Texas Hospitals: Invaluable – and Imperiled
In the broadest sense of the word, Texas hospitals equal…
2025 Newsmakers in Texas Hospitals
THA’s Newsmakers are hospital executives and leaders from THA-member hospitals…
Nomination Period Now Open for Texas Hospital Awards
Every year, the Texas Hospital Association recognizes the outstanding contributions…
COVID-19 Heroes Day: Honoring Sacrifice
Updated Feb. 4, 2025. (Originally published Feb. 2024.) For health…
Jim Kendrick: Turnarounds and Transformation in Texas Hospitals
Jim Kendrick takes the helm as the Texas Hospital Association’s…
THA in the News
Agencies move to end remote work ‘where possible’ for state workers (Yahoo News)
What immigrants should know about health care access and legal rights under Trump (Houston Chronicle)
The Top Women Leaders of 2025 (Women We Admire)
Great leaders in healthcare | 2025 (Becker’s Hospital Review)
Member Hospitals in the News
Trump honored a cancer survivor. The boy’s doctors now face his budget cuts. (USA Today)
Measles is popping up in the US. Here’s how to avoid one of the world’s most contagious viruses (Yahoo News)
The White House Withdrew Dave Weldon’s Nomination to Lead the CDC. Here’s What to Know (Time)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Downplays Measles Vaccine as Cases Surge (WTNZ)
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.
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