Focused on THA-member hospitals/health systems and the issues they face, The Scope is THA’s No. 1 source for news, information and thought leadership related to Texas hospitals and priority issues impacting health care.
SubscribeTexas Hospitals’ Progress Toward Health Equity
The first image on the Texas Hospital Association’s (THA) internal site is a collage of staff portraits, a small but significant endeavor in measuring THA’s internal diversity, equity and inclusion…
Achieving Supply Chain Stability
With the pandemic waning, one might think that the strain on the health care supply chain would be dwindling as well. However, with no federal funding relief in sight and…
Bridging the Language Divide in Texas Hospitals
By Luann Glowacz Texas hospitals place interpretation services front and center when making health care accessible for non-English-speaking patients. “Something is wrong with my body,” answered a non-English-speaking patient when…
Leading Through Crisis
Q&A with Doug Lawson, Ph.D., CEO of St. Luke’s Health The events of the past two years tested Texas hospitals’ infrastructure, economy, resilience, and, most thoroughly, its health care workers…
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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