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COVID-19 Heroes Day: Honoring Sacrifice
Updated Feb. 4, 2025. (Originally published Feb. 2024.) For health care facilities all over Texas, a day of reflection on the heroes…
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.
Congratulations to THA’s August Newsmakers
Newsmakers highlights leaders from THA member hospitals and health systems…
Texas Hospital Executives Answer the Internet’s Questions About Hospitals
We asked clinical, finance and executive leaders from hospitals across…
Two Texas Hospitals Prepare the Next Generation of Health Care Workers
In a groundbreaking move to enhance health care education, Baylor…
Navigating Texas Hospital Trends: Workforce, Costs, and Innovation
This article is sponsored by VativoRx, a leader in rebate…
THA in the News
Texas Senate Approves Legislation to Clarify Exceptions to Abortion Ban (ProPublica)
Texas hospitals spent $121 million in a month caring for immigrants without legal status, memo says (Houston Chronicle)
Member Hospitals in the News
College student, 22, thought she had a sinus infection. It was 1st sign of leukemia (Today)
Alternative cancer treatment could replace chemo and surgery, study suggests (FOX)
UMC to open up first urgent care facility (KTSM)
Measles outbreak continues to grow in Texas, with 22 new cases reported (NBC5)
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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