Hospitals Survived a Siege This Session, and Look Now to Prevent Another One
Defense wins championships, the age-old expression goes in sports. Politics is sport in and of itself, and THA had to play some serious defense during the just-concluded session of the Texas Legislature. Now, the work begins to ensure that it doesn’t happen again.
Tell Congress to Keep Our Safety Net Wide and Strong
If there’s one theme you’ve seen me come back to in this column in the past year or so, it’s this one: Hospitals need help.
Vaccines Save Lives; Let’s Make Sure Texas Law Reflects That
It wasn’t long ago that that overwhelming numbers of people across Texas and the nation – on all sides of the political spectrum – knew and acknowledged that vaccines prevent diseases.
Managing Myths: The Facts About Texas Hospitals
An unfortunate reality in today’s world of fast-spreading information is, well, misinformation. With the internet and social media affording a potentially unvetted voice to just about everyone, misinformation is – ironically enough – a fact of life.
The Numbers Are In: Our Hospital Workforce Needs Serious Help
A recent Texas Hospital Association workforce survey reinforces and quantifies one fact that’s become abundantly clear: Hospitals are facing a breaking point for their workforce.