The open enrollment period for the state-based health insurance exchanges established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) started in November and will continue through February 15th. But knowing which health care options are available for consumers and their families, let alone which of those is the best, can be… Continue reading Finding the Right Insurance with Help from Consumer Reports

By Gary Jacobson for The Dallas Morning News A century old, the organization formerly known by the name of its main hospital, Children’s Medical Center Dallas, is rebranding itself as Children’s Health System of Texas. “It’s a natural extension of who we are and what we’ve been doing,” CEO Christopher Durovich said in an interview.… Continue reading Children’s Medical Center Rebrands Itself Children’s Health System of Texas

By Matt Goodman for Dallas/Fort Worth D Healthcare Daily In late July, days before Methodist’s flagship hospital in Dallas began seeing patients at its new, $123 million trauma tower, Denton Wilson, the health system’s fast-talking assistant vice president of design and construction, asked me to close my eyes and imagine being wheeled through an ICU on… Continue reading Why Dallas Is Building So Many Hospitals

By Edgar Walters, for The Texas Tribune A board of medical professionals appointed by Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday that the state should provide health coverage to low-income Texans under the Affordable Care Act — a move the Republican-led Legislature has opposed. The 15-member Texas Institute of Health Care Quality and Efficiency recommended that the state’s health commissioner… Continue reading Perry-Appointed Board Backs Health Coverage Expansion

By Bill Hethcock, Staff Writer-Dallas Business Journal The $95 million Forest Park Medical Center Fort Worth has opened to patients, creating 175 jobs and becoming the latest entrant in North Texas’ highly competitive hospital market. The 54-bed acute care hospital at 5400 Clearfork Main Street is 70 percent physician-owned, hospital CEO Jim Davis told me in a recent interview.… Continue reading Forest Park Opens $95M Physician-Owned Hospital in Fort Worth

By the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services Janet Barker could write a book about being a caregiver. Barker spent 13 years taking care of her mother, evolving from tracking her mother’s medications to living with her in a senior housing setting. Along with a sister, she now helps care for her 95-year-old aunt.… Continue reading Respite Care: Caring for the Caregivers

By Leonor Mateus Ferreira for BIONews Texas Featuring 12 floors and 460 beds, the new $800 million dollar hospital at the University of Texas(UT) Southwestern Medical Center was inaugurated last Thursday in a dedication ceremony.  The William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital is a patient-centered, state-of-the-art medical innovation serving Dallas and the North Texas region, and it will replace the 50 year-old St. Paul University… Continue reading UT Southwestern Discloses William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital To Open in One Month

Family caregivers work hard every day to take care of their loved ones, and November is the month when we specifically recognize their contributions. Texas is one of the states that recognized this important month. Below, you’ll find Governor Rick Perry’s proclamation for Family Caregivers Month in 2014:

By In Touch: News from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission Doctors have been writing down patient information since Hippocrates was studying for the MCAT, but that’s no longer the most efficient and effective way create and maintain records in the information age. As Texas and the nation looks for way to improve health… Continue reading Electronic Records Promise Improved Efficiency, Treatment, Cost Savings

UPDATE – Shield HealthCare is now contracted with RightCare from Scott & White Health Plan to provide: Incontinence, Enteral Nutrition, Ostomy, Urological and Wound Care Supplies. The experienced team of home medical supply experts at Shield HealthCare are ready to support those with RightCare Medicaid coverage from Scott & White Health Plan. You can count on Shield HealthCare… Continue reading Shield HealthCare now contracted with RightCare from Scott & White Health Plan