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Privately insured surgical patients who had a complication provided hospitals with a 330% higher profit margin than those without a complication, according to new research from Ariadne Labs, a joint center for health system innovation at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Boston Consulting Group, Texas Health Resources, and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. Medicare patients with a complication produced a 190% higher margin. The findings mean...
RICHARDSON and ARLINGTON, Texas, Jan. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) and Texas Health Resources (Texas Health) announced today a new strategic alliance to deliver improved, sustainable patient care and help manage costs through Texas Health's Accountable Care Organization (ACO). This ACO will be one of the largest of its kind in the nation, available to patients served by the 25 hospitals of Texas Health, which is one of the largest...
Physician joining health system as chief clinical officer in co-leader model designed to advance clinical quality and operational excellence ARLINGTON, Texas, Dec. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Texas Health Resources has selected Daniel Varga, M.D., as chief clinical officer (CCO) and senior executive vice president of the health system, effective Jan. 14. Dr. Varga will be responsible for achieving full and seamless integration of the entire Texas Health clinical enterprise,...
ARLINGTON, Texas, July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new partnership between Texas Health Resources and Methodist Health System will enhance home health services and facilitate better coordination of care delivery across North Texas. The two health systems have signed an agreement with Louisiana-based LHC Group to deliver home health care for regional patients. LHC Group is a national provider of post-acute care, operating more than 300 locations in 19 states. The newly...
CINCINNATI, July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: STRM), a market leading provider of document workflow solutions for hospitals, announced today that two of its clients, Texas Health Resources and a major health system in North Carolina, contracted with Streamline Health to implement new connections to their Epic software. Texas Health Resources, which began the beta phase of integration earlier this year, plans to go live in third quarter 2011 with links...
Deal believed to be nation's second-largest transaction involving physician groups Hawthorne says Texas Health reaches strategic goal and enhances ability to serve patients and align with physicians ARLINGTON, Texas, Jan. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Texas Health Resources today announced the acquisition of MedicalEdge Healthcare Group, one of the largest independent physician practice groups in North Texas. The combination of the two entities positions Texas Health closer to where...
SEATTLE, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital, a member of the Texas Health Resources system, is the hospital-category winner of the 2010 Milliman Care Guidelines Richard L. Doyle Award for Innovation and Leadership in Healthcare. The hospital used evidence-based guidelines software and daily multidisciplinary patient-care "huddles" to improve care coordination. Texas Health Arlington Memorial uses evidence-based guidelines for inpatient and surgical care,...
Collin County moms now have a free option with new cord blood collection service ALLEN, Texas, Aug. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Clara Maughan is less than a day old and she's already helping save lives. Clara's cord blood -- which parents David and Stacy Maughan of McKinney decided to donate hours before her birth at 1:53 a.m. Monday morning -- could very soon be used to save the life of a person suffering from a potentially fatal disease. "It's a win-win situation if there is a match...
Internationally renowned Plano surgeon co-invented technology PLANO, Texas, July 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Fifteen-year-old Tressa Scott of Allen hasn't been able to stand up straight for more than a year -- until now. The Allen teenager grew an inch and a half and gained a dramatically straighter spine after undergoing a complex spinal surgery using a new type of surgical robot available at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano. The SpineAssist® surgical robot - one of three in...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. ("HTA"), a self-managed, non-traded real estate investment trust, announced the purchase of a medical office portfolio located in Denton, Texas and Lewisville, Texas for approximately $13,500,000. The Denton medical office building is an approximately 35,720 square foot facility located on the campus of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton (the "Hospital") located 40 miles northwest of Dallas. Built in 2000,...
