Medical City Dallas and Medical City Children’s Hospital have received the Magnet designation from the American Nurses Association for the fifth time in recognition of the facilities’ rigorous nursing quality and patient care standards. Less than one percent of hospitals in the U.S. achieved five Magnet certifications. Healthcare organizations apply for magnet certification every four years.
Revenue cycle management powerhouse Access Healthcare has acquired patient engagement services company Envera Health to enhance the company’s patient engagement capabilities and improve customer outcomes. Access’ innovations aim to prevent claim denials, maximize collections, and enhance and diversify the patient choices and the care provided. The company has 27,000 people working in 20 delivery locations across nine cities in the United States, India, and the Philippines.
SMU chemistry professor John Buynak received a $3.5 million 5-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to design new antibiotics to fight drug-resistant strains of bacteria that cause tuberculosis and leprosy. Recent discoveries in Buynak’s lab have shown to be 20 times more effective at killing mycobacterial strains than traditional treatments without impacting helpful bacteria.
Mental health provider All Points North opened its first Texas facility this week in Fort Worth. The provider will offer services that blend inpatient, outpatient, telehealth, and tech-enabled support programs. It will also offer the company’s fitness concept, interventional psychiatry, neurotechnology services, transcranial magnetic stimulation, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and ketamine-assisted therapy.
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