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June 6, 2023 • Safercare Texas, School of Public Health, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Age Friendly Emergency Services, Asthma 411, Brenda Godoy, Folasade Fashina, Institute for Health Improvement, Olivia Hurst, Patient Safety Congress, School of Public Health, Texas college of osteopathic medicine, The Patient Safety Congress, Transforming Rural Healthcare with Health Literacy,
Ensuring safe and equitable care for all is just one of the lessons students learned at a recent meeting of the Institute for Health Improvement’s Patient Safety Congress. SaferCare Texas, The University of North Texas Health Science Center’s patient safety institute, sponsored three students to attend the three-day event and learn from patient safety experts…
June 6, 2023 • Safercare Texas birth-related PTSD, Dr. Teresa Wagner, health literacy, maternal death rate, postpartum symptoms, What About Mom? app,
The U.S. has the highest maternal death rate among the world’s developed nations — a rate that has continued to rise while remaining stable or falling in other developed countries. SaferCare Texas’ Interim Director, Dr. Teresa Wagner, is helping educate the community on the importance of maternal mental health. Wagner has developed a maternal mortality…
June 5, 2023 • HSC Innovates Alzheimer's disease diagnostics, blood-based biomarkers, CX Precision Medicine, Danguole Altman, Dr. Sid O’Bryant, Innovate Fort Worth podcast, innovation, neurodegenerative conditions, Parkinson’s disease,
Danguole Altman, the CEO of CX Precision Medicine, recently sat down for an interview on the Innovate Fort Worth podcast, produced by HSC Next at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. During the podcast, Altman discussed her company's work in the field of Alzheimer's disease diagnostics and the novel technology…
June 1, 2023 • Banner feature, College of Pharmacy, School of Health Professions, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine College of Pharmacy, Doctor day, Kids learning medicine, Latino doctors, pharmacy day, physician assistants day, School of Health Professions, Texas college of osteopathic medicine,
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is hosting a free, weeklong Latinos en Medicina Camp for Fort Worth and Tarrant County children. The camp, which starts Monday and ends June 9, is for children ages 10-13 and aims to raise awareness about careers in health care in the Latino community.…
May 31, 2023 • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Big Bend Border Wellness trip, country doctor, Maria Crompton, OMT, personalized behavioral counseling, rural doctor, Rural Medical Education, social determinants of health, Texas college of osteopathic medicine,
She’s back! Dr. Maria Crompton is the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine’s new director of Rural Medical Education at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. Crompton, a TCOM Rural Track graduate in 2008, has been a faculty member serving in both clinical and academic roles for three years since returning…
May 31, 2023 • School of Health Professions Department of Personalized Health and Well-Being, Julie Davis, Kaylee Isom Levonius, Lifestyle Medicine Week, Master of Science in Health Coaching, Master of Science in Lifestyle Health Sciences, preventative health care, School of Health Professions, theories of behavior change,
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s commencement ceremony happened to land in the middle of National Lifestyle Medicine Week. HSC’s School of Health Professions Department of Personalized Health and Well-Being celebrated these two events by conferring the degrees of 24 Master of Science in Lifestyle Health Sciences and Coaching graduates.…
May 25, 2023 • Banner feature, Institute for Health Disparities “Engaging the Whole Person to Address Health Disparities”, 18th Annual Texas Conference on Health Disparities, Dr. Benjamin Kligler, Dr. Jamboor Vishwanatha, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Specialized Centers of Excellence, Texas Center for Health Disparities, Whole Health initiative,
The public is invited to learn more about whole health, including the actions and barriers to achieving health equity for minorities, at this year’s 18th Annual Texas Conference on Health Disparities at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. “Engaging the Whole Person to Address Health Disparities” on June 8 and…
May 25, 2023 • Physical Therapy, School of Health Professions inner city school teacher, pelvic floor, physical therapy, physical therapy degree, women's health,
A passion for education and empowerment took recent The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth Doctor of Physical Therapy graduate Aleesia Isom from the classroom to the clinic. In 2014, Isom began her elementary education career as a science teacher in Memphis, Tennessee. It was in the classroom that she found…
May 24, 2023 • Center for Health Policy National Rural Telementoring Training Center, Rural Telementoring Training Center, telehealth, The Rural Telementoring Quality Measure Toolkit App,
The pandemic brought telecommunication technology to the front lines of health care. A growing body of evidence shows that telementoring — the practice of using technology to guide less experienced health care workers from afar — can improve rural health by building local capacity to treat patients, reducing professional isolation, improving access to care and allowing…
May 23, 2023 • Banner feature, TCOM Bowling alley, Dr. David A. Ray, Dr. Otterbein Dressler, TCOM history, trailblazing university,
On Monday, June 3, 1974, the legendary pathologist and osteopathic physician Dr. Otterbein Dressler gave the keynote address at the William Edrington Scott Theatre to 18 newly minted osteopathic physicians from the burgeoning Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Worth. Little did Dressler or those 18 physicians know they were laying the foundation for…
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