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Best Practices: How One Dallas Hospital is Helping Improve Response in High-Risk OB Transport

December 10, 2018

Medical City Dallas Hospital’s high-risk OB transport team knows that high-risk pregnancy situations can happen anywhere, anytime – at home, in a birthing center or on the way to the hospital. And those are situations that local firefighter-paramedics likely didn’t train for in school. With paramedic coursework offering only about one day of limited OB More >>

Tags: EMS, Hospitals, Maternal

And We’re Off! First Maternal Care Survey Completed.

August 29, 2018

One Texas hospital wasted no time getting its maternal care verification survey process underway this summer. The Texas Perinatal Services team recently returned from El Paso, where surveyors spent two days onsite at the Level IV facility. In addition to Vice President of Operations Brenda Putz and Perinatal Program Manager Carla Rider, the survey team More >>

Tags: Hospitals, Maternal

Carla Rider to Present at AWHONN Conference in Corpus Christi

August 1, 2018

Our Texas Perinatal Services Program Manager Carla Rider, DNP, MSN, MBA, RNS-LRN, has been asked to present at the prestigious AWHONN conference August 9-11 in Corpus Christi. This year’s conference offers the latest in women’s health, obstetric and neonatal nursing by experts in the field. Look for Carla Saturday during Concurrent Session V as she More >>

Tags: Homepage, Hospitals, Maternal, Perinatal

Want to Get the Scoop on Maternal Care Surveys? Start Here.

July 10, 2018

Since the state issued its hospital maternal care designation rules, the Texas Perinatal Services team continues to field calls and provide information to hospitals and Regional Advisory Councils. It’s clear there are lots of questions! To help clarify the rules and survey process, and help hospitals prepare, the Texas Perinatal Services leadership team has been More >>

Tags: Homepage, Hospitals, Maternal

Texas Tribune: A shrinking number of rural Texas hospitals still deliver babies.

January 17, 2018

Across Texas, rural hospitals are facing a difficult decision: Whether to continue delivering babies as the number of births falls and the cost of providing the service rises. BY MARISSA EVANS JAN. 17, 2018 Letha Stokes has a “very, very heavy heart” since Medical Arts Hospital ended its labor and delivery services on Dec. 6. The hospital More >>

Tags: From the News, Homepage, Hospitals, NICU, Perinatal

Guest Column: Preparing for Harvey in the Coastal Bend

October 2, 2017

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017, began like any typical day for the staff of Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi – meeting notices and cafeteria menu changes were sent out via email, patients were cared for, staff came and went as scheduled. People along the Texas coast had been watching a tropical depression that had recently More >>

Tags: Disaster Preparedness and Response, Homepage, Hospitals, NICU

DSHS Posts Draft Maternal Designation Rules

May 18, 2017

The Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has recently shared draft maternal designation rules for stakeholder review. Questions and comments should be addressed to: Jewell Potter Neonatal Program Specialist Office of EMS and Trauma Systems Coordination Division of Regulatory Services (512) 834-6700 ext.2166 jewell.potter@dshs.state.tx.us

Tags: DSHS-HHSC, Homepage, Hospitals, Maternal, Perinatal

National Neonatal Nurses Day

September 16, 2016

On Thursday, September 15, TETAF joined with others around the country to celebrate National Neonatal Nurses Day. We are grateful to all the nurses who work tirelessly to help the tiniest Texans. Thank you for all you do!

Tags: Homepage, Hospitals, NICU

Perinatal Advisory Council Meeting Dates

April 9, 2016

Perinatal Advisory Council (PAC) meeting dates for the remainder of 2016 have been announced. All meetings will take place at the Health & Human Services Brown-Heatly Building in Austin. Meeting #3 – May 2, 2016 Meeting #4 – Sept. 20, 2016 Meeting #5 – Oct. 25, 2016 Meeting #6 – Nov. 28, 2016 All meetings are webcast and an More >>

Tags: Homepage, Hospitals, NICU, Perinatal, RACs

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    Christus Santa Rosa Hospital San Marcos
  • “Incredibly helpful with any questions or concerns we had prior to the survey and always responded in a timely manner to any requests/clarifications we asked for.”
    Methodist Children’s Hospital
  • “The neonatal physician surveyor made us feel very comfortable during the survey and was very patient."
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  • “Our nurse surveyor was very knowledgeable and comforting.”
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  • “Great communication.”
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  • “Great feedback to aid us in a direction to take in improving our overall program. Great learning opportunity. Recognized our hard work.”
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  • “The nurse surveyor was energetic, shared her experiences and was friendly.”
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  • “The neonatal physician surveyor was very helpful and gave us ideas to build our
    quality improvement program.”
    Ascension Providence
  • “Your team did a great job with the survey and was very knowledgeable.”
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