Jay Devenney named CEO of Medical City Dallas, a 909-bed hospital offering nearly 100 specialties and employing more than 1,500 physicians and 3,300 employees. Daveney previously served as CEO of Medical City Children's Hospital and Dallas Medical City Women's Hospital since January 2021, and will now also oversee Medical City Heart Hospital and Medical City Spine Hospital. He earned his MBA in Health Services Management from the University of North Texas and his BA in Communications from the University of Kansas. He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. During Mr. Deveny's tenure, medical services at his City Children's Hospital increased, including congenital heart, pediatric oncology, and pediatric orthopedics. Prior to his current role, he served as chief development officer, vice president of business development, and assistant vice president of neuroscience, oncology, and orthopedic services at Medical City Dallas.
The Healthcare Transformation Alliance, a group of more than 60 major U.S. employers, joins Leapfrog Group and Turquoise Health in recognizing 472 hospitals for exceptional patient safety and compliance with federal hospital price transparency rules. .. These recognized institutions represent less than 20 percent of all hospitals and received the highest safety grade of A and the highest score for price transparency. The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit organization that advocates for transparency and patient safety, rates hospitals twice a year through its Hospital Safety Grade Rating System. Dallas-based systems Baylor Scott & White Health and Christus have several hospitals on the list, along with Texas Health Mansfield and Dallas Regional Medical Center. The complete list can be found here.
Texas Urology Specialists, the nation's leading community-based medical oncology practice, welcomes USMD's urology care team to its umbrella. This addition brings her 13 physicians, five advanced practice providers and more than 45 support staff to Texas Urology Specialists and her four new locations in Dallas and Fort Worth. The USMD Urology Care Team treats nearly 10,000 new patients each year and is known for its innovative robotic surgical techniques and minimally invasive stone treatment in the North Texas region. With this expansion, Texas Urology Specialists now has 35 physicians at her 23 locations in the Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston areas and her one location in Longview. Texas Urology Specialists, Texas Oncology's surgical group, is comprised of her more than 140 surgeons who specialize in a variety of oncology areas, and last year she performed more than 152,000 surgeries.
Texas Health Resources is one of 54 national recipients of the Business Group on Health's Employer of Health and Wellness Award for its ability to improve employee well-being through comprehensive and innovative benefits and programs. Recognized as one of the companies. This is the 15th time Texas Health has been awarded this honor. Texas Health stood out among its peers when evaluated on a variety of criteria, including leadership, culture, overall well-being, engagement, health equity, and metrics. Additionally, Texas Health was among her 13 companies to receive the Excellence in Health Equity award. Texas Health promotes diversity, equity and inclusion in our health and well-being strategy through educational campaigns, customized benefits and a tiered cost structure. Structured around six pillars, including clinical care equity and supplier diversity, Texas Health's diversity, equity and inclusion strategy ensures everyone feels valued and empowered. The purpose is to create an environment.
