Dallas announces at-home vaccination program starting April 13

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 4/8 11:08A Elizabeth Wiley (WFAA)

The city is partnering with the Visiting Nurse Association of Texas to reach residents lacking transportation or access to vaccine hubs and pharmacies.

Dallas-Fort Worth named a top market for emerging life science

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 4/8 2:58A Bill Hethcock

Dallas-Fort Worth has been identified as a top emerging market for life sciences, according to a new report by commercial real estate firm JLL. DFW ranks eighth on the list of cities with potential to reach life science market maturity, according...

Dallas company acquired in nearly $200M deal creating largest acute care telemed company

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 4/1 12:00A Bill Hethcock

The use of telemedicine surged when COVID-19 hit the U.S. and in-person doctor visits became dangerous for patients and medical staff.

Dallas County partners with grocery stores to vaccinate over 8,000 essential workers

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 3/30 8:27A Tiffany Liou (WFAA)

This story is available as part of a content partnership with WFAA-TV. For more local news, visit WFAA.com. On Monday in Texas, those 16 and older became eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine. In Dallas County, officials are making sure essential...

FCA suit alleges Dallas doctor and clinic made $4.2M in bad claims

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 3/25 12:35A Bruce Tomaso

A Dallas dermatopathologist and his clinic have been sued by the federal government, which accused them of submitting nearly $4.2 million in fraudulent claims.

Health care firm moves headquarters to Baylor Medical Center in Dallas

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 3/23 10:02A Bill Hethcock

The largest HIV/AIDS organization in Dallas-Fort Worth is moving its headquarters to East Dallas.

Rehabilitation hospital continues Texas expansion with new DFW location

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 3/19 4:18A Tyler Patchen

Encompass Health Corp. is continuing its streak of growth with a new project in Texas. The Birmingham-based company is planning a 40-bed inpatient hospital in Prosper. The future hospital will join Encompass Health hospital locations in the...

North Texas hospitals mark COVID-19 anniversary as next vaccine stage begins

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 3/16 7:11A Kevin Reece (WFAA)

"There's a sense of hope, as more and more people are getting the vaccine," said Sheila Chhutani, MD of Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas.

CVS announces 74 more stores will begin to offer COVID-19 vaccines in Texas

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 3/13 1:00A Jozelyn Escobedo (WFAA)

CVS Pharmacies in Collin, Dallas, Denton and Tarrant Counties are among those in North Texas administering vaccines to those who meet the state eligibility criteria.

Rogers Healy tells all about his company’s return to office (and talks a little real estate while...

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 3/10 12:56P Bill Hethcock

Rogers Healy talks about his real estate company’s return to the office in Dallas — and tells us how being a residential buyer in DFW these days is like "waiting in line for an iPhone to be released."

COVID-19 updates: Cases trending down, and deaths remain 'stubbornly high,' says Dallas County...

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 3/10 5:37A Briauna Brown, Jay Wallis (WFAA)

Dallas County health officials reported that 31 more residents lost their lives to COVID-19, bringing the countywide total to 3,180 confirmed deaths.

Axxess CEO John Olajide champions diversity after he took a chance on himself

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 3/4 10:20A Brian Womack

Olajide – who recently wrapped up a term as the Dallas Regional Chamber’s board chair — is the leader of the Dallas-based company that’s grown to about 500 people – as it offers cloud-based technology for the home health care industry.

COVID-19 updates: The Potter's House to open as vaccination hub

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 3/4 9:06A WFAA Staff

This story is available as part of a content partnership with WFAA-TV. For more local news, visit WFAA.com. The Potter's House is one of the largest churches in North Texas and it will soon be the next COVID-19 vaccination site for the City of...

Dallas-Fort Worth hoteliers' response to lifting mask mandate 'runs the gamut'

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 3/3 9:36A Bill Hethcock

Dallas-Fort Worth hotel and hospitality professionals are generally hopeful that lifting mask mandates and rolling back COVID restrictions on capacity in restaurants, bars, meeting spaces and other gathering spots will bring back business travelers.

Texas is diverting thousands of COVID-19 vaccine doses away from Dallas County, Judge Jenkins says

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 3/1 8:41A Michael McCardel, Jason Whitely

"Dallas County has received from the federal government, but the state has shorted us 56,000 doses," said Judge Jenkins on Sunday’s Inside Texas Politics.