Health care workforce

A nurse talks to a patient in the emergency room at Salem Hospital in Salem, Ore., on Aug. 20, 2021.

UT Arlington study identifies challenges – and solutions – for sexual assault care in rural areas

Abigail Ruhman

There's a nationwide shortage of nurses who can provide sexual assault care. A recent UT Arlington study found rural nurses encounter unique challenges when trying to access training to fill that gap.

FILE- In this Feb. 9, 2018, file photo, a nurse hooks up an IV to a flu patient at Upson Regional Medical Center in Thomaston, Ga. Researchers found in a study of credit reports that more than 2 percent of adults had medical bills under $200 sent to a collections agency. More than half of the annual medical collections were for less than $600, according to the study, which examined 2016 credit reports for more than 4 million unidentified people. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

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Texas to receive more than $1.4 billion in federal funding to improve rural health care

Abigail Ruhman

Texas is set to receive the largest award from the federal Rural Health Transformation Program — with federal officials awarding $1.4 billion to the state over five years. The state received millions more in funding that it asked for in its application.

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UT Southwestern tapped to run DFW's first state behavioral health hospital

Abigail Ruhman

UT Southwestern was selected by the state to run the Texas Behavioral Health Center — the first state behavioral health hospital in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The new hospital, set to open this summer, will provide inpatient services for people with serious mental health issues

The UNT Dallas STEM building on a cloudy day. The building has a large brick base, with glass doors and windows in the middle. The top of the building is mostly glass windows with large geometric lighting fixtures visible from the outside. There are two large metal support pillars in front of the brick part of the building holding up part of the upper levels that extends beyond the brick base. The words "STEM building" are attached to the side of the building with the number "7420" underneath them.

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UNT Dallas hopes to strengthen health workforce with new STEM facility, programs

Abigail Ruhman

The UNT Dallas campus in southern Dallas has a new addition: a 120,200-square-foot STEM building. The university said the new space, along with new programs and partnerships with UNT Health in Fort Worth, will expand capacity to train students in the health care and science workforce pipeline. The goal is to address workforce shortages in Dallas and beyond.