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When it comes to child abuse in all its sinister forms, Baptist Child & Family Services representatives say it’s imperative that communities in their five-county region understand the ramifications and reporting responsibilities. April is National Child Abuse Prevention month, and BCFS is making a push to broaden comprehension of the tragic ramifications of maltreatment of children who are helpless to defend themselves.

First person “at bat” in a possible lineup of people who want to address the Hospital District Board about concerns at Val Verde Regional Medical Center was Jovita Cásarez, community activist, putting board members on notice that conditions of customer service, medical professionalism and billing for emergency room services must be improved. Otherwise, Cásarez pledged, she will arrange to show hospital administrators the door.

Small businesses comprise a chunk of the uninsured population in Texas. The nationwide crisis is most dire in our Lone Star State. Stat sheets on the subject play on our reputation for having and doing everything big—not excluding our rate of uninsured, which sits at 24.5 percent, according to the Texas Hospital Association. How does it look for West Texas, San Angelo, and Del Rio?

Jack Houghton, the CEO of Del Rio’s Val Verde Regional Medical Center has been under fire over the past year for perceived problems at the facility. In this Podcast, Houghton discusses the staffing challenges, this year’s late flu season, and we find out how Houghton decided to pursue a hospital administration career. With Podcast!

The Center for Disease Control anticipates a late flu season. Take advantage of this opportunity to get your flu shot. Shots administered by the Vocational Nursing School.

Del Rioans and Val Verde County residents spoke up with surprising volume and vitriol with perceptions, beliefs and observations about Val Verde Regional Medical Center during November survey sampling and public forums.  In December, researcher Dr. Susan Korbel reported her findings, and now LIVE! introduces readers to the profound trends of discontent and demands for change at the community’s only public hospital.

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Despite promises from Community Hospital Corporation to go halves on the expense of in-depth surveys and analysis to learn how staff and the community feel about the local hospital, Val Verde County Hospital District Board had to use your tax dollars to pay for the revealing studies conducted by Dr. Susan Korbel. LIVE! has the full report now, and provides insider insights from the hospital.

Val Verde County Hospital District Board members, hospital administrators and a smattering of interested citizens participated Wednesday (Dec. 12) in a long-anticipated presentation of findings held by VVRMC employees, patients, city and county residents, and physicians regarding the hospital’s patient care, customer services and employee morale. The report offered by Dr. Susan Korbel is digested here for LIVE! readers.

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