June 12, 2020
In these unprecedented times, TTUHSC Patient Services Specialist (PSS) staff accomplished outstanding patient access metrics. The telephone inbound call abandonment rate for the entire TTUHSC practice hit a record low of 2.92% while undergoing the transition from onsite to remote.
June 12, 2020
Scientists in laboratories across the country and throughout the world are investigating myriad drugs, therapies and vaccines to thwart the COVID-19 spread. One of those scientists is Ted Reid, Ph.D., a professor in the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences who specializes in selenium research.
June 12, 2020
The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) has ranked TTUHSC among the top 7.1% of 20,000 universities worldwide for 2020-2021.
June 12, 2020
The newly-established Texas Tech Physicians Headache Clinic is providing a multidisciplinary approach to treatment by ushering patients to make lifestyle changes and encouraging natural and homeopathic remedies, nutritional counseling, physical therapy, medications, injection therapy and acute rescue therapy for adults.
June 04, 2020
Even now that cities are opening back up, there are new guidelines, policies social distancing regulations to abide by. Through this confusing process, there has been a necessary focus on understanding children’s needs and anxieties in this uncertain environment. But what about their parents?
June 04, 2020
This year, more than 100 Texas Tech Physicians doctors were recognized by fellow area physicians as being among the best in their field and included in Amarillo Magazine’s and Lubbock Magazine's "Top Docs" lists.
June 04, 2020
No parent wants to inspire anxiety in their child, and updates occur so regularly that it can be hard to know what is relevant to children and what is too much information. Finding balance in this can be difficult, leaving mothers and fathers asking the question: how do I talk to my child about COVID-19, and how much should they know?
June 03, 2020
It feels more and more like the world is happening online, as television newscasters cover the day's tweets. As we watch one screen and check two other screens to see what people are saying about something on a fourth screen, it’s not surprising that we can end up feeling overwhelmed, stressed out and alone.
June 03, 2020
While much attention has been focused on maintaining physical health and safety, health professionals are also expressing increasing concern for mental health as stay-at-home orders, social distancing and general isolation continues in various forms across the globe.
June 02, 2020
Sarah Wakefield, M.D., chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, stresses how our nation and the world will be faced with this at the end stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.