March 2025 Newsletter
Happy St. Patrick’s Day - An Irish Blessing for you:
May you always find blue skies above your head, shamrocks beneath your feet, laughter & joy aplenty, kindness from all you meet, good friends & kin to miss you if you ever choose to roam & a path that’s been cleared by angels themselves to carry you safely home.
FORGET THE POT OF GOLD
The RIGHT instrumental for Dysphagia is the Gold Standard to Dysphagia Healthcare
DiagnosTEX, partnering with Patheous Health, has been proudly serving the Dallas/Fort Worth area for 21 years in 2025
We are committed and loyal to our community with 5 mobile medical clinics and a dedicated staff to meet your dysphagia instrumental evaluation needs in the DFW and surrounding areas! Our customers chose our business because of their why, so that’s our why. Serving others puts you in touch with people who share your passions and inspire you. You do that for us!
We service Dallas/Fort Worth Area with both MBSS and FEES! Make contact with our DFW Account Executive, Misty Stephens or Mason Jones, to explore the possibilities and find out how we can support your needs. Let’s enhance your dysphagia imaging resources together! Please feel free to reach out to either of them for assistance with any services we offer. Contact Misty at mstephens@patheoushealth.com OR 252-676-0952 or Mason at Mjones@patheoushealth.com.
A few of our online reviews
Sharing because we are proud and so thankful for our committed and caring staff!
My experience with DiagnosTEX has been nothing short of exemplary. The scheduling and communication leading up to the appt was excellent; the care and treatment my family member received during the procedure was wonderful (not to mention that observing the swallow study was one of the coolest things I've seen); and the help from the home office in getting referral info and having the study results sent to all the correct doctors was completely above and beyond. Sparing the details, they did way more than was required of them, and they were kind and empathetic, too. Healthcare is a tough industry and it's not hard to find a bazillion examples of situations that don't go well. It is, however, difficult to find an organization that is nailing it as well as this one. I'm really grateful for these people, especially Saint Bea in the home office.
We used this company for my mom’s swallow tests twice and they are terrific! On time, professional and friendly.
A great business with great customer service. I have worked with them for years and they are very reliable and trust worthy!
March 19 is Swallowing Awareness Day, as part of Nutrition and Hydration Week
Like breathing, swallowing is essential to everyday life. Swallowing Awareness Day 2024 is an opportunity to bring attention to swallowing disorders and to connect people with speech pathologists, the professionals who can help. Dysphagia evaluation and treatment are important and all patients deserve all of the options available to them for treatment success. Our advocacy book and more is just what you need, available for purchase in the store (SHOP) on our website www.dysphagiadiagnostex.com. Also do not forget our educational handouts (search by topic) under the Barium Barista Clinical Café tab.
An SLP Should NEVER Lose Their Voice
Advocate for Proper Dysphagia Evaluations
Material to assist in educating Physicians, Administrators, Nurses and other Medical Professionals on Dysphagia and Modified Barium Swallow Studies
What You Do Not See at Bedside
Educational MBSS videos on either DVD and jump drive
Above and Beyond
Patient, Caregiver, and Healthcare Professional Education reference sheets and handouts for effective dysphagia rehabilitation. Over 30 handouts on specific disorders in dysphagia in ONE location to use in your practice. Plus a resource section for SLP's on cranial nerve testing, pharyngeal exercises, and treatment techniques. A must have booklet in your therapy bag!
Don’t forget our popular anatomy clipboard
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month
In Texas, close to 150K people sustain TBI each year, and this does not account for those who went to ER and were released or those who never went to ER. TBI hospitalization totals are approximately 1.8 billion each year and only 5% of the survivors receive the rehab they need. In Texas there is no TBI Medicaid waiver to support long term needs. Advocacy efforts can help by contacting area government representatives and asking that funding be made available to acquired brain injury survivors. Local companies such as Centre for Neuro Skills (CNS), Pate Rehab and BIND empower those with TBI and other neurological conditions though rehab to maximize their strengths while developing compensatory strategies to assist with meeting their personal goals for functional living and community reintegration.
NEED CEs?
Patheous Health offers a variety of upcoming courses and live webinars. Classes are offered in a self-study or live webinar format. We know, life happens and all of our live webinars will be available for replay for a specific timeframe. Also, from time to time we offer bundled class offerings which gives you extra knowledge while also bringing some savings to your wallet. Check out www.PatheousHealth.com for more details.
TSHA is returning to San Antonio in 2025! Make plans to join speech-language pathology and audiology professionals and students from across Texas for learning, networking, and Fiesta, a celebration of San Antonio's rich and diverse cultures. Registration is open.
TSHA 69th Annual Convention & Exhibition May 1-3, 2025, Henry B. González Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas
DiagnosTEX DFW conference information coming soon!!!! This thing is legendary since 2023!
DiagnosTEX Outpatient Clinic
Open to ALL ages, call and schedule with us Monday through Friday. DiagnosTEX is changing the standard of care for dysphagia evaluation in DFW for both adults and pediatrics! Come experience the one-of-a-kind customized concierge MBSS experience at our office in North Richland Hills! Visit dysphagiadiagnostex.com for more information on scheduling and other dysphagia resources. You can also contact the office directly at 817-514-6271.
Dysphagia Tidbit
Thickened Liquids and Alzheimer’s - Alexander Makhnevich, M.D., from Northwell in New Hyde Park, New York, and colleagues examined whether a diet of thick versus thin liquids is associated with improved outcomes for hospitalized patients with ADRD and dysphagia. Adults aged 65 years and older with ADRD who were admitted across 11 hospitals in New York between Jan. 1, 2017, and Sept. 20, 2022, with clinical suspicion of dysphagia during hospitalization were included and categorized according to whether at least 75 percent of their hospital diet consisted of a thick or thin liquid diet. The propensity score-matched analysis included 8,916 patients with ADRD and dysphagia; 4,458 patients receiving a thick liquid diet were matched to 4,458 patients receiving a thin liquid diet. The researchers found that hospital mortality did not differ significantly between the thick and thin liquid groups. Patients receiving thick liquids were less likely to be intubated than those receiving thin liquids; they all continued to have some form of likely respiratory complications. Findings of this cohort study highlight the need for prospective studies to assess whether use of thick liquids is associated with improved clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with ADRD and dysphagia," the authors write, as this was undetermined.