Eight hospitals in North Texas were named to US News & World Report’s “most connected’’ list for 2015-16, which identified 159 hospitals nationwide that were best in terms of “clinical connectedness, patient safety and patient engagement.’’ Children’s Medical Center Dallas, Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital, Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth, Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest, Texas Health Presbyterian hospitals in Denton, Dallas and Plano and UT Southwestern Medical Center made the list. (Dallas Business Journal)

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Madlin Mekelburg was a reporting fellow for the Tribune in 2015 and 2016. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where she studied journalism and French. Madlin previously worked at the...