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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                         PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported) - November 1, 2002


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                              TRIAD HOSPITALS, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


          DELAWARE                     000-29816                75-2816101
(State or other jurisdiction    (Commission File Number)       (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation)                                     Identification No.)


                  5800 Tennyson Parkway                    75024
                      Plano, Texas                      (Zip Code)
        (Address of principal executive offices)



                                 (214) 473-7000
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


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Item 5. Other Events.


     On November 1, 2002, Triad Innovations, Inc., a company not affiliated with
Triad Hospitals, Inc., erroneously filed a current report on Form 8-K with the
Securities and Exchange Commission using the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis
and Retrieval ("EDGAR") access codes for Triad Hospitals, Inc. As a result of
this error, the current report on Form 8-K filed today by Triad Innovations,
Inc. erroneously appears on the Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR
system to have been filed by Triad Hospitals, Inc. Triad Hospitals, Inc. has
today sent a letter to Triad Innovations, Inc. requesting that Triad
Innovations, Inc. immediately withdraw its erroneous filing and refile its
report using the proper EDGAR access codes for Triad Innovations, Inc. This
letter to Triad Innovations, Inc. is attached below as an exhibit to this
current report on Form 8-K.


Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (c) Exhibit.

     99.1 Letter to Triad Innovations, Inc. dated November 1, 2002 sent by Triad
          Hospitals, Inc.


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                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Triad
Hospitals, Inc. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



                                         TRIAD HOSPITALS, INC.



                                         By: /s/ Donald P. Fay
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                                             Donald P. Fay
                                             Executive Vice President, Secretary
                                                and General Counsel


Date:  November 1, 2002

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.     Description
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99.1            Letter to Triad Innovations, Inc. dated November 1, 2002 sent by
                 Triad Hospitals, Inc.


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