June 30, 2017
The Community Care Collaborative (CCC) Data Warehouse will add tremendous value to Travis County’s health care delivery system and to the people cared for by the CCC. The Warehouse adds comprehensive clinical insights for medical providers so they may optimize patient care when care is delivered. Currently, the health care delivery system is not fully […]
June 28, 2017
The Central Health Board of Managers received the Fiscal Year 2016 Annual Report on Wednesday, June 28. The report highlights and memorializes accomplishments over the previous fiscal year, as well as serving as the official fiscal record for Central Health. Some highlights from the report include: In 2016 Central Health funded care for more than […]
June 26, 2017
The CCC’s vision is to create a healthcare delivery system that is a national model for providing high quality, cost-effective, person-centered care and improving health outcomes for the vulnerable population we serve. To that end, the CCC updated its mission and values statements and developed a strategic plan that will guide our work through 2020. […]
June 26, 2017
A new issue of REthink, Dell Med’s digital magazine, is online. Community members respond to this edition’s One Big Question: What if Health Care Worked?, and challenge their colleagues to do the same. CBO Martin Harris also offers an action-based approach for leading teams to success. Children younger than a year old should not be […]
June 26, 2017
A new era of care begins at Dell Seton On May 21, the historic University Medical Center Brackenridge closed and a new era of health care began at Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas. With careful precision, Seton’s care teams and Austin-Travis County EMS ensured patients were moved safely from UMC Brackenridge […]
June 26, 2017
The Organized Health Care Arrangement (OHCA) was created to support the exchange of longitudinal patient records and related information. It is a foundational activity, necessary to integrate Travis County’s safety net health care delivery system. What is an OHCA? An OHCA is an organized system of health care in which more than one HIPAA covered […]
June 26, 2017
Several clinics at the Clinical Education Center have moved. Most of the clinics are now located at: • Health Transformation Building (HTB) located at 1601 Trinity St., across Waller Creek from Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas is a key part of Dell Medical School’s mission to rethink how people get and […]
June 26, 2017
Imagine being able to take a blood test that detects your risks of developing Alzheimer’s, and then getting a pill to prevent the disease from ever taking hold of your brain. A collaboration between Seton and the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin seeks to make that vision a reality one […]
June 23, 2017
The CommUnityCare Board of Directors hired Dr. Jaeson T. Fournier as its next Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Fournier began on June 5. He replaced George Miller who retired from CommUnityCare after three years in February 2017. “After a long and very competitive selection process, our Board of Directors is confident Jaeson will be an exceptional […]
June 20, 2017
(Austin) – The Austin City Council voted to appoint Julie Oliver to the final vacant seat of the all-volunteer Central Health Board of Managers. Oliver is a health care finance and law professional with 20 years of experience in financial management and leadership. She is the financial division controller for St. David’s HealthCare’s seven-hospital healthcare […]
June 7, 2017
What will the Central Health Brackenridge Campus become? What features and services will there be? How can this one development benefit our ethnically, culturally and socio-economically diverse community? These are the big questions we’re answering as the plan to develop the 14-acre campus takes shape. Thanks to the incredible input from a group of about […]
June 2, 2017
What: Central Health and the Project for Public Places (PPS), an internationally recognized nonprofit planning and design organization with experience in Travis County, are hosting a visioning workshop about the Central Health Brackenridge Campus to continue to help shape the future of the 14.3-acre downtown site. Central Health is creating a new healthy downtown neighborhood […]