Community Service

Quick Facts FY10

• The School of Dentistry provided over $1.9 million in charity dental care.
• The Harris County Psychiatric Center providing mental health information to more than 50,000 people.
• The Medical School provided $100 million in unsponsored care.
• The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences has a 19-year relationship with HISD's Brookline Elementary School.
• The School of Biomedical Informatics launched a demonstration project for a Health Information Exchange in collaboration with the HealthCare Alliance, www.healthquilt.org. The project developed an open source toolkit that supports the establishment of a medical home to meet National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Level 1 standards.
• The School of Nursing faculty nurse practitioners working at the UTHS clinics in the Houston area provide education and high-quality health care during more than 14,440 patient visits.
• The School of Public Health has several outreach programs in Houston, Brownsville, Dallas, El Paso and San Antonio.

Community Service Clinics

Medical School

(Contact the centers for specific information)

• Brookwood Community Center
• Children's Assessment Center
• E.A. Squatty Lyons
• Northwestern Assistance Ministries
• Rusk Clinic
• Settegast
• Star of Hope
• UT Physicians (medical clinics)

School of Dentistry

(contact the School of Dentistry for specific information)

• Bering Dental Clinic
• School of Dentistry Clinic (main clinic)
• Special Patients Clinic (medically complex patients)
• Mobile Dental Van
• Memorial Hermann Dental Van
• Richmond State School
• Veteran's Administration