Discover DSRIP
Discover DSRIP includes a list of 12 DSRIP health care providers implementing 40 projects throughout RHP 8’s service area. For each provider, we highlight some of the following:
- Provider website link to access services and social media outlets.
- Lead program coordinator contact information.
- DSRIP project description included in the RHP 8 Plan.
- RHP 8 newsletters, spotlighting specific projects and how they have impacted our communities.
- Community and patient impact project videos.
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Llano (BSW Llano)
Contact
Visit BSW Llano’s website for more information, available resources and/or social media outlets.
Contact BSW Llano’s DSRIP Program Coordinator for more information.
Emergency Services
Apply continuous process improvement strategies guided by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Model to identify causes of avoidable EMS and emergency department utilization, prioritize potential solutions, and conduct Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) cycles.
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Emergency Services Use by Behavioral Health Patients
Identify causes of avoidable sheriff department tranSpotlightst of behavioral health patients in crisis, reducing emergency department use and increasing jail diversion solutions.
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Baylor Scott & White Memorial Hospital (BSW Memorial)
Contact
Visit S&W Memorial’s website for more information, available resources and/or social media outlets.
Contact S&W Memorial’s DSRIP Program Coordinator for more information.
Patient Navigation
Provide patient navigation and selected chronic illness supports for a target group of people who are beneficiaries of the Bell County Indigent Care Program, Medicaid, and/or participating hospitals' charity care programs.
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Bell County Public Health District (BCPHD)
Contact
Visit BCPHD’s website for more information and available resources.
Contact BCPHD’s DSRIP Program Coordinator for more information.
Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Testing and Treatment for Males
Increase access to sexually transmitted disease (STD) testing and counseling for males.
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STD Testing and Treatment for Women
Increase access to sexually transmitted disease (STD) testing and counseling for women.
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Bluebonnet Trails Community Services (BTCS)
Contact
Visit BTCS website for more information, available resources, and social media outlets.
Contact BTCS’s DSRIP Program Coordinator for more information.BTCS DSRIP Projects Video (Produced by BTCS)
Expanded Access to Care
Provide expansive array of outpatient behavioral health services to low-income, rural areas in Taylor and surrounding counties.
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48 Hour Observation Unit
Implement an involuntary and voluntary 48-Hour Extended Observation Unit in Georgetown for rapid access to stabilizing crisis services.
Child Crisis Respite
Implement a specialized crisis respite program to help youth in crisis, diverting them from admission to hospitals or juvenile justice facilities.
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Crisis Stabilization
Provide crisis assessment, referral, and short-term stabilization to those needing crisis services located in Burnet County.
Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment
Establish outpatient substance abuse treatment sites in Georgetown, Marble Falls and Round Rock.
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Transitional Housing
Provide peer-led transitional housing and services to individuals with mental health challenges referred from crisis services, criminal justice system, inpatient settings, and the community who are at risk of homelessness.
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Emergency Department (ED) Visit Reduction
Reduce use of emergency services by individuals identified as high utilizers.
Intellectual and Development Disabilities (IDD)
Provide intensive wrap around services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Spotlights:
- March 2016 Newsletter
- Project Video: Assertive Community Treatment for Intellectual Developmental Disabilities – Jenny’s story (Produced by the RHP 7 Anchor team at Central Health.)
Jail Diversion
Provide screening, assessment, and case management for youth and adults arrested or incarcerated in Burnet and Williamson counties.
Spotlights:
- July 2015 Newsletter
- January 2016 Newsletter
- The Bluebonnet Trails Justice Involved Team received recognition and a medallion from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
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Center for Life Resources (CFLR)
Contact
Visit CFLR website for more information, available resources and/or social media outlets.
Contact CFLR’s DSRIP Program Coordinator for more information.
Telehealth Services
Implement telemedicine to provide clinically appropriate treatment as indicated by a psychiatrist or other qualified provider throughout Mills and San Saba counties. Thus, reducing unnecessary emergency department use, and improving consumer satisfaction and access where previously limited or unavailable.
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Central Counties Services (CCS)
Contact
Visit CCS website for more information and available resources.
Contact CCS’ DSRIP Program Coordinator for more information.
School-Based Services
Provide school-based behavioral health services for children, kindergarten-5th grade.
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Autism Spectrum/Group Social Skills - Breakthru Central
Implement group social skills training for persons diagnosed with high-functioning Autism or Asperger's disorder in Bell County.
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Crisis Respite
Provide 24/7 residential-based crisis respite, transitional living, and supportive day services to persons with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) who have experienced a crisis.
Organizational Capacity
Improve the efficiency of clinical service operations through improved technology increasing providers’ capacity.
Chronic Health Management for Persons with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness (SPMI)
Provide education, training, and support to persons with SPMI having chronic health conditions due to prolonged psychiatric medicine use.
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STD Testing for Persons with SPMI
Co-locate sexually transmitted disease education, testing, and treatment for adults and adolescents with SPMI in Temple and Killeen.
Note: Project has been discontinued by Provider beginning DY6.
Day Services
Provide supportive day services to adults with SPMI recently discharged from a psychiatric hospital or jail, or in crisis.
Autism Spectrum – Breakthru Finishline
Provide work adjustment training to patients with high-functioning or Asperger's disorder in Bell County.
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Jail Diversion
Provide trained law enforcement officers to assess the behavioral health of someone involved in a minor criminal event, and to direct that person to behavioral health services instead of the criminal justice system.
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Hill Country MHDD Centers (HCMHDD)
Contact
Visit HCMHDD’s website for more information and available resources.
Contact HCMHDD’s DSRIP Program Coordinator for more information.
Co-Occurring Disorders
Implement co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorder services (COPSD) in Blanco and Llano counties in order to meet the needs of individuals with psychiatric and substance use issues locally; thus, reducing ED utilization, impatient utilization, and incarceration.
Trauma Informed Care
Provide trauma informed care services in Blanco and Llano counties to meet the need of individuals who experience trauma that is impacting their behavioral health (BH).
Virtual Consultations
Implement psychiatric and clinical guidance 24/7 for primary care physicians and hospitals in Blanco and Llano counties to help physicians identify and treat BH symptoms earlier to avoid exacerbation of symptoms into a BH crisis.
Whole Health Peer Support
Provide Whole Health Peer Support services in Blanco and Llano counties to meet the overall health needs of individuals who exhibit BH issues.
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Veteran Services
Enhance veteran mental health services in the Blanco and Llano counties to meet the overall health needs of veterans dealing with BH issues. Project expands current peer support services for veterans and their family members who need comprehensive, community-based, wrap-around BH services.
Spotlights:
- September 2014 Newsletter
- November 2014 Newsletter
- Project Video: HCMHDD Veterans Peer Support – Sean’s Story (Produced by the RHP 7 Anchor team at Central Health.)
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Little River Healthcare (LRH)
Contact
Visit LRH’s website for more information, available resources and/or social media outlets.
Contact LRH’s DSRIP Program Coordinator for more information.
Primary Care Expansion
Increase primary care access by hiring additional staff, increasing clinic hours and establishing school-based clinics to provide earlier diagnosis of chronic and life-threatening diseases reducing emergency department visits.
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Specialty Care Expansion
Increase specialty care access by expanding the number of specialty providers, and promoting breast, cervical and colorectal screening and diagnostic services for low income and uninsured individuals.
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Seton Medical Center - Harker Heights (SMCHH)
Contact
Visit SMCHH’s website for more information, available resources and/or social media outlets.
Contact SMCHH’s DSRIP Program Coordinator for more information.
Primary Care Expansion
Expand existing primary care capacity to provide patients with increased access to primary care services in Bell County by collaborating with the Greater Killeen Free Clinic.
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Seton Highland Lakes (SHL)
Contact
Visit SHL’s website for more information, available resources and/or social media outlets.
Contact SHL’s DSRIP Program Coordinator for more information.
Patient Navigation
Implement a patient navigation system to connect indigent and uninsured patients to primary care or medical homes in order to reduce emergency department utilization and provide cost effective, timely, and site appropriate healthcare services.
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St. David's Round Rock Medical Center (RRMC)
Contact
Visit RRMC’s website for more information, available resources and/or social media outlets.
Contact RRMC’s DSRIP Program Coordinator for more information.
Primary Care Expansion
Expand availability of primary care services to the low income, uninsured residents in Williamson County.
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Williamson County and Cities Health District (WCCHD)
Contact
Visit WCCHD’s website for more information, available resources and/or social media outlets.
Contact WCCHD’s DSRIP Program Coordinator for more information.
Primary Care Expansion
Expand capacity of access to preventive clinical care through availability of same day or next day appointments by increasing the level of healthcare professionals and extended hours at one local health clinics located in Cedar Park, Round Rock, Taylor, and Georgetown. This differs from the St. David’s Access2Care program which focuses on acute care for individuals under the 200% federal poverty line.
Community Paramedicine
Implement Community Paramedicine in rural communities which will increase access to proactive healthcare and decrease the overuse of EMS for non-emergent events.
Spotlights:
- June 2014 Newsletter
- August 2014 Newsletter
- November 2014 Newsletter
- February 2015 Newsletter
- July 2015 Newsletter
- September 2016 Newsletter
- Project Video: Williamson County EMS Community Paramedicine Project (Produced by Williamson County EMS)
REAL Data
Enhance and improve the quality and consistency of public health REAL (race, ethnicity, gender, and language) client demographic data collection and interpretation ensuring health disparities are addressed appropriately.
Patient Navigation
Provide navigation services to under/uninsured persons with targeted chronic conditions or pregnancy to prevent hospital admissions and readmissions.
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Health Education Classes
Promote preventive health awareness by offering health education classes, eligibility assistance, and case management, specifically for women of childbearing age, with a high incidence rate of frequent hospitalizations for chronic conditions, and/or in need of prenatal care.
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Childhood Obesity
Implement innovative evidence-based strategies to reduce and prevent obesity in children and adolescents (Get Fit, Get Health, Get Movin’ program - "G3").
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