Healthcare

Healthcare Committee Chairperson
​Carlton Allen.

VISION

Everyone has access to quality affordable healthcare.

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Healthcare Council

Latest Data

University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler
If Northeast Texas were a state, among states it would rank 47th in chronic lower respiratory disease mortality, 49th in heart disease mortality, 51st in stroke mortality, and 45th in deaths from all causes.

North East Texas Health Status Report 2016

2016 County Health Rankings and Roadmaps
Report - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute 
Texas Rankings Data

2016 Texas Summary Report
2016 Texas Data
2016 Texas Health Outcomes Map
2016 Texas Health Factors Map
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East Texas Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse - Regional Needs Assessment
The Regional Needs Assessment (RNA) is a document created by the Prevention Resource Center (PRC) in Region 4 along with Evaluators from PRCs across the State of Texas and supported by the East Texas Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse and the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). The PRC 4 serves 23 counties in Region 4.

ETCADA 2016 Regional Needs Assessment

Knowledge Resources

• Oral Health and General Health
• Oral Health in Texas - 2008
• Affordable Care Act
• ​Affordable Healthcare Act application assistance
• County Health Rankings
• ​​Healthcare Primer
• Region 4 - Regional Needs Assessment 2014 - Alcohol and substance abuse
• Texas Behavioral Health Emergency

Healthcare Needs Assessment

The ETHNN 2013 Comprehensive Community Needs Assessment identified the following top healthcare needs:

​In addition to the top healthcare needs above, the following health related needs were identified.

• 44% have no healthcare coverage
• Top need under Economic Wellbeing is Health Insurance
• Top Need under Mental Healthcare is Treatment for Depression

ETHNN Healthcare Data Charts

Smith County Care Resources

• NET Health
• Tyler Family Circle of Care
• Bethesda Clinic
• Samaritan Counseling Center
• Tyler Junior College Dental Hygiene Clinic
• Center for Healthy Living

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Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2014
Information below based on this report.

THE BENEFITS OF COVERING MORE TEXANS
How many uninsured Texans would gain health care coverage if Texas accepts federal health care funds to expand Medicaid or adopts a Texas alternative that expands health care coverage?Economic benefits to Texas counties if Texas accepts federal health care funds to expand Medicaid or adopts a Texas alternative that expands health care coverage: Link to data