Community Data and Resources for Regional Healthcare Partnership (RHP) Assessment of Needs

March 2012

Report or Website Name / Web link Consists of Data Or Other Resource Information? / Source
Data
(from) / Web Link/Contact / Description of Data or Information / Geographic Level of Data /
State Level / County Level / Other (describe) /
Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations / Data / DSHS / http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/ph/
Contact: Mike Gilliam 776-2708 / Information related to clinical interventions and frequency/cost of 10 potentially preventable conditions, 2005-2009
HHSC also tracking Medicaid claims by hospital and will reduce reimbursement in the future: http://www.hhsc.state.tx.us/reports/2012/potentially-preventable-readmissions.pdf / Yes / Yes / HHSC is tracking by hospital

Health Currents System

/ Data / DSHS
(Center for Health Statistics (CHS)) / http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/chs/healthcurrents/ / Various population and demographic data, births, mortality, communicable diseases, socioeconomic status measures. Latest data point 2009 / Yes / Yes /

Also by metropolitan service area, public health region, and National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Urban-Rural Designations

Texas Hospital Reports Online / Data / DSHS CHS / http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/chs/hosp/hosp5/ / Data Related to psychiatric and acute care hospital utilization, hospital financial reports, annual survey of hospitals. / Yes / Yes / Some by hospital
Health Professional Shortage Areas in Texas / Data / DSHS CHS / http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/chs/hprc/hpsa.shtm / Geo maps showing federally designated Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) & Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MUAs/MUPs) in Texas, latest data point 2011 / Yes / Yes / Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MUAs/MUPs)
Texas Population / Data / DSHS CHS / http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/chs/popdat/ / Population date (including projected population) for Texas / Yes / Yes / Also by metropolitan service area, public health region
Inpatient and Outpatient Hospital Reporting / Data / DSHS THCIC / http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/thcic/dataandreports.shtm / The Texas Health Care Information Collection (THCIC) for select conditions, including HMO reporting. / No / No
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance and Youth Surveillance (Population based measures) / Data / DSHS / http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/chs/brfss/query/brfss_form.shtm
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/chs/yrbs/query/yrbss_form.shtm
Contact: Michelle L. Cook, 776-7261 / Data on Behavioral Risk Factors, 2002-2010, searchable by health risk factor and public health region and stratified by various demographical information
Texas Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, searchable by health risk factor and stratified by various demographical information, 2001-2011 / Yes Yes / Public health region
Healthy Babies Initiative / Data / DSHS / http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/healthytexasbabies/data.aspx
Contact: Rebecca Martin, 776-7373 / Population based maternal and child health indicators. Data includes tables and discussion of statewide rates of preterm birth, infant mortality, access to prenatal care and other variables / Yes / Yes / Public health region
Mental health issues tobacco use and substance abuse / Data / DSHS / http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/tobacco/reports.shtm
Contact: Karen Ruggiero, 206-4729 / Population based measures on tobacco and substance abuse. Information on Tobacco Prevention and Control. - Tobacco Fact Sheets, Reports and Publications
DSHS Mental Health and Substance Use Data Book / Data / DSHS / http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/mhsa/databook/
Contact: Karen Ruggiero, 206-4729 / Quick reference designed for DSHS staff in response to frequently-asked general questions from behavioral health stakeholders / Yes

Infectious Disease Control Unit

/ Data / DSHS / http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/ / Reportable diseases / Yes
Medicaid/TANF/CHIP/SNAP
Enrollment / Data / HHSC / http://www.hhsc.state.tx.us/research/index.html / TANF, SNAP, Medicaid and CHIP enrollment stats / Yes / Yes / Also by metropolitan service area, public health region
County Health Rankings / Data / External / http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/ / National health rankings based on a model of population health for Mortality, Morbidity, Health Behaviors, Clinical Care, Socio & Economic Factors and Physical Environment / Yes / Yes
Community Health Status Indicators Report / Data / External / http://communityhealth.hhs.gov
Data Sources, Definitions, and Notes (PDF - 433KB) / Tool to identify key health indicators for local communities. The report contains over 200 measures for each of the 3,141 United States counties. Users may visually compare counties.
The CHSI report is accompanied by a companion document which gives detailed descriptions on data estimations, definitions, caveats, methodology, and sources. / Yes / Yes
Texas State Data Center / Data / External / http://txsdc.utsa.edu/Index.aspx / Hub for the distribution of Census information for Texas / Yes / Yes
CDC’s Healthy Communities Program / Resource / External (CDC) / http://www.cdc.gov/healthycommunitiesprogram/tools/change.htm / Information tool to help create sustainable, community-based improvements that address the root causes of chronic diseases and related risk factors.
CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / Resource / External / http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/birthdefects/index.html / Data on prevention, causes and risk factors, diagnosis, and types of birth defects. Also has tools and information about birth defects for families.
Association for Community Health Improvement / Resource / External / http://www.assesstoolkit.org/ / Community health needs assessment toolkit
Institute for Healthcare Improvement / Resource / External / http://www.ihi.org/offerings/Initiatives/STAAR/Documents/STAAR%20Minicourse%20December%202010.pdf / Presentation regarding Decreasing 30-day Avoidable Re-hospitalizations
The Dartmouth Atlas / Data / External / http://www.dartmouthatlas.org/ / Highlights variations in healthcare using Medicare data to provide information and analysis about national, regional, and local markets, as well as hospitals and their affiliated physicians. / Yes / Yes / Also by topic.

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