UTHealth Harris County Psychiatric Center

History & Achievements

HCPC front signThroughout its history, The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center (UTHealth HCPC) has taken a leadership in providing behavioral health care in our community. Since opening its doors in 1986, to when it became an operating unit of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in 1990, to the present, HCPC has met the community's needs in the areas of patient care (numbers of patients served, average length of stay and cost per patient day), education (health care workers trained), research (into causes and treatment of mental illness) and community service (opening the Center’s doors to the local community to provide care for those with mental illness and to educate those who serve them).

1981

  • UT哈里斯县精神病中心Created by the Texas Legislature

1984

  • Groundbreaking Ceremonies at the MacGregor Street/Leland Anderson Campus

1986

  • 第一位患者于1986年10月22日入院

1988

  • UTHCPC receives JCAHO accreditation for the first time; the hospital has been re-certified every three years since

1990

  • UTHCPC becomes an operating unit of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  • UTHCPC建立了一个患者关系办公室，以确保患者和家庭的关注和问题得到充分研究

1991

  • UTHCPC certified by the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), resulting in certification to receive Medicare reimbursement
  • The occupancy rate of the hospital is 92%; the length of stay is 23 days for adults, four days less than 1990;
  • UTHCPC hired a nurse recruiter to ensure full staffing during a national nursing shortage
  • A psychiatric residents learning center is established on site
  • Activity and occupational therapists are hired to provide programming during late afternoon, evening, weekend and holiday periods
  • UTHCPC获得了两项国家心理健康研究所，用于研究西班牙裔青少年的抑郁症，并比较精神危机中患者的不同治疗方式
  • A patient data base is established for research purposes
  • A model nurse staffing system is established to further improve patient care
  • 实施了工作人员的自动时间和出勤系统

1992

  • UTHCPC receives a Medicaid Provider Number, the first free-standing psychiatric facility in the State to do so
  • UTHCPC participates in a model research program in managing aggressive behavior with the University of Houston
  • MHMRA通过将员工异地，旋转现场医疗和监督覆盖范围移动，开始实验有关UTHCPC患者的支持功能
  • 休斯顿大学护理学院的一所大学教师咨询关系的增强以改善护理，通过继续建立高级临床和研究知识的学术人员与与患者一起临床活动的UTHCPC员工之间的联系beplay苹果手机能用吗
  • UTHCPC参与了药物舍曲林和雷莫斯克雷的研究beplay苹果手机能用吗

1993

  • UTHCPC establishes the Research Intermediary role, in continuing efforts to ensure quality research programs and one-hundred percent compliance in the area of patient informed consent
  • UTHCPC扩展儿童/青少年的入学计划，以允许24小时紧急入场
  • UTHCPC expands clinical social work program, activity therapy, pastoral care and patient relations areas
  • A memorandum of understanding between UTHCPC and the Harris County MHMRA clarified funding arrangements
  • 建立了社区教育和专业发展中心，以不断努力为心理健康专业人员，消费者，家庭成员和公众提供教育计划
  • UTHCPC/MHMRA Joint Quality Council was created to work with shared data bases, shared formulary, continuity of care, transfers to Rusk and triaging patients

1994

  • UTHCPC接管了医学院精神病学图书馆的管理，并扩展服务以包括TX Share，Medline等数据库
  • 举行了名为“受害者暴力和医学研究 - 要求国家法律和医疗响应的呼吁”的全国研讨会，来自全国各地的精神保健专业人员参加beplay苹果手机能用吗

1995

  • 寻求并获得tacada资金作为化学依赖治疗的替代资金
  • MHMRA/UTHCPC联合质量委员会继续合作，通过共享的患者数据，系统变更的联合计划，联合医务人员会议以及加法和研究计划来改善患者护理beplay苹果手机能用吗
  • The Consumer/Provider Partnership is formed; this ad hoc committee, comprised of members of MHMRA, UTHCPC, MSI, DMDA, AMI and consumers, is charged with fostering communication between consumers, providers and the general public; this initiative has resulted in several city-wide educational programs about mental illness
  • UTHCPC negotiates with the Harris County Hospital District (HCHD) to bring a gold card certification worker into the hospital so that patients could apply for the card and receive general medical services from the hospital district in a more efficient manner after discharge from UTHCPC
  • 在接收单元上实施了快速的患者评估计划，增加了所服务的患者数量，并导致该单元所需的床更少，从而为一般成人人群释放床位

1996

  • 招生办公室的运营日扩展到每周7天；在此正式搬到365天手术之前，该医院已经向儿童和青少年提供了24小时，7天的入场费。
  • UTHCPC developed a standardized clinical process model, including a clinically based patient intake model, a primary nurse model, and treatment team training on the use of the treatment planning protocol
  • 一个新的计算机系统和软件，允许该中心可以更有效地收集和传输患者数据；该系统允许计算机病历，简化了病历审查，研究和数据汇编的能力。beplay苹果手机能用吗
  • The Center began the developing the framework for a Center for Outcome Studies
  • 单一诊断药物滥用单位很近d due to changes in funding at the state level; substance abuse education is further integrated into all patients programming
  • UTHCPC继续在社区服务领域进行努力，与耶茨高中，库伦中学和圣玛丽教堂合作；该医院今年还开展了25种社区活动
  • The hospital celebrates its 10th anniversary with a community-wide program featuring seminars and lectures by local and nationally-known authorities in various aspects of mental illness
  • UTHCPC begins a pilot Patient Satisfaction Survey program, which was fully implemented in 1997, to ensure patients, family and others expectations were examined and addressed in a uniform manner
  • UTHCPC continues to work with the HCHD to ensure that patients have access to gold card and SSI benefits to ensure for general medical treatment availability after discharge from UTHCPC

1997

  • Co-sponsored, as member of Consumer Provider Partnership, two seminars by Joyce Burland, founder and author of Journey of Hope
  • UTHCPC Partial Hospitalization Program opens, providing day programming for children, adolescents and adults
  • UTHCPC continues development of continuity-of-care programs
  • UTHCPC participates with UT-HHSC in a tele-education program with the Spring Branch Independent School District
  • UTHCPC实施政策，MHMRA同意UTHCPC精神科医生可以筛选，批准需要紧急入场的儿童/青少年

1998

  • UTHCPC begins tele-education programming with the Houston Independent School District’s Whittier Elementary School, allowing for weekly sessions between Whittier teachers and UTHCPC child psychiatrists and psychologists
  • Although not required by the MHMRA contract, UTHCPC expands admissions/treatment programming to 24-hour/7day a week
  • UTHCPC制定了在UTHCPC当地将较短的Rusk结合患者保持较短的标准

1999

  • UTHCPC在哈里斯县少年缓刑系统的监护下开设了亚急性单位，为10至17岁的青少年服务。迄今为止，除了监狱或青年设施以外，该计划已获得超过50％的患者或其他社区安置的成功率。

2006

  • UTHCPC opens Residential Treatment Center serving adolescents, ages 13 – through 17, who are in the custody of Childrens’ Protective Services, Juvenile Detention or other youth facilities. This program provides longer term treatment for these adolescents, in the hopes they will be able to be placed in less-restrictive home environments upon program discharge.

2007

  • Initiated Children’s Mental Health Initiative, designed to expand and enhance UTHCPC services through a community-based model of psychiatric care targeting young children, adolescents and their families. Services include early identification, intervention and treatment of mental illness, medication management, family counseling and other mental health-related Services.

    Services provided at Gulf Coast and Avance Head Start, The Houston Independent School District, The Children’s Assessment Center, Neighborhood Centers, KIPP Academy, Katrina Evacuees, the Mental Health Mental Retardation Authority of Harris County, the El Paso Mental Health Mental Retardation Authority (the provision of tele-psychiatry services), The Harris County Disability Determination Services Division, the Brazoria County Children’s Center Incorporated, Harris County Commissioner’s Court Project Help and the Children’s Resource Center.

2008

  • 开设了一个为哈里斯县监狱系统拘留的囚犯的部队。该计划的目的是提供精神病护理，药物管理和其他服务，以期将这些人从刑事司法系统中转移出来。

2010

  • Opened unit specializing in treatment of those with schizophrenia; emphasis on patient care and emerging research.

    Opened unit specializing in treatment of those with bipolar disorder; emphasis on patient care and emerging research.

2011

  • Opened unit specializing in the treatment of patients with co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse disorders; emphasis on patient care and emerging research.

2012

  • 打开能力恢复单元,通过资助MHMRA, providing services for jail inmates.

2012

  • Dedication of Lois J. Moore Child and Adolescent Treatment Unit.

2015

  • 开放的ECT（电击疗法）诊所，专门研究难治性抑郁症的门诊治疗和其他对药物或传统疗法没有反应的疾病。
  • 联合委员会授予关键质量措施的最高表现；获得该奖项的仅有的10家得克萨斯州医院之一。

2016

  • 获得了德克萨斯州的决议，以表彰联合委员会奖，这是关键质量措施的最佳表现。阅读宣言。
  • Opened Geriatric Psychiatry Unit, specializing in inpatient care for adults age 65 and older who are experiencing an acute episode of an emotional or behavioral issue.
  • Celebrated 30-year anniversary with local and state community partners and employees.