The University of Texas Health Intelligence Platform (UT-HIP) is a system-wide program run collaboratively by The University of Texas System’s eight health institutions. Working across the system, drawing on the expertise of UT leaders in healthcare, research, business, and IT. The UT-HIP program is designed to integrate data and technology to improve patients’ experience of care, improve the health of the populations served by UT institutions, and reduce the overall cost of health care across the system.
Participating Institutions
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The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
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The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
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The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
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The University of Texas System Office of Employee Benefits (OEB)
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The University of Texas at Tyler Health Science Center
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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine
Leadership
UT-HIP was chartered by The UT System Office of Health Affairs.
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Executive Sponsor, and Chair, Steering Committee: John Zerwas, MD, Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, The University of Texas System.
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Program Sponsor: Zain Kazmi, Associate Vice Chancellor, Chief Digital & Analytics Officer, Health Affairs, The University of Texas System.
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Executive Director: ShuRon Green, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
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Physician Lead, Quality: Robert Murphy, MD, Associate Dean for Applied Informatics and Associate Professor, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
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Physician Lead, Population Health: Rick Peters, MD, Professor, Department of Population Health, The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School.
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UT-HIP Security Liaison: John Flores, Associate Vice President Information Security & Chief Information Security Officer, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
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UT-HIP Privacy and Compliance Liaison: Cecily Martinez, Compliance Attorney and Privacy Officer, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
UT-HIP Council
The newly formed UT-HIP council had its inaugural meeting in March and met again in May. The council is made up of UT health enterprise-wide representation for the following key strategic areas:
- Clinical & Quality
- Hospital CEO
- Research
- Medical School Deans Representative
- Strategy, IT, Security, and Privacy
- Operations
- Financial / Business
- UT System-wide representation
The UT-HIP Council is the voting body to:
- Direct UT-HIP initiatives and projects
- Establish Key Performance Indicators
- Approve/review associated budget
- Champion UT-HIP efforts at your local campus
- Gain alignment with your peers across institutions
- Transformational leaders to enhance engagement awareness
Contact
For more information on UT-HIP, use the general UT-HIP email uthip@utsystem.edu or contact Zain Kazmi at zkazmi@utsystem.edu or ShuRon Green at Quamishia.S.Green@uth.tmc.edu
