Harris Health System

Harris Health System in Houston, TX is the public health care system for the nation’s third most populous county. It includes 3 hospitals, 12 community health centers, 13 homeless shelter clinics, 8 school-based clinics, 5 mobile health clinics, a dialysis center and a free-standing dental center. Harris Health’s hospitals and clinics serve as teaching facilities for two prestigious medical schools—Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas Medical School at Houston. As one of only two Level 1 Trauma Centers in the Houston area, Harris Health’s Ben Taub General Hospital is the area’s busiest Emergency Center, treating more than 85,000 emergency patients a year, including psychiatric emergency care.

Harris Health System At-A-Glance

This data is from the 2009 NAPH Hospital Characteristics Survey.

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Providers at Harris Health System in Houston, TX,
discuss how access to care is crucial for health reform.