Harris County, Texas Health Leaders Create Harris Collaborative To Transform Care For The Region’s Most Vulnerable Residents

The Houston, Texas Health Department, Community Health Choice, Harris County Public Health, The Harris Center for Mental Health and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Harris Health, and Healthconnect Texas have launched the Harris Collaborative. The goal of this initiative is to coordinate services for Harris County residents with complex health and community needs.

The initiative will focus on three groups: people with chronic illnesses, particularly those at risk of heart disease in the area served by Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital; people with mental and physical health needs who are at high risk of emergencies or potentially preventable hospital stays; and people . . .