Healthcare Transformation Initiatives
Prioritizing health in health care
The Healthcare Transformation Initiatives (HTI) Department implements programs that increase access to primary and specialty care, improve the effectiveness and efficiency of care, and reduce health care costs using a patient-centered approach.
HTI supports UT Physicians’ goal of exceeding all clinical, quality, and safety measures and being an innovative clinical practice that is the provider of choice for Southeast Texas and a model for other practices.
Services
In line with our mission and vision, as a collaborating partner, we offer the following internal services:
- Consultation on grant proposals
- Project management for projects
- Review, consultation, and approval for projects that occur in UT Physicians clinics
- Review and consultation on custom content for patient education and marketing
- Data pulls for grant proposals and quality improvement projects
- Innovative data analytics and visualizations
- Develop user-friendly applications to enable end-users to interact seamlessly with data
Meet the Team
The HTI leadership team represents the following divisions to successfully support our mission and services:
Roles
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Sahar Qashqai, MPH, CLSSBB
Associate Vice President, Strategy & Quality
Yen Chi-Le, PhD
Executive Director, Innovation & Quality
Logan Thornton, DrPH, MPH, CHES, PCMH CCE, CLSSBB
Director, Population Health & Evidence-Based Practice
Sharif Mansur, MPH, CLSSBB
Director, Project Management & Reporting
Ingrid Castillo, MPA, CLSSBB
Director, Strategic Initiatives
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