Bill Text: TX SR530 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation on the occasion of its 10th anniversary.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-09 - Reported enrolled [SR530 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR530-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, For 10 years, the Parkland Center for Clinical | ||
Innovation has worked to improve health outcomes and elevate the | ||
quality of patient care at Parkland Health; and | ||
WHEREAS, Founded on May 14, 2012, PCCI supports the mission | ||
of Parkland Health to address the health care needs of vulnerable | ||
communities through the application of data and technology; the | ||
center employs a diverse, multidisciplinary team of clinicians, | ||
informaticists, data analysts, and health services researchers, | ||
who combine their expertise in advanced mathematics, computer | ||
science, and clinical science to uncover opportunities to | ||
optimize and increase the efficiency of the health care system; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, From its inception, the not-for-profit | ||
organization has performed analyses on health care inequity in | ||
order to empower Parkland and other partners to make clinical | ||
decisions for the benefit of those who need care the most; by | ||
working with Medicaid payers and safety-net providers, the | ||
organization has been instrumental in developing actionable | ||
strategies for fighting COVID-19, preventing pre-term births, | ||
and helping children manage asthma, while further leveraging its | ||
data resources to resolve other public health issues impacting | ||
Dallas County; and | ||
WHEREAS, In addition to working to improve the delivery of | ||
health care within the Parkland system, PCCI has collaborated | ||
with philanthropic foundations, federal agencies, rural and | ||
urban health systems, local municipalities, and other | ||
organizations; one of its major partnerships resulted in the | ||
creation of the COVID-19 Proximity and Vulnerability Indices, | ||
which have assisted county health leaders in determining where to | ||
allocate resources for COVID-19 testing and vaccinations; PCCI | ||
has also extensively studied social, environmental, and economic | ||
factors in developing its Connected Communities of Care model for | ||
the purpose of facilitating collaboration between health | ||
systems, municipalities, and local organizations to better serve | ||
a community's most vulnerable residents; to date, PCCI's work has | ||
impacted the lives of more than two million patients and resulted | ||
in around $76.3 million in savings for patients and medical | ||
providers; and | ||
WHEREAS, Throughout its first decade of service, the | ||
Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation has demonstrated the | ||
potential of technology to shape the future of medicine and build | ||
more equitable and inclusive health care systems, and it is | ||
fitting to recognize PCCI's significant contributions to the | ||
health and well-being of Texans in Dallas County and beyond; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, hereby honor the Parkland Center for Clinical | ||
Innovation on the occasion of its 10th anniversary and extend to | ||
all those affiliated with the organization sincere best wishes | ||
for continued success; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
prepared for PCCI as an expression of high regard from the Texas | ||
Senate. | ||
Johnson, Parker | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 9, 2023. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |