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The UNTHSC Clinical Practice Group serves as the patient care and clinical service delivery unit of the University of North Texas Health Science Center. Spanning all colleges, schools, and institutes, the clinical practice is the platform to support the mission of UNTHSC through interprofessional education, clinical care delivery, and research. Rooted in interprofessional collaboration, the UNTHSC Clinical Practice Group is focused on primary care and improving health outcomes to all to build a healthier community. The clinical faculty provide care throughout greater Tarrant County and are on staff at all of the major hospitals in our community along with several of the premier continuing care retirement communities in Fort Worth. Located in the Health Pavilion on the UNTHSC campus, UNTHSC Clinical Practice Group has 13 unique clinics including pediatrics, allergy, family medicine, cardiology, gastroenterology, surgery, student health, employee priority care, geriatric primary care, geriatric psychology, geriatric neurology, osteopathic manipulative medicine, and dermatology. The UNTHSC Clinical Practice Group also includes an off-site primary care location in an underserved community of Fort Worth, as well as HSC Obstetrics and Gynecology, which provides a full range of obstetric and gynecological services in the heart of the Fort Worth Medical District.
The practice is organized around clinical services or departments that enable students, faculty, and patients to come together for the purpose of education, research, and patient care. In each clinic, interprofessional teams works collaboratively to achieve an optimized treatment plan tailored to the individual patient. Physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, physical therapists, pharmacists, social workers, psychologists, specialized technicians, and nurses work together, as well as intentionally integrating health care students, residents, and fellows into patient care and committing to train providers of the future within the clinical practice.
The UNTHSC Clinical Practice Group commits to improving health outcomes by identifying strategic opportunities to leverage health outcomes and improve clinical operations, workflow, and financial performance. Health outcomes are measured and improved by utilizing and integrating technological tools such as monitoring patient experience and engagement through Net Promoter scores, as well as the implementation of a digital process for patient intake and eligibility.
The UNTHSC Clinical Practice Group was the first health care organization in Fort Worth to be recognized as an Age Friendly Certified Business. Along with this achievement, UNTHSC Clinical Practice Group physicians are routinely recognized by their peers as “Top Doctors” in community and state publications.
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