- Texas Department of Health
Official website with birth/death records, news, job openings, grants/funding, health information, kid's corner, laws/regulations, licensing, Medicaid and other programs, and publications.
- Alamo Area Health Education Center (AHEC)
Supporting programs and students making careers in the health professions in an eleven county portion of south Texas, a non-profit 501(c)(3)corporation.
- Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners
Regulates Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVNs). Includes agency events and publications, consumer information, and licensing and education requirements.
- Brain Injury Association of Texas
Provides support and instructional services to survivors and their families. Offers online forum, statewide support group information, literature order form, and a newsletter for members.
- Brazos Area Health Education Center
Nonprofit improving access to health care by developing a quality health care workforce. Site describes programs including career presentations, anatomical models for loan, student internships, and support practice start-ups.
- CHRISTUS Health System
Catholic related health organization with facilities in Texas and Louisiana. Includes facilities, history, and newsletter.
- Don't METH With Texas
Awareness on the problems with Methamphetamines, also known as "METH". Addresses issues, concerns, news, and solutions to this growing menace.
- Earnhart and Associates, Inc.
A healthcare consulting firm specializing in the development and management of ambulatory surgery centers. Headquarters are in Dallas, Texas and operations center is in Brownsville, Texas.
- eTWCC.com
An online resource for Texas Physicians with editable TWCC-73 workers compensation forms.
- Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners
Licenses physical and occupational therapists and registers therapy facilities. Site includes complaint form, meeting schedule, and survey.
- FirstChoice Cooperative
Allows healthcare providers to work together to standardize products, equipment and services in a non-threatening way thereby reducing total supply expense.
- Health Care for All Texas
Coalition of community groups working for universal health care. Activities include educating Texans about comprehensive health care reform and working to enact health care legislation. Includes how to get involved, calendar of meetings and events, and membership and donation information.
- Jane's Due Process
Organization working for fair and equal access to abortion for minors in Texas. Information about the judicial bypass option, services, advice, Texas law, resources, and contact information.
- LoneStarHealth.com
A university of healthcare information with 27 million pages of health content available.
- Medical Records in Texas
Provides information on accessing personal records, as well as legal aspects in Texas.
- NetworkHC
Recruitment firm for healthcare professionals and employers in the state.
- South Texas Blood and Tissue Center
A not-for-profit center responsible for supplying blood and tissue to 80 hospitals and clinics in 43 counties.
- Texas Back Institute
Chiropractors, physiatrists, and spine surgeons, as well as physicians who specialize in occupational and sports medicine. Offices in Plano, Hurst, Mesquite, and Midland-Odessa, Texas.
- Texas Cancer Council
Promotes and supports programs for cancer prevention and control. Lists information about plans, projects, publications, and funding opportunities.
- Texas CHIP Coalition
Created to keep families, advocates and the public informed on the status of the newly created Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in Texas. CHIP will be offered under the new state initiative of the TexCare Partnership. This partnership offers children's health coverage through the CHIP, Medicaid and Texas Healthy Kids programs.
- Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (TCADA)
Provides funding for prevention, intervention, and treatment services through contracts with community organizations. Includes information about preventing drug abuse and how to find treatment.
- Texas Department of Health: Professional Licensing and Certification Division
Links to boards and committees licensing health-related professions.
- Texas Healers Directory
Directory of holistic and alternative healers, massage therapists, bodyworkers, yoga teachers, reiki, natural foods and products, herbalists, and acupuncture.
- Texas Health and Human Services Commission
State agency which seeks to provide the leadership and innovation needed to achieve an efficient and effective health and human services system for Texans.
- Texas Health Care Information Council
Collects and provides data to enable Texas consumers and health plan purchasers to make informed health care decisions. Includes hospital and HMO reports, membership information, meeting schedule, and contact information for staff.
- Texas Health Guide
Medical resources in Texas.
- Texas Health Insurance Risk Pool
Provides health insurance to Texans who cannot obtain coverage because of a medical condition or because they are federally eligible individuals.
- Texas Health Resources
Includes a list of hospitals, background, news, locations, insurance information, and job opportunities. [English, Spanish]
- Texas Operation Lifesaver
A state component of Operation Lifesaver, a non-profit, nationwide public information and education program dedicated to reducing crashes, injuries, and fatalities at railroad crossings.
- Texas Optometry Board
Licenses doctors of optometry and regulates the practice of optometry. Includes news, regulations, and information about continuing education, about licensing, and for consumers.
- Texas Pain Society
Membership organization of health care professionals involved in acute and chronic pain management.
- Texas State Board of Medical Examiners
State agency that licenses, regulates and disciplines physicians, physician assistants and acupuncturists.
- Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners
Lists board members and meetings, complaint procedure, and information about licensing and continuing education.
- Texas Youth Commission
A directory of programs, research, references and resources dedicated to the prevention of child and adolescent problems and the promotion of youth development in families, schools and communities.
- TexCare Partnership
Offers three separate children's health insurance programs. All three programs provide health insurance for children at a price that fits the budgets of Texas families. Rates are flexible and are based on the number of people in your family and your family's income and expenses. Children do not have to be US citizens to apply.
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