Specialized TB Doctors

We treat patients with tuberculosis disease who are unable to be treated in the community for a multitude of reasons including drug-resistant disease, drug side effects, concerns of drug and alcohol abuse, and more. Physicians provide patient-centered care using evidence-based medicine. The hospital stay can vary from a few days to upwards of two years depending on the reason for admission. 

24/7 Patient Care Nurses

The nursing department consists of nursing service, nursing education, and inpatient/outpatient respiratory therapy. The primary purpose is to provide comprehensive, safe, effective, and well-organized nursing and respiratory care through department personnel: 

Chief Nurse Executive (CNE) is a key member of the TCID Leadership Team who integrates and coordinates a patient-centric nursing strategy with a keen focus on patient care; ensuring that delivery of high-quality and cost-effective health care is consistent with the mission, vision, and values of TCID and in accordance with government regulation, licensing, and accreditation requirements.  The CNE acts as a liaison between TCID and external customers, fulfills contract requirements, actively participates in the hospital's strategic planning, and contributes to the achievement of institutional goals and objectives with focus on five key areas: People, Service, Quality, Growth, and Finance

Director of Nursing Inpatient Services Program Director is responsible for the ongoing coordination of care and development of treatment programs for adults with co-occurring and co-morbid disorders in the inpatient setting. The DON Inpatient Services Program Director supervises staff in the inpatient hospital setting, provides and oversees quality client care, manages crisis, functions as a program lead, coordinates and ensures clinical excellence in programming, and is responsible for contributing to and creating a recovery-based environment.

Director of Nursing Outpatient/Infection Control Program Director is responsible for the ongoing coordination of care and development of treatment programs for adults with co-occurring and co-morbid disorders in the outpatient setting. The DON Outpatient/Infection Control Program Director supervises staff in the outpatient hospital setting, provides and oversees quality client care, manages crisis, functions as a program lead, and coordinates and ensures clinical excellence in programming. Infection Control Coordination includes conducting regular rounds in hospital departments for discussing, monitoring, and following the practices of infection control with staff, collecting data on infections from hospital departments and maintaining records for every case, and conducting training sessions to ensure constant implementation of infection control practices.

Director of Case Management is responsible for the facilitation and coordination of hospital activities related to concurrent review, including length of stay certifications, monitoring and response to issues and trends affecting reimbursement, monitoring and data collection for physician utilization, quality and utilization review, the facilitation and prioritization of patient discharge planning needs, including equipment and supportive services, alternate care facility placement, resource analysis and planning, and serves as liaison between TCID inpatient admissions and Health Regions for the State of Texas.

Director of Education is responsible for New Employee Orientation and elevating the standard of nursing via in-service education and refresher courses when needed. 

Director of Respiratory Therapy is responsible for overseeing the respiratory care department and ensuring that high quality respiratory care, as ordered by physicians, is performed according to the standards and practices of Respiratory Care in a manner consistent with the mission and goals of the organization. The DRT conducts vision and hearing screenings, electrocardiograms, and pulmonary function tests for inpatient and outpatient services.

Behavioral Health Department

The behavioral health department works together with a diverse group of treatment team members to provide a safe therapeutic environment where patients are treated with dignity and respect on a daily basis as they recover physically, emotionally, and spiritually from Tuberculosis.  As a department, we want to instill hope daily and meet our patients where they are but not leave them there as it pertains to quality of life.

Nutrition Services Team

The Clinical Nutrition department works as part of the interdisciplinary team to screen patients for nutrition risk within 24 hours of patient admission, set treatment goals, and monitor patient progress. 

All patients are assessed by a Registered Dietitian to identify specific nutrition diagnoses with a patient-centered (individualized) nutrition intervention plan. The CNS department collaborates to monitor and quantify the progress made by patients in meeting nutrition care goals and determine continued nutrition interventions. The dietitian monitors outcomes by selecting appropriate indicators and revises interventions and goals as needed.