Texas Health Care Information Collection

THCIC was created by the 74th Texas Legislature in 1995. THCIC's charge is to collect data and report on health care activity in hospitals and health maintenance organizations operating in Texas. The goal is to provide information that will enable consumers to have an impact on the cost and quality of health care in Texas.

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General Public Information
	Consumer reports and statistical briefs on hospital quality, pediatric quality, preventable hospitalizations, utilization, and other select topics. Hospital quality indicators established by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) are available on Texas Health Data.

• Inpatient Quality Indicators in Texas
• Quality of Children’s Care in Texas Hospitals
• Patient Safety Indicators
• Potentially Preventable Complications (PPC)
• Potentially Preventable Readmission (PPR) 
• Preventable Hospitalization and Preventative Quality Indicators
• Emergency Department Data Collection Reports
• Statistical Reports
• Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) Performance
• Consumer Guide to Health
• Applied Research
• MONAHRQ® Data Tool
• Outpatient Procedures Report, 2012
• Texas Health Data Database

Health Data Researcher Information
	Information on inpatient and outpatient discharges from Texas hospitals, including patient and facility characteristics, diagnoses, procedures, and charges. Select topics are available through the query tools, and complete data files can be ordered for original research.

• Data Summary for Inpatient (IP), Outpatient (OP) and Emergency Department 
• Inpatient Public Use Data File (IP PUDF)
  • Free Inpatient PUDF
• Inpatient Research Data File (IP RDF)
• Outpatient Public Use Data File (OP PUDF)
  • Free Outpatient PUDF
• Outpatient Research Data File (OP RDF)
• Texas Health Data
• Emergency Department Data (ED PUDF)
  • Free Emergency Department PUDF
• Emergency Department Research Data File (ED RDF)
• Data Purchasers
• Potentially Preventable Complications (PPC)
• Potentially Preventable Readmission (PPR)

Facility Reporting Requirements
	Information and resources for reporting Hospital and Ambulatory Surgery Centers, including forms, schedules, and training.

• Patient Notification of Data Collection
• Patient Notification of Data Collection - Spanish Version
• Inpatient (Hospital)
• Outpatient (Hospital, ASC)
• Emergency Department Reporting
• Reporting Schedule
• Facility Contact Form
• No Quarterly Data to Report Form
• Current Facility Contact Information
• System13 Support Videos
• Submitter ID Enrollment Form
• Submitter Contact Update Form
• Training
• THCIC Newsletters
• HEDIS© Reporting (HMOs)

THCIC maintains a Registry of Health Care Providers and Referral Groups available to provide life-sustaining treatment or other services relating to the Texas Advance Directives Act.