Find quality of care information about various healthcare providers and entities.

Consumer Guide to Health Care

Resource that helps consumers understand healthcare quality and billing practices.

Registry of Health Care Providers and Referral Groups

This registry lists providers and groups willing to accept patient transfers in cases where a physician refuses to honor advance directives related to life-sustaining treatment, as required by the Texas Advance Directives Act.

Guide to Texas HMO Quality

Reports Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) performance based on quality-of-care measures. Consumers can use the publication to evaluate HMOs based on their own needs.

Potentially Preventable Complications (PPC) Reports

PPCs are complications that may be prevented with quality care. DSHS reports hospital PPC rates statewide to help assess and improve health care quality—without revealing patient or provider identities.

Potentially Preventable Readmissions (PPR) Reports

PPRs reflect hospital quality and care coordination. DSHS reports risk-adjusted PPR rates for Texas hospitals to support transparency and improvement—without identifying patients or providers.

Data Purchasers

A list of organizations who purchase hospital discharge data.

Texas Health Data

Statistics on vital events like birth and death, population and demographic information, geographic material and survey data on risk factors and disease prevalence.