About Us

Mission

The mission of the Gulf Coast Regional Extension Center (GCREC) is to facilitate safe, effective, and meaningful use of state-of-the-art health information technology by all healthcare providers in the region by focusing on primary care practices and their integration with local, state, and federal Health Information Exchange activities with the ultimate goal of improving the health of the citizens they serve. 

Vision

To create a safe and secure electronic environment for the input, storage, retrieval, and exchange of comprehensive health information for consumers, clinicians, payers, and governmental health agencies.

• Consumers – access to personal health data anytime, anywhere
• Clinicians – access to comprehensive patient data, communication with patients, laboratories, payers, and governmental agencies
• Payers – access to real time billing data for prompt reimbursement of clinical claims
• Governmental agencies – access to real time public health data

Additional Information

The GCREC covers the southern areas of Texas along the Gulf Coast. The GCREC region contains 10,861,901 patients, representing 44.09% of the Texas population.

Counties the GCREC Serves

Aransas	Atascosa	Austin	Bandera	Bee
Bexar	Brazoria	Brooks	Calhoun	Cameron
Chambers	Colorado	De Witt	Dimmit	Duval
Edwards	Fort Bend	Frio	Galveston	Goliad
Hardin	Harris	Hidalgo	Jackson	Jefferson
Jim Hogg	Jim Wells	Karnes	Kenedy	Kerr
Kinney	Kleberg	La Salle	Lavaca	Liberty
Live Oak	McMullen	Matagorda	Maverick	Medina
Montgomery	Nueces	Orange	Real	Refugio
San Patricio	Starr	Uvalde	Victoria	Walker
Waller	Webb	Wharton	Willacy	Wilson
Zapata	Zavala

If your county is not listed here, please visit www.txrecs.org for information about the other Regional Extension Centers in Texas.