North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System

In 2002, the North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model System (NTX-TBIMS) was established to include a unique partnership that leverages the clinical and research capacity between Baylor Scott and White Institute for Rehabilitation and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. The NTX-TBIMS provides the largest continuum of care to individuals with TBI in North Texas and surrounding states and the contribution of two publicly funded county hospitals ensures that minorities and other underserved individuals can obtain quality acute rehabilitation and adequate support to transition from rehabilitation into community life. These coordinated services benefit from our over 20-year collaborative and innovative partnership as regional leaders in TBI care. The goal of the NTX-TBIMS is to improve the health and function of individuals with TBI through evidence-based clinical care and innovative research. The objectives are to: (1) provide comprehensive rehabilitation to individuals with TBI; (2) assess their long-term outcomes (3) expand delivery of an evidence-based weight-loss intervention to enhance access and reach underserved groups (site project); (4) participate in collaborative modules with other TBIMS Centers, and (5) disseminate research findings to stakeholders, including patients, families, clinicians, and researchers.