Travis County Healthcare District, doing business as Central Health, is the hospital district of Travis County, Texas in the Austin metropolitan area. Its headquarters are in Austin.[1]
It was established after an election on May 15, 2004, in which 31,920 Travis County voters voted in favor of creating the hospital district; the measure passed as the voters made up 54.73% of people who voted. Originally it was legally named Travis County Hospital District, but it took its current legal name in 2006.[2]
It acquired ownership of the previously municipally owned Brackenridge Hospital in 2004.[3] Brackenridge closed in 2017 and was replaced by Dell Seton Medical Center.[4] The land of Brackenridge is owned by the University of Texas at Austin, and Central Health leases the land and subleases it to Seton Healthcare Family, which owns and operates the hospital itself.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Contact". Central Health. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
Our Address 1111 East Cesar Chavez St. Austin, TX 78702
- ^ "TRAVIS COUNTY HEALTHCARE DISTRICT dba CENTRAL HEALTH Financial Statements as of and for the Year Ended September 30, 2017 and Independent Auditors' Report" (PDF). Maxwell Locke and Richter. p. 4 (PDF p. 6/36).
- ^ Bailey, Todd; Goard, Alyssa (2019-05-15). "What's next for the former Brackenridge Hospital?". KXAN. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
- ^ "Austin bids farewell to Brackenridge Hospital after 133 years". Austin American-Statesman. 2017-05-19. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
- ^ "5 things to know about Dell Seton Medical Center at UT's open house". Austin American Statesman. 2017-05-11. Retrieved 2021-10-18.