UT Health San Antonio wants to support you in your decision to quit smoking. Here are some local resources to help you quit now:, Employee Benefits., The UT Select insurance plans from the UT System Office of Employee Benefits now covers tobacco cessation counseling using network providers and nicotine replacement therapy (e.g., patches) or non-nicotine medications with an authorized prescription for $0 co-payment and no deductible. Make an appointment with at UT Physician or visit UT Health San Antonio Wellness 360 (7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San…, Quit-Smoking Classes., UT Health Physicians hosts smoking cessation classes at the Medical Arts & Research Center (MARC) at 8300 Floyd Curl Drive. Please call 210-450-9100 and select option 1 for more information. In addition, find Nicotine Anonymous Meetings, Individual Counseling., UT Health Physicians also offers individual smoking cessation counseling sessions . Consider a visit if you are thinking about stopping, you want to stop smoking, or you have stopped smoking. More info, Use Text Messages to Quit Smoking., Sign up for the Quitxt program in English (text “iquit” to 844-332-2058) or Spanish (text “lodejo” to 844-332-2058) and get messages to help you quit smoking. Quitxt, led by Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez of UT Health San Antonio with support from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, is a free service with interactive texts that can double your odds of quitting for good! Start now Here…
Transforming Research Management
ERMS is UT Health San Antonio’s implementation of the Huron Research Suite, a comprehensive software solution designed to relieve administrative burden and free up time for mission-focused activities. ERMS assists in transforming business processes to facilitate exceptional research administration service delivery, increase transparency, and automate workflows. When implementation is completed,…
Center for South Texas Programs, Conduct health services research with the goal of reducing and eliminating health disparities., Institute for Health Promotions Research, Studies causes and solutions of health issues facing Hispanics such as cancer, diabetes and chronic disease., ReACH Center, A collaboration of researchers and physicians to promote the health of South Texas residents, especially its majority Hispanic population, through comparative effectiveness research (the study of health care interventions to determine which work best for patients).