Southeast Texas Medical Associates, LLP James L. Holly, M.D. Southeast Texas Medical Associates, LLP


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  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Adjunct Professor
    Family and Community Medicine
    School of Medicine
    UT Health Science Center
    San Antonio
  • Clinical Associate Professor
    Department of Internal Medicine
    Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine

Current Academic Appointments:

    Adjunct Professor
    Department Family and Community Medicine
    School of Medicine
    University of Texas Health Science Center
    San Antonio, Texas

    Clinical Associate Professor
    Department of Internal Medicine
    Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine

Curriculum Vitae

Academic

    Northwestern State University - Undergraduate
    Bachelor of Arts - History and Philosophy
    1961 to 1965

    Baylor University - Graduate School and Pre-Med
    Master of Arts - History (course work completed)
    1966 to 1969

    University of Texas Health Science Center School of Medicine, San Antonio, Texas
    Doctor of Medicine
    1969 to 1973

    2012 Distinguished Alumnus
    School of Medicine
    University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

    2016 Distinguished Alumnus
    Long Purple Line
    Northwestern State University Endowments

    2017 Aesculapian Laureate Society,
    UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine

Graduate Medical Education

    Internal Medicine Internship
    1973 to 1974

Medical School Activities

    Founder Health Careers Program for Minority Students
    Director of Program
    1969 to 1971

    Organization of Student Representatives, Association of American Medical Colleges
    Founding Chair
    1970-1972

    AAMC Executive Committee
    Voting Member
    1970 to 1971, 1971 to 1972

    AAMC/AMA Accreditation Site Visit Cornell Medical College, New York City
    Voting Member 1972

Medical School Activities Post Graduation

  • President of Alumni Association for four years (2006-2010) during which alumni support of the school financially was increased geometrically.
  • Endowed the Dr. and Mrs. James L. Holly Distinguished Chair in Patient-Centered Medical Home in an interdisciplinary setting between Nursing, Pediatrics, Family Practice and Internal Medicine at the University Health Center San Antonio School of Medicine. March, 2011
  • Endowed the Distinguished Lectureship on Patient-Centered Medical Home at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio School of Medicine. Named the W.E. Bellue and William R. Holly, Sr. Distinguished Lectureship. - June, 2011
  • Endowed the Primary Care Institute at UT Health Science Center San Antonio with a $50,000 initial contribution - March, 2012
  • Endowed a scholarship for senior family practice resident to attend an informatics conference annually at Texas A&M School of Medicine - 2009
  • President Council, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio - multiple years
  • Chancellors Council, University of Texas System, Austin, Texas - multiple years
  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Development Board

Professional Activity

    Emergency Medicine
    Beaumont, Texas
    1974 to 1976

    Solo Practitioner
    Beaumont, Texas
    1976-1995

    Southeast Texas Medical Associates, LLP (SETMA, LLP)
    Beaumont, Texas
    Founder and Chief Executive Officer
    1995 to Present

Professional Positions Held

  • President, Golden Triangle Physicians Alliance (GTPA) and Independent Practice Association (IPA) of 250 Physicians - 1997 to Present
  • Chairman of the Board, GTPA - 1997 to Present
  • Medical Director, GTPA - October, 1997 to Present
  • Hospitalist, GTPA - 1997 to Present
  • Founding Board Member of Select Care of Texas, a Federally Qualified Physician Health Organization (PHO) - 1998 to 2009
  • Member of HIMSS Patient Safety and Quality Outcomes Committee, 2011
  • Member of National Quality Forum and invited participant in the 2010 Workshop on Care Transitions
  • HIMSS, Innovation Committee, June 30, 2012 - June 20, 2014.

Professional Achievements in Leading SETMA

Time Line on Patient Safety Developments at SETMA

All of SETMA’s Electronic Patient Management Tools were written by Dr. Holly and are posted on SETMA’s website. They are offered for use by any healthcare provider without cost. See below for more detail:

Currently SETMA reports on over 200 quality metrics on our website under Public Reporting. Please see below for more detail. HIMSS: Quality 101: Public Reporting of Provider Performance

Research Projects

Presentations with hyperlinks

Publications

    Peer Reviewed

    • Improving Population Healthcare and Safety Through Real-time Data access, Auditing and Reporting,” Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Stories of Success, March, 2011.
    • Chapter Author, “Innovation for the Future of Health Care: The SETMA Model of Care,” for Innovation with Information Technologies in Healthcare, edited by Dr. Lyle Berkowitz and Chris McCarthy, Springer Science and Business Media, 2011,
    • HIMSS Safety 101 - contributor of multiple articles for this section of HIMSS website.

    Dr. Holly has written extensively on Patient-Centered Medical Home.  The following annotated list are some of those articles:

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