KINGWOOD, Texas— Vision Source announced that its North Texas area members are joining forces with USMD, a physician-led integrated health system, to provide an enhanced level of collaborative care for USMD patients.

“On behalf of Vision Source, we look forward to our relationship with USMD to provide patients with an optimal health care solution by delivering the highest level of vision and eye care services,” says Jim Greenwood, president and CEO of Vision Source. “There is a significant need to improve population health in Texas, and this innovative collaboration ensures that we address the rising demand for preventative care and solutions for the management and treatment of chronic diseases such as diabetes.”

USMD develops, operates, and manages entities that deliver diagnostic, therapeutic and hospital-based health care to patients. All USMD primary care clinics have earned Level 3 re-accreditation from the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Program, a recognition program that is part of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). The award highlights USMD’s evidence-based, patient-centered processes that focus on highly coordinated patient care.

“Partnering with Vision Source allows for an innovative approach to collaborative care to be more accessible to our growing patient base,” said Bryan Demarie, M.D., and medical director of USMD SeniorCare. “Through the Vision Source network of optometric clinicians, USMD will continue to bring the high-quality, comprehensive and personalized care that every patient deserves.”

USMD is a publicly held (NASDAQ: USMD), physician-led, integrated health system. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, USMD serves the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area with more than 250 physicians and associate practitioners, and provides health care services to patients in just under 20 different specialties at its two hospitals, six cancer treatment centers and nearly 70 physician clinics, many of which are multi-specialty.