University Health Funds Clinic Recovery With $2.2 Million
The two-year investment aims to restore patient volumes at the Sarah E. Davidson Clinic following a 2024 data breach.
Updated on Oct. 28, 2026 in Healthcare
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University Health has approved $2.2 million in funding for the Sarah E. Davidson Clinic at Haven for Hope. The two-year investment aims to restore patient volumes following a 2024 data breach that disrupted operations.
Why it matters
The funding addresses a significant service decline at the clinic, which is projected to see 2,000 fewer patients in 2026 than it did in 2023. Restoring these capacity levels is a strategic effort to divert patient demand away from local emergency rooms.
University Health committed $2.2 million over two years to the Sarah E. Davidson Clinic, which served over 10,000 patients in 2023. The facility, operated by CentroMed, currently faces a projected 2,000-patient deficit for 2026 compared to its 2023 performance.
The players
University Health
A San Antonio-based health system that provides regional medical care and oversight.
CentroMed
A health provider operating 22 clinics across San Antonio.
Sarah E. Davidson Clinic
A medical facility located at Haven for Hope providing services to the local community.
The details
CentroMed will use the funding to hire additional clinical and outreach staff, including a physician, a part-time nurse practitioner, and substance use counselors. This expansion of medical personnel and operating hours is designed to rebuild trust and service capacity at the Haven for Hope site. The initiative specifically targets untreated health issues to reduce unnecessary emergency room utilization in the area.
Timeline
2023: The clinic served over 10,000 patients.
2024: A data breach disrupted clinic services.
October 27, 2026: University Health approved the funding.
2026: The clinic projects a decrease of 2,000 patients compared to 2023.
March 1, 2027: Distribution of the funding begins.
Market Landscape
This investment follows the standard post-breach operational recovery pattern seen across healthcare facilities. It signals a move to stabilize service capacity that was previously eroded by the 2024 security incident.
Operators in the healthcare sector should monitor the efficacy of this staffing expansion as a strategy for regaining service volume. Watch whether the clinic succeeds in redirecting emergency room traffic, as this serves as a benchmark for evaluating operational recovery costs.
The takeaway
Restoring patient trust after a security breach requires both administrative changes and tangible increases in service accessibility. Clinic managers should track the correlation between new outreach staff hires and the stabilization of patient volumes starting March 1, 2027.
Further reading
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Source note: This article includes information reported by San Antonio Report.
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