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Grant awards nearly $5 million over five years to enhance JPS capabilities in crisis and preventive care

JPS Health Network has received a new federal grant to increase identification and treatment of patients with substance use disorders (SUD). The UPLIFT grant, one of only eleven awarded nationwide, totals almost $5 million over the next five years and will be used to implement screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment at three locations.

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Nationally Recognized Healthcare Leader’s Tenure Leaves Tarrant County’s Health Network in Strong Position for Growth, Service to Community

After 13 years leading a public health system now nationally recognized for its care and service to its community, Robert Earley is retiring as president and CEO of JPS Health Network. Earley shared the news with his staff via video message on Tuesday. His retirement comes with the network positioned to affect significant, taxpayer-supported improvements to healthcare delivery in the county, and Earley says all the hard work that brought JPS to this moment has taught him a few things.

La encuesta de acreditación enfatizó un cambio admirable para el equipo del Laboratorio de JPS

El equipo de Administración del Laboratorio de JPS Health Network está celebrando los resultados excepcionales que se obtuvieron durante la inspección bianual de las instalaciones para la re acreditación por por el Colegio Americano de Patólogos (CAP, por sus siglas en inglés).

Webinar begins public outreach for community participation in JPS Bond Construction Program

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Accreditation survey highlights remarkable turnaround for JPS Lab team

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JPS Health Network’s Lab Administration team is celebrating the outstanding results achieved in its bi-annual inspection of on-site facilities for re-accreditation by the College of American Pathologists (CAP).

The successful implementation of medical homes into the JPS Health Network in recent years is a driving force behind the inclusion of more medical homes as part of the JPS Future Plan. The $800-million bond referendum approved for JPS includes preliminary plans to add at least four more medical home facilities, with at least one coming in the first phase of the project, allowing JPS to provide more people with readily accessible healthcare services.

JPS Health Network is seeking requests for proposals on a dozen projects related to the $800-million Bond Construction Program approved during the November 2018 election by Tarrant County voters.

A year and a half after the COVID-19 pandemic began and nine months after vaccinations began to roll out, COVID-19 numbers are surging again. Why?

50 Years Ago The Patient Tower Took JPS To Another Level

Today the JPS Patient Tower is a familiar part of the Fort Worth skyline. It’s hard to imagine Main Street without it. But when it was built 50 years ago, the 11-story structure was a real difference maker for team members who staffed it and the patients who counted on the health network for care.