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Following a year of struggles they couldn’t possibly have imagined, JPS Health Network patients say they’re especially grateful this holiday season to have their health restored and to be home with their families for the holidays. 

When he started working at JPS Health Network four decades ago, Gregory Massey never imagined that he’d still be in the same place 40 years later. 

A prominent local artist has paid tribute to people who work behind the scenes to save lives during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic with a series of portraits he’s created called “The Faces of JPS.” 

Blessings in the Middle of a Pandemic 

Thanks to COVID-19, it’s been a tough nine months across the country and around the world. But it turns out that even this dark cloud has a silver lining. 

Deundhray Steele works a top secret job on a U.S. Navy submarine, so making sure people don’t know where he is at any given time is his job.

The following op-ed by Robert Earley appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on December 4, 2020.

This year changed us all forever. It changed our world. It even changed our vocabulary. Masks are no longer just for Halloween. Social distancing is required for everyone, even the “huggers,” and “you’re muted” is heard more frequently than hello. Fauci is not a brand of marinara sauce, and a cough is not just a cough anymore. 

Este artículo fue escrito por Robert Earley y publicado en el periódico Fort Worth Star-Telegram el 4 de diciembre del 2020.

D CEO Magazine named JPS Health Network the Outstanding Health System for the Dallas-Fort Worth region Tuesday during its 2020 Excellence in Healthcare Awards.

An agreement between JPS Health Network and the military will put U.S. Army surgeons to work for patients, while helping them gather some beneficial real-world experience working shoulder-to-shoulder with the doctors at the only Level I Trauma Center in Tarrant County.

Certified Medical Assistants (CMA) are often among the first faces patients see when they come to JPS Health Network. Still, much of the work they do to help people get the best care possible happens behind the scenes.

“On the surface, they do a lot of clerical work,” said Devon Armstrong, Director of Outpatient Care Management at JPS. “But there’s a lot more people might not see. They’re the backbone of our department because they do the things that have to be done to let us do our jobs to the best of our ability.”