Newsroom Archive

For years, healthcare workers around the world have accepted an occasional violent attack and verbal assault from patients as an occupational hazard – just an unpleasant fact of life that was accepted as part of the job.

But that perception is changing, and JPS Health Network is working hard to find ways to protect healthcare workers from attacks coming from the people they’re trying to help.

It’s time to get a flu shot! The flu vaccine is recommended every year for adults and children 6 months and older to reduce the risk of developing flu-related illness.

Starting September 17, flu shots are available at all JPS Medical Homes throughout Tarrant County. For those without insurance or who wish to pay out-of-pocket, the cost is $25.

Strokes are the number one cause of debilitating injuries in the United States each year. But JPS Health Network Stroke Coordinator Lauri Speirs said it doesn’t have to be that way.

Getting the best care – and getting it quickly – is vital to prevent or limit brain injury. JPS Health Network offers the highest quality care available, certified by the State of Texas as a Comprehensive Level I Stroke Center.

Light mesmerizes me.

While photographing an assignment in our Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), the phototherapy lights over a newborn diverted my attention. The brand-new baby must have had the same attraction.

Senior citizens are the fastest-growing segment of the population in the United States and the Fort Worth area is no exception.

According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth has the fastest-growing senior population in the country with 146,000 new geriatric residents last year. With an expanding population of older adults in the area, JPS Health Network is poised to fill the need with a wide line of services designed to keep seniors healthier longer, according to Will Callans, Service Line Manager for Geriatrics at JPS Health Network.

When patient David Carter’s weight dropped after a long hospitalization, he knew he needed extra help preparing nutritious meals as he recovered because he doesn’t cook much.

He turned to JPS Social Worker Brittany Touchon, who connected him to Meals on Wheels of Tarrant County. Its volunteers began delivering hot, healthy food to his Fort Worth home five days a week. The weight has returned, and Carter calls Touchon his hero.

Dr. Bryan Woei Ming’s day starts before the sun comes up and he stays busy all day, juggling between the operating room, teaching surgeons-in-training and on most days, he can squeeze in lunch.

The JPS Health Network’s graphic design team, a part of the Communications and Community Affairs Department, has earned three prestigious awards for its efforts to connect patients to healthcare through visual projects.

It’s time to think about being safe on the road.

The end of summer and beginning of fall is the busiest time of year in the Trauma and Emergency departments at JPS Health Network. Why? Because of a surge of motor vehicle crashes that happen as more cars hit the road, taking kids back to school, according to JPS Health and Injury Manager Mary Ann Contreras. As Tarrant County’s lone Level I Trauma Center, the toughest crash cases are brought to JPS by ambulance and helicopter.

What’s it like to shoot photos in the operating room?

We asked JPS Health Network photographer Kevin Fujii, a Pulitzer Prize winner who captures breathtaking images of the incredible care delivered every day to patients at JPS, what it’s like to try to do his job while surgeons are working to save a life only a few feet away.