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A pilot program at JPS to identify victims of domestic abuse and human trafficking and lead them to help has produced such encouraging results, it’s already been expanded.

“It’s an evidence-based screening process that gives more certainty about detecting abuse and how to proceed in situations when abuse is detected,” explained JPS Violence and Injury Prevention Manager Mary Ann Contreras, RN.

After an ATV accident that crushed Jaylin Smith’s ankle and shattered bones in her left leg, the teenager is grateful to the team of JPS surgeons, nurses and physical therapists who saved her leg.

Jaylin has had eight surgeries and spent a total of 35 days at John Peter Smith Hospital – so far.

When they’re giving everything they have to their patients, it’s easy for healthcare providers to forget to make time to take care of themselves.

Fort Worth – JPS Health Network has been recognized by the Association for Talent Development (ATD) with a 2018 BEST Award winner as one of 45 organizations worldwide demonstrating enterprise-wide success as a result of employee talent development.

A Family Medicine physician who has been at JPS Health Network for nearly two decades has received a national award for his leadership in fighting cancer.

Independence Day is a fun time for children and for fireworks connoisseurs of all ages.

But bottle rockets’ red glare and cherry bombs bursting in air can be a nightmare for the millions of people in the United States who manage mental health issues on a daily basis, especially people who are dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Loud explosions and flashes of light that are reminiscent of artillery fire seem to go on forever while they wish the calendar page would turn to July 5.

JPS Heath Network’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit has been designated as a Level III Neonatal Facility in Perinatal Care Region-E by the Texas Department of State Health Services.

JPS Health Network Certified Wound Ostomy Nurse Nergis Blood has always been a person determined to follow her calling to help those in need of care.

JPS Health Network is poised to begin work on relocating its cancer center after its Board of Managers and the Tarrant County Commissioners Court unanimously approved a sublease agreement between JPS and UT Southwestern Moncrief Cancer Institute for medical space located at 1450 8th Avenue in Fort Worth.

JPS leaders are proud to announce that the health network has been re-verified by the American College of Trauma Surgeons Committee on Trauma as a Level I Trauma Center.

It’s the third time the designation has been renewed since JPS was originally named a Level I Trauma Center in 2009.  The designation lasts until Nov. 17, 2021.