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With the Metroplex area blood supply at a lower than ideal level, JPS donors were able to roll up their sleeves and do their share Tuesday to replenish the vital resource.

“Overall, our turnout was great,” said JPS Transfusion Safety Program Coordinator Laci Dreyer. “We have strong support from our donors and we’re thankful for it.”

Each year, nearly 3,000 patients arrive at the Level I Trauma Center at JPS Health Network for treatment after being critically injured in falls, vehicle crashes and other events that can dramatically alter their lives.

And just as it can take time for the body to heal, trauma patients and their loved ones can suffer emotional and psychological fallout, including experiencing anxiety, anger, depression and panic attacks.

It may be confusing now. But the reconfiguration of Allen Avenue at JPS’s front door is expected to make navigating the area safer for pedestrians and bicyclists in the future.

The city of Fort Worth is currently in the process of restriping Allen Avenue west of Interstate 35 W. Formerly two lanes in each direction, the roadway is being adjusted to include dedicated bicycle lanes and turn lanes. As a result, it will lose a lane in each direction for car and truck traffic.

If it seems like JPS Vice President of Patient Care Trudy Sanders is always on the run, well… she nearly always is.

In addition to a demanding work schedule that keeps her metaphorically running from meeting to meeting, Sanders is running in the literal sense when she’s not on duty at the health network. She’s trained for and completed more than 100 marathons over the course of the past 22 years. She’s logged enough miles in the races she’s finished to cover a trip from Fort Worth to Los Angeles – and back.

Organizers are hoping for big results from the JPS blood drive May 29 because, after all, someone you care about may depend on its success.

“We hold a blood drive here every 56 days to do our share to keep the supply for the region stocked,” said Laci Dreyer, Transfusion Safety Program Coordinator at JPS. “We always hope to have a good turnout. But this time it’s even more urgent that we have a successful collection because there is an overall shortage of blood in the Metroplex.”

Organizers are hoping for big results from the JPS blood drive May 29 because, after all, someone you care about may depend on its success.

“We hold a blood drive here every 56 days to do our share to keep the supply for the region stocked,” said Laci Dreyer, Transfusion Safety Program Coordinator at JPS. “We always hope to have a good turnout. But this time it’s even more urgent that we have a successful collection because there is an overall shortage of blood in the Metroplex.”

Newly installed medical staff leaders say they are eager to help with the process of moving JPS forward into the future.

Dr. Chet Schrader was recently named Medical Staff President while Dr. Cheryl Hurd was named Vice President. They both said they’re excited and honored to hold the positions.

JPS team member Harrietta Epherson’s job title might be “housekeeper.”

But if you ask her – or anyone who has worked with her – what Harrietta does for a living, they’re likely to say she’s a professional perfectionist.

Teenagers participating in the Summer Junior Volunteer Program at JPS will be served a heaping helping of knowledge during meal breaks.

Called Lunches for Learning, Manager of Volunteer Services Kim Pinter said the new program has been arranged to allow a variety of JPS professionals to speak with student volunteers during their lunch period. The sessions will happen six times over the course of the students’ two-month-long summer stint at the health network.

For a second consecutive year, Modern Healthcare has named JPS Health Network as one of the best places in the United States to work.

“JPS Health Network is thrilled to be among the recipients of the 2018 Best Places to Work honors,” President and CEO Robert Earley said. “It is wonderful to let taxpayers and our community know they support a public healthcare system of which they can be incredibly proud.”