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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.”

When they arrived in April at JPS to tour the facilities and start a month-long stint as junior volunteers, high-achieving high school seniors from Fort Worth knew they wanted to pursue a career in healthcare.

It’s not a shiny new car. It’s a dishwasher.

But if the new JPS Health Network dish machine was an auto, it would certainly be fuel-sipping hybrid with all the latest safety features compared to the worn out Edsel it replaced.

Every day, people arrive at JPS for the first time and need a little help finding their way.

Their first stop – the information desk on the first floor of the main campus.

There, they are likely to meet Carla Hunter-Tomlinson, one of the Patient Care Ambassadors who help make sure that their visits start out right. Carla greets JPS guests and gives them directions. This patient stops by to locate radiology. Another patient has an appointment in the lab. Another visitor is here to see a newborn nephew.