Phase I of the JPS Bond Program is officially underway. JPS Health Network hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday, October 26, for the new Psychiatric Emergency Center (PEC) designed to treat patients experiencing mental health crisis. The facility is part of the JPS Bond Program project plan for expansion and renovation to modernize the JPS campus.
JPS Health Network will be breaking ground on the new Medical Home Southwest Tarrant later this year. The medical home will serve the residents of Southwest Tarrant County bringing both primary and specialty care services to the area. The location for this new medical home will be at the intersection of Mesa Springs Drive and Granbury Road in Fort Worth. A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for December 2022.
The JPS Health Network plan for expansion and renovation to modernize the JPS campus is moving at full speed with multiple groundbreaking ceremonies scheduled for this fall. The $800 million JPS Bond Program project will redefine the Main Campus in Fort Worth and add a medical home that serves the Southwest Tarrant County patient population. The entirety of the project will cost roughly $1.5 billion, which includes additional excess operating cash of about $600 million invested by JPS.
Suicidal Ideation begins with depression and changes in behavior. Noticing behavioral changes in the lives of our loved ones could be the thin line between life and death.
Many people experiencing thoughts of suicide are not always willing to share their feelings, but there are subtle signals people close to them can identify.
Many women often put their health on the back burner to care for others, so they don’t always seek the care they need. When you bring pregnancy into the equation, it can be a struggle for moms.
JPS Women & Infant Services see many struggles women face during pregnancy, especially with the high minority population. Being able to provide the best possible care for patients is their goal.
Melissa De Hoyos is an Obstetrics and Gynecology Nurse Practitioner at JPS Health Center for Women who is committed to helping and educating the women of Tarrant County.
De Hoyos emphasizes educating patients on the importance of making decisions that influence their overall health and quality of life.
“I believe knowledge is power,” De Hoyos said. “In Women’s Health, I think of how I can educate and empower patients to create a new and better path for themselves.”
JPS is starting a new Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship program that will train psychiatrists who want to specialize in diagnosing and treating young people with psychiatric illnesses. Leaders are actively recruiting for the first class to arrive at JPS next year.
The two-year program is for physicians who have completed a psychiatry residency program and want to focus on treating patients from underserved populations.
Following the 2018 Santa Fe High School shooting in Santa Fe, Texas, politicians and mental health professionals in Texas collaborated on an initiative to help with children's mental health in the state. During this collaboration, they established several programs to expand access to care for children and adolescents in Texas. One of the programs created was Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine (TCHATT).
Serving the Tarrant County community is a passion for JPS transitional resident intern James Oh, DO, who grew up hearing his mother's amazing story of his birth at JPS Health Network.
Dr. Oh said his mother spoke highly of the doctors and nurses who cared for her, and the story inspired him to become a physician. He wanted to take care of patients, especially underprivileged patients.
"I chose JPS because I had a connection here, and I wanted to come back and serve those who served both my parents and me," Dr. Oh said.
