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A year and a half after the COVID-19 pandemic began and nine months after vaccinations began to roll out, COVID-19 numbers are surging again. Why?

50 Years Ago The Patient Tower Took JPS To Another Level

Today the JPS Patient Tower is a familiar part of the Fort Worth skyline. It’s hard to imagine Main Street without it. But when it was built 50 years ago, the 11-story structure was a real difference maker for team members who staffed it and the patients who counted on the health network for care.

The number of COVID patients hospitalized at JPS Health Network has increased to 13 times what it was at the end of June as the latest surge of cases takes hold, a rise from eight to 105.

JPS Health Network and project manager Broaddus-LeVis are working hard to make sure the health network’s $800 million construction program has significant participation from Minority, and Women Business Enterprises (M/WBEs).

A new era of Behavioral Health care has begun at JPS Health Network.

On Wednesday, August 4, movers packed up desks, copy machines, and other equipment at the Hemphill Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic located on the southwest corner of the JPS campus in Fort Worth. They moved it all a couple blocks to the north to 601 W. Terrell Avenue where the JPS Center for Behavioral Health Recovery opened August 9.

Some people are quick to claim it’s the people – not the buildings – which count when it comes to healthcare delivery.

You learn a lot about who you can count on when times are tough. And, with their team depleted as its workload was spiraling out of control, things got pretty rough over the past year for the small but tight-knit Renal Dialysis team at JPS Health Network.

Controlling mental health issues is key to making your body healthy. That’s why JPS Health Network has dedicated itself to sending cases of depression into remission.

When a person with diabetes, cardiovascular issues, or other comorbidities loses a limb, it doesn’t just make it tougher for them to navigate through their day. It’s something that can dramatically shorten their lifespan.

Things are moving quickly as JPS Health Network begins the difficult work of expanding its facilities and capabilities while continuing to deliver care to thousands of patients each day.

United for the first time, the JPS Health Network Research Symposium and Quality Fair drew more than 300 visitors to their virtual presentation on June 4.