JPS Health Network
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The Tarrant County Hospital District (TCHD) does business as the JPS Health Network. It is located in the taxpayer-supported hospital district of Tarrant County, Texas.[1] Headquarters are in the John Peter Smith Hospital at 1500 South Main Street, Fort Worth, Texas, 76104.[2][3][4]
About JPS Health Network
[edit | edit source]The origins of JPS Health Network go back to October 1877. Future Fort Worth mayor, John Peter Smith, deeded five acres of land for medical facilities for indigent patients in Fort Worth and Tarrant County.[5] JPS is a teaching facility.[6] It is the site of the nation's largest hospital-based Family Medicine residency program.[7]
JPS Health Network operates John Peter Smith Hospital, which is a 573-bed[8] acute care facility in Fort Worth, Texas.
John Peter Smith Hospital provides emergency services and Level 1 trauma care. The hospital is the only psychiatric emergency services site in Tarrant County. More than 5,000 babies are born each year at John Peter Smith Hospital.[9]
JPS is a certified Chest Pain Center, Certified Primary Stroke Center and an Accredited American College of Surgeons Cancer Center. It is Joint Commission Disease Specific Certified in Sepsis and Geriatrics. JPS has a Level lll Neonatal Intensive Care Center (NICU).[9]
Academics
[edit | edit source]JPS is a teaching site and trains physicians, nurses, physician assistants and other health care workers.[10] JPS supports nine residency programs.[11] The Family Medicine residency is the largest hospital-based family medicine residency program in the nation.[12]
Leadership
[edit | edit source]The JPS Board of Managers includes 11 members. They are appointed by the Tarrant County Commissioners. This committee manages the JPS Health Network facilities and leadership.[13]
Health centers
[edit | edit source]The network includes more than 40 community-based health centers, including 20 clinics based on school campuses.[14]
See also
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- Harris Health System (former Harris County Hospital District)
- Parkland Health & Hospital System (Dallas County)
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ "BOARD OF MANAGERS MEETING THURSDAY – JANUARY 12, 2012 Archived February 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine." JPS Health Network. Retrieved on October 25, 2012.
- ^ "Notice of Privacy Practices Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine." JPS Health Network. Effective April 14, 2003. Retrieved on October 25, 2012. "JPS Health Network, 1500 South Main Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76104."
- ^ "Maps and Locations." JPS Health Network. Retrieved on October 25, 2012. "1500 S. Main Street Fort Worth TX 76104" and "John Peter Smith Hospital 1500 S. Main Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76104"
- ^ "Maps and Locations."
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External links
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