John Peter Smith Hospital (also known as JPS Hospital) is a Level 1 Trauma Center, 573-bed county hospital located in Fort Worth, Texas that provides inpatient, outpatient and behavioral healthcare.
About
John Peter Smith Hospital is part of the tax-supported JPS Health Network of the Tarrant County Hospital District.
The hospital has an Emergency Department, Trauma Services Department, Urgent Care Center and is home to the county's only Psychiatric Emergency Center.
Established in 1906, the hospital is named for John Peter Smith, a former mayor of Fort Worth. Smith is considered by many to be "the Father of Fort Worth." He was instrumental in changing the county seat to Fort Worth. Smith served six terms as mayor and donated many acres of land for public works projects such as cemeteries, parks, and the county hospital which bears his name.
The hospital is the first of two Level I Trauma Centers in Tarrant County.
The facilities at 1500 Main Street on Fort Worth's Near Southside, include a Patient Care Pavilion – a five-story acute care facility - an outpatient care center and a dedicated facility for psychiatric services.
In August of 1981 a flood caused power to go out in JPS hospital. A psychiatric patient at JPS helped direct emergency operations. "Michael" as he was called put on scrubs and acted as a supervisor for hours before officials found out who he was and brought him back to his room. “He had everyone thinking he was in charge and he did a great job,” said a spokesman at JPS hospital relations. “He told a lot of people where supplies were throughout the hospital and arranged for a shipment of ice and performed in a superb fashion overall.”
Academics
JPS is a teaching hospital and trains nurses, physicians and other healthcare workers.
JPS is home to ACGME and AOA accredited residency programs including a Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Radiology, Psychiatry, Orthopedics, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Podiatry, and Transitional Year. It also is the main teaching hospital for the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at the University of North Texas Health Science Center and Texas Christian University School of Medicine. In addition, the hospital supports the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center oral/maxillofacial residency and Baylor University Medical Center general surgery residency programs. In June 2011, the hospital welcomed its first batch of emergency medicine residents. The first class of emergency medicine residents graduated in June 2014.
JPS is the main teaching hospital for the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, as well as Texas Christian University School of Medicine.
JPS trains doctors through residency programs: Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Podiatry, Psychiatry, Sports Medicine and Transitional Internship.
JPS provides clinical medical education to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Baylor Medical Center and the University of North Texas Health Science Center. JPS also has academic affiliations with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and Texas A&M Health Science Center.
Brain death controversy
Marlise Munoz was 14 weeks pregnant when her husband found her unconscious in November 2013, possibly from a pulmonary embolism. She was subsequently declared brain dead after her arrival at JPS Hospital. Munoz had previously indicated to her husband that she would not like to be kept artificially alive if brain dead. The fetus had suffered from oxygen deprivation and was suspected to be non-viable. Fetus' lower extremities were deformed to the extent that the gender couldn't be determined. Fetus also had fluid building up inside the skull (Hydrocephalus) and possibly had a heart problem. A 2002 study estimated the cost for an ICU bed in an average U.S. hospital is $2,000 to $3,000 per day.