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Fort Worth Star-Telegram: JPS launches new tool to help mothers, infants in Tarrant County. More hospitals to follow
Inside JPS Health Network’s auditorium over 50 nurses, physicians and JPS board members came to support its TeamBirth kickoff event Monday afternoon, Jan. 27. TeamBirth is a communication system to provide better transparency among women, their medical providers and doulas during labor, delivery and postpartum. JPS will be the first of seven eventual hospitals in Tarrant County to officially launch the program in Texas. The model already exists in over 150 hospitals across the United States.
The Business Press: JPS Health Network Launches TeamBirth Program to Enhance Maternity Care and Patient Experience
JPS Health Network proudly announces the launch of the TeamBirth maternity care program, becoming one of the first hospitals in Texas to implement this nationally recognized initiative. TeamBirth is designed to transform communication and collaboration during labor and delivery, placing patients and their families at the heart of the birthing experience. The hospital launched the kicked off with a special event held at John Peter Smith Hospital today.
Fort Worth Report: Tarrant hospitals' teamwork program prepared to deliver improved maternal health outcomes
Tarrant County’s health systems are taking steps to improve maternal health outcomes with the official start of a first-in-Texas program.
Seven hospitals within Baylor Scott & White Health, JPS Health Network and Texas Health Resources will launch the TeamBirth initiative starting this week. The initiative is a collaborative process aimed at closing communication gaps and encouraging teamwork between new mothers and health providers.