{"id":909084,"date":"2026-07-03T04:57:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T04:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/909084\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T04:57:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T04:57:27","slug":"fort-worth-hospital-receives-national-recognition-for-10th-year-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/909084\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth hospital receives national recognition for 10th year in a row"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth has earned a national certification for its brain tumor care for the 10th year in a row.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jointcommission.org\/en-us\/certification\/disease-specific-care\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Joint Commissions;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Joint Commissions&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Joint Commissions<\/a> has given the Fort Worth hospital its \u201cGold Seal of Approval.\u201d The disease specific certification is proof the program \u201cmeets the rigorous standards of the world\u2019s preeminent accreditation and certification organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Joint Commission is a nonprofit that examines and accredits healthcare organizations in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In 2016 Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth was the first in Texas to receive this certification for its brain tumor program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cFor the past 10 years, this certification has highlighted the dedication and tireless work ethic of our employees and physicians on the Texas Health Fort Worth medical staff,\u201d said Jared Shelton, Texas Health Fort Worth president. \u201cRecognition doesn\u2019t drive us. Instead, it\u2019s the commitment to continuously do the right thing for our patients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to a press release from Texas Health Fort Worth, Joint Commission observed and analyzed the hospital\u2019s brain tumor programs, clinical practice guidelines, patient outcomes, treatment options, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, radiosurgery, image-guided neurosurgery and cranial-based surgical procedures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The press release stated that around 90,000 people a year are diagnosed with a \u201cprimary brain tumor\u201d in the U.S., and more than 1.3 million are living with a brain tumor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Adrian Harvey, D.O., Texas Health Fort Worth\u2019s brain tumor program medical director and a member of North Texas Neurosurgery and Spine Specialists, said that more than 70% of those patients have noncancerous tumors, but nearly 30% are cancerous.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This year in Texas around 2,000 people will get a brain or nervous system cancer diagnosis, according to Texas Health Resources.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Texas Health Fort Worth\u2019s \u201crobust\u201d brain tumor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texashealth.org\/Health-and-Wellness\/Neurosciences\/Brain-Tumors\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:program;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;program&quot;}\" class=\"link \">program<\/a> includes neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, neurologists, pathologists and radiation oncologists, who collaborate to decide what course of action needs to be taken for patients.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The program also provides educational tools for patients and \u201ccomprehensive\u201d rehabilitation options.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cEmpowering patients to improve their quality of life is our most desired achievement,\u201d Harvey said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth has earned a national certification for its brain tumor care&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":909085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,55759,367674,7371,7372,237185,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-909084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-america","tag-brain-tumor","tag-certification-organization","tag-fort-worth","tag-fortworth","tag-joint-commission","tag-texas","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116854275927409267","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=909084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/909085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=909084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=909084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=909084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}