UNTHSC
Jessica Rangel
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth on Monday announced the promotion of Jessica Rangel to executive vice president of health systems .
Rangel comes to the position after having served five years as the university’s senior vice president of clinical innovation.
“Jessica has been a tremendous asset to HSC, and I look forward to seeing her expand the university’s clinical enterprise,” says Michael R. Williams, HSC president and chancellor of the UNT System, in a statement. “I am confident that Jessica will take us to the next level as we build a stronger patient-centric model for health care and as we develop the future of medicine.”
Rangel came to HSC in 2017 as senior vice president of clinical innovation and was responsible for the operational and fiscal outcomes of the HSC health clinics, SaferCare Texas, correctional medicine, simulation, interprofessional education, and practice. She also has responsibilities with the student medical clinics at UNT Dallas and the Tarrant County College District.
Stepping into her new role allows Rangel to work toward redesigning the way the university focuses on health care, a focus in which patients are in charge of their own care, she says. She will be the chief executive responsible for HSC’s clinical enterprise, practice plan, community engagement and other areas related to operations. She will report directly to Williams.
“The health care climate is long overdue for redesign in such a way where the whole person is the driver of their own care,” Rangel says. “The role is integral to strategically weaving all elements together as we work alongside our community partners to bring sustainable, quality, and safe care to all communities. This is our opportunity to walk the health care and wellness journey with people.”
Rangel, who has more than 35 years of health care experience, earned a bachelor’s in nursing from Armstrong Atlantic University in Savannah, Georgia, and a master’s in strategic leadership from Mountain State University in West Virginia. Prior to joining HSC, she was an outcomes quality and safety consultant for USMD Hospital Systems and the system patient safety officer for Texas Health Resources in Arlington.
She is a Distinguished Fellow of the National Academics Practice and has earned numerous awards throughout her career at HSC, including the university’s 2019 Leadership and Valubility of the Year awards and the 2020 Group Valubility of the Year Award.