Pou selebre Jounen Mondyal Lasante Oral ak gaye pawòl la sou sèvis dantè, twa lokal Wright Center for Community Health Practice pral distribye sache atik swen dantè Mèkredi 20 Mas.

Pasyan timoun ak adilt ki gen randevou medikal nan Wright Center for Community Health Scranton, Mid Valley, ak pratik Wilkes-Barre yo pral resevwa bon sache ki gen yon bwòs dan, pat dantifris, fil fil dantè, ak enfòmasyon sou ijyèn dantè. Tout twa klinik yo ofri yon seri sèvis dantè pou granmoun ak timoun.

Kim McGoff, direktè operasyon dantè Wright Center la

Kim McGoff, direktè operasyon dantè Wright Center a, di: “Jis paske w vizite yon doktè pa vle di ou vizite yon dantis regilyèman. "Nou vle fè tout moun konnen sèvis dantè nou ofri yo ak kijan sante oral ka afekte sante fizik."

Resevwa swen sante oral woutin pa sèlman diminye chans pou devlope kavite, doulè dan, enfeksyon nan jansiv, ak lòt pwoblèm nan bouch, men li tou ankouraje bon sante jeneral. Dapre klinik Mayo a, bakteri oral ak enflamasyon ki asosye ak maladi jansiv ka kontribye nan yon kantite kondisyon grav, tankou maladi kadyovaskilè, nemoni, ak konplikasyon gwosès ak nesans.

Wright Center te kòmanse ofri sèvis dantè nan Mid Valley Practice, 5 S. Washington Ave., Jermyn, an 2013 epi answit te elaji nan Scranton Practice, 501 S. Washington Ave. Byen bonè ane sa a, Wilkes-Barre Practice, 169 N. . Pennsylvania Ave., te kòmanse bay sèvis dantè woutin – ki gen ladan egzamen, radyografi, ak netwayaj – pou timoun ak granmoun lendi ak madi. Pou aprann plis oswa pran yon randevou, vizite TheWrightCenter.org/services/dental oswa rele 570-230-0019.

Wright Center aksepte pifò asirans dantè, tankou Delta Dental, Guardian, United Concordia, ak Asistans Medikal (Medicaid). Pou asire bon jan kalite swen oral disponib pou tout moun, Wright Center ofri yon pwogram rabè pou frè glisman pou moun ki kalifye yo dapre Gid Povrete Federal ki konsidere gwosè ak revni fanmi an. Pa gen pasyan yo vire do bay akòz yon enkapasite pou peye.

Jounen Mondyal Sante Oral se yon inisyativ FDI World Dental Federation, ki reprezante plis pase 1 milyon dantis atravè lemond.

Doktè Linda Thomas-Hemak, prezidan ak Direktè Jeneral Sant Wright pou Sante Kominotè ak Edikasyon Medikal Gradye, sant, te resevwa rekonpans Hometown Scholar Advocate of the Year pandan yon reyinyon komite pratik klinik nan Asosyasyon Nasyonal Sant Sante Kominotè Policy & Issues. Fowòm nan Washington, DC K ap patisipe nan pwogram nan se Douglas Spegman, MD, agoch, manm konsèy, The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education; ak Gary L. Cloud, Ph.D., MBA, adwat, vis prezidan patenarya inivèsite nan AT Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine nan Arizona. Prim lan rekonèt Doktè Thomas-Hemak pou efò pasyone li, ki baze sou misyon li, pou l idantifye ak konseye fiti doktè, dantis, asistan doktè, ak lòt pwofesyonèl swen sante ki soti nan Nòdès Pennsylvania.

Dr. Linda Thomas-Hemak, president and CEO of The Wright Centers for Community Health and Graduate Medical Education, recently received the Hometown Scholars Advocate of the Year award in recognition of her passionate, mission-driven efforts to identify and mentor future physicians, dentists, physician assistants, and other health care professionals who are from Northeast Pennsylvania.

Dr. Thomas received the award on Sunday, Feb. 11, during a clinical practice committee meeting at the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) Policy & Issues Forum in Washington, D.C.

The Hometown Scholars program is a collaborative effort between NACHC and A.T. Still University. The program was established to identify and recruit individuals from areas served by community health centers to pursue professional degrees and become community-minded healers, including physicians, dentists, and physician assistants, who are inclined to return to work in those or similar medically underserved communities in the United States.

“The National Association of Community Health Centers and A.T. Still University have a strategy to dare children to dream, mentor them along their pathway into the health professions, and endorse those with the heart to return and work in underserved communities,” said Gary L. Cloud, Ph.D., MBA, vice president of university partnerships at A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona. “Dr. Thomas-Hemak and The Wright Center have been exemplary supporters of that strategy encouraging community members, patients, and employees to participate and serve as role models for aspiring healers.”

At participating community health centers, leaders are encouraged to intentionally identify and nominate qualified and motivated premedical, predental, and pre-health professional candidates from their communities for Hometown Scholars Program consideration, providing each with a letter of support. This endorsement, in turn, may give the candidate advanced applicant consideration when applying to medical school or dental school at A.T. Still University’s programs in Arizona or its physician assistant program in California.

“It’s been a privilege for me, on behalf of The Wright Center for Community Health, to nominate individuals from Northeast Pennsylvania to be our health center’s endorsed Hometown Scholars,” said Thomas-Hemak. “Because of the Hometown Scholars program, we’ve been able to identify and mentor aspiring physicians, dentists, and physician assistants from the communities we serve and help them pursue their professional goals. Such pipeline programs promote career access and they restore our community’s public health-minded health care workforce.

“I’m particularly pleased that many of The Wright Center-endorsed scholars are women for whom this program has provided real opportunities,” she added.

For The Wright Center, its years-long participation in the Hometown Scholars program represents another way it works to sustain and grow a pipeline for primary care workforce development in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre region, supporting career growth for people who have knowledge about and interest in serving low-income and other traditionally underserved populations.

To learn more and nominate someone to be a Wright Center-endorsed Hometown Scholar, please call its Office of Clerkships at 570-591-5116 or visit TheWrightCenter.org/hometown-scholars.

Mid Valley kenbe distenksyon pou Entegrasyon Sante Konpòtman

De nan pratik swen prensipal ak prevantif Sant Wright pou Sante Kominotè nan Konte Lackawanna dènyèman te resevwa felisitasyon nan men Komite Nasyonal pou Asirans Kalite (NCQA) pou bay bon jan kalite swen ki santre sou pasyan yo.

Wright Center for Community Health Clarks Summit Practice, 1145 Northern Blvd., S. Abington Township, ak Wright Center for Community Health Mid Valley Practice, 5 S. Washington Ave., Jermyn, yo chak te kenbe sètifikasyon ankò pou NCQA's Patient-Centered. Rekonesans Medikal Kay, rekonèt ke yo gen zouti, sistèm, ak resous pou bay pasyan yo bon swen nan bon moman an.

Kat pratik Wright Center te kenbe akreditasyon volontè NCQA nan dènye mwa yo. Nan fen ane pase a, yo te avize pratik Scranton ak Wilkes-Barre pou yo te kenbe sele rekonesans yo.

Chak ane, lokal pratik yo sibi yon revizyon fòmèl pou asire yo rete an konfòmite ak estanda wo òganizasyon ki baze nan Washington, DC.

NCQA is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. Its Patient-Centered Medical Home program reflects the input of the American College of Physicians, the American Osteopathic Association, and others. It was developed to assess whether clinician practices are functioning as medical homes and recognize them for these efforts.

Doktè Jignesh Sheth, ofisye anchèf medikal ak enfòmasyon nan Sant Wright pou Sante Kominotè

Modèl Kay Medikal ki Santre sou Pasyan an fèt pou pèmèt pasyan yo ak ekip swen yo bati pi bon relasyon, ede pasyan yo kontwole pi efikasman kondisyon kwonik yo, epi amelyore eksperyans pasyan an jeneral.

Anplis de sa, yo montre modèl la ogmante satisfaksyon anplwaye yo epi redwi depans swen sante yo.

Pou piblik la, akreditasyon NCQA se yon siyal ke Sant Wright pou Sante Kominotè kenbe yon konsantre sou amelyorasyon kalite epi li gen pwosesis kle an plas pou klinik li yo ap priyorite bezwen pasyan yo.

"Nou fyè pou nou kenbe so rekonesans sa a nan kat pi gwo pratik nou yo," te di Doktè Jignesh Sheth, anchèf medikal ak enfòmasyon nan Sant Wright pou Sante Kominotè. “So NCQA fè piblik la konnen n ap fè tout sa nou kapab pou mete pasyan yo nan premye swen, tankou lè nou louvri klinik sa yo andeyò lè ouvrab tradisyonèl yo pou satisfè bezwen swen prensipal moun yo.

An patikilye, Doktè Sheth te bay travay anplwaye Wright Center yo ap fè pou itilize yon sistèm livrezon ki baze sou ekip ak teknoloji enfòmasyon pou kowòdone swen epi jwenn pi bon rezilta posib pou pasyan yo.

Sètifikasyon Mid Valley Practice genyen yon lòt distenksyon NCQA nan entegrasyon sante konpòtmantal. Rekonesans sa a se pou pratik ki pwouve yo gen ekip swen apwopriye an plas pou jere gwo bezwen pasyan ki gen kondisyon ki gen rapò ak sante konpòtman.

Margaret E. O'Kane, prezidan NCQA di, “Anpil fwa, se yon founisè swen prensipal ki idantifye pwoblèm sante konpòtmantal yo. “Se konsa, ajoute sèvis swen sante konpòtmantal nan yon anviwònman swen prensipal se yon opòtinite reyèl pou pasyan yo. Li kraze baryè ki genyen nan swen konpòtman yo epi li amelyore sante an jeneral."

Wright Center opere 10 pratik swen prensipal ak prevantif nan Nòdès Pennsylvania, ki gen ladan yon machin mobil medikal ak dantè ki rele Driving Better Health. Pratik li yo ofri swen entegre pou tout moun, tipikman bay pasyan yo konvenyans pou yo ale nan yon sèl kote pou jwenn aksè nan swen medikal, dantè, ak swen sante konpòtman, osi byen ke tretman dejwe nan kominote a ak sèvis rekiperasyon.

Sant Wright la aksepte pi gwo plan asirans sante, tankou Asistans Medikal (Medicaid), Medicare, ak CHIP. Pa gen pasyan yo vire do bay akòz yon enkapasite pou peye.

Pou ede moun veye kont yon potansyèl trip menas enfeksyon respiratwa otòn ak ivè sa a, Sant Wright pou Sante Kominotè ap ofri aksè a vaksen ki fèk mete ajou pou grip, RSV ak dènye souch COVID-19 la.

Doktè William Dempsey

"Vaksen yo san danje epi efikas, epi yo ofri pi bon defans nou kont 'viris sezonye' sa yo ki ka grav anpil, menm fatal, pou timoun ki trè piti ak lòt popilasyon vilnerab yo," di Dr William Dempsey, ofisye medikal adjwen an chèf nan. Sant Wright pou Sante Kominotè.

Pou planifye yon vizit biwo ki gen ladann yon vaksen, rele 570.230.0019 oswa ale sou Entènèt pou itilize sistèm orè eksprime nan TheWrightCenter.org . Tanpri sonje, anbakman vaksen COVID-19 ki te apwouve ki pi resan an pa espere rive nan pratik swen prensipal ak prevantif Wright Center nan Nòdès Pennsylvania jiska semèn 18 septanm.

Men sa ou dwe konnen sou disponiblite chak pwodui vaksen nan Sant Wright la.

• Vaksen kont grip. Mizajou vaksen kont grip pou sezon ivè 2023-24 la nan tout pratik swen prensipal sant sante a nan konte Lackawanna, Luzerne ak Wayne. Ofisyèl sante yo rekòmande vaksen kont grip anyèl pou tout moun ki gen 6 mwa oswa plis, ak kèk eksepsyon.
  • Ekspè yo konseye moun Ozetazini pran vaksen ant kounye a ak Halloween pou pwoteksyon maksimòm pandan jou ferye ivè yo lè ka grip yo gen tandans ogmante. Tout vaksen kont grip ki disponib Ozetazini pou sezon sa a se varyete kwadrivalan, sa vle di yo fèt pou pwoteje kont kat viris grip diferan, dapre Sant pou Kontwòl ak Prevansyon Maladi (CDC).

• Vaksen RSV. Nan kòmansman ane sa a, ofisyèl sante federal yo te apwouve de vaksen pou moun ki gen laj 60 an oswa plis pou anpeche viris respiratwa syncytial, ke yo rele RSV. Wright Center kounye a gen vaksen Pfizer-fabrike, Abrysvo, nan stock nan tout pratik li yo pou administre granmoun aje ki deside, an konsiltasyon ak yon founisè swen sante, si vaksen an apwopriye pou yo. Adilt ki gen plis chans pou benefisye vaksen an gen ladan moun k ap viv nan etablisman swen alontèm ak moun ki gen pwoblèm sante kache, tankou maladi kè oswa nan poumon oswa sistèm iminitè febli.
  • Nouvo vaksen RSV pou granmoun aje yo ta ka mande yon preskripsyon nan men yon doktè, dapre rapò ki pibliye, epi pri li yo ka varye selon plan asirans sante pasyan an. Gen kèk plan ki ka pa peye pou piki a. Nenpòt moun ki konsène sou kouvèti asirans yo ta dwe kontakte konpayi asirans yo pou konsèy.

• Vaksen kont kovid-19. Kòm anbakman vaksen COVID-19 ki te apwouve ki pi resan an rive, ki efikas kont souch EG.5 ki domine kounye a, Sant Wright la pral pibliye anons piblik adisyonèl. Gade pou detay yo pral pataje byento atravè sit entènèt sant sante a ak chanèl medya sosyal yo.
  • Gid sou rete ajou sou vaksen COVID-19 ak dòz apwopriye disponib sou sit entènèt CDC a.

Si w gen kesyon sou nenpòt vaksen, pale ak doktè ou oswa yon lòt founisè swen sante ou fè konfyans. Ekip klinik la nan Sant Wright la disponib pou bay konsèy ki baze sou reyalite ak estrateji pwouve pou fè fas ak viris respiratwa ak lòt pwoblèm ki afekte sante ak byennèt.

Aprann plis sou misyon Wright Center a ak sèvis swen sante entegre lè w vizite TheWrightCenter.org . 

Innovative keynote speaker, classical violinist, and composer Kai Kight will deliver the inspiring commencement address, “Compose Your World,” during The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education’s 44th annual commencement ceremony on Saturday, June 24 at the Masonic Temple, 420 N. Washington Ave., Scranton, beginning at 4 p.m. 

Kòm yon violonis klasik tounen konpozitè inovatè, Kight sèvi ak mizik kòm yon metafò pou enspire moun ak òganizasyon atravè mond lan pou konpoze chemen imajinasyon ak pwogrè. Li se nan yon misyon pou pwovoke yon chanjman nan mantalite mondyal kote entèlijans se nòmal la epi li pa eksepsyon an. 

“Whether in education, business, health care, or government, the systems and routines we depended on for so long have disappeared,” said Kight. “While this void has been devastating, it also leaves us with an incredible opportunity – a blank page on which we can compose our future. We will look back at this time as the moment we made leaps forward by creating more innovative technologies, more human-centric businesses and workplaces.”

Fond inik li se yon melanj de atizay ak syans. Kòm yon mizisyen, Kight te fè mizik orijinal li pou dè milye de moun nan avni atravè mond lan, soti nan Mezon Blanch lan nan Gran miray Lachin nan. Yon gradye nan pwogram konsepsyon ak jeni Stanford University, Stanford d.school, ak Behavior Design Lab, Kight te etidye kijan pou ede moun kreye abitid ki an sante ak transfòmasyon nan lavi yo.  

“A musical masterpiece is a unique, alive, just right, timeless blessing that captures and connects the fundamental and essential stories of the musical composer, the music, and the audience,” said Dr. Linda Thomas-Hemak, FACP, FAAP, president and CEO of The Wright Centers for Community Health and Graduate Medical Education. “It remains relevant across time, contemporary circumstances and generations. It speaks to humanity about our interdependence and our connectedness to each other and the universe.

Klas 2023 Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education gen 80 gradye nan sèt disiplin: Medsin Entèn (35); Medsin Fanmi Rejyonal (11); National Family Medicine (17); Sikyatri (10); Maladi kadyovaskilè (4); Geryatri (2) ak Gastroenterology (1). 

Menm jan ak Kight, Sant Wright la pwovoke inovasyon nan livrezon swen primè ak prevantif ak edikasyon ak fòmasyon ki bon mache pou yon mendèv doktè ki enspire, konpetan. Sant Wright pou Edikasyon Medikal Gradye afilye ak Sant Wright pou Sante Kominotè, ki sèvi kòm òganizasyon sèvis sèvis livrezon swen anbilantè Wright Center Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Safety-Net Consortium, pi gwo nan nasyon an ki finanse pa Administrasyon Resous ak Sèvis Sante Etazini.