Wright Centre kugirango ishyigikire intego zubuzima bwigihugu nkumuntu mushya wagizwe abantu bafite ubuzima bwiza 2030

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Ibigo bya Wright Centre for Health Community and Graduate Medical Education biherutse kugenwa n’ibiro by’ishami ry’ubuzima muri Amerika ryita ku buzima n’abantu nk’abafite ubuzima bwiza 2030 Nyampinga.

Kumenyekanisha ku mugaragaro byakozwe n’ibiro bya Leta bishinzwe gukumira no guteza imbere indwara (ODPHP) kandi bishimangira ikigo cya Wright cyiyemeje guteza imbere ingufu z’igihugu mu kuzamura ubuzima n’imibereho myiza y’abaturage bose.

Laura Spadaro

Umuyobozi wungirije ushinzwe ubuvuzi bw'ibanze na politiki y’ubuzima rusange mu kigo cya Wright, Laura Spadaro yagize ati: "Twishimiye ko tumenyekanye nka ba nyampinga ba gahunda y’ubuzima bwiza 2030 n’urwego rwayo rwo kugera ku muryango muzima mu 2030". Ati: “Ibikorwa byacu bidaharanira inyungu bihuza neza n'icyerekezo cy’ubukangurambaga bw’ubuzima buzira umuze, bugamije ko abantu bose bagera ku bushobozi bwabo bwose ku buzima no kumererwa neza mu buzima bwabo bwose.”

Iyi gahunda, ivugururwa buri myaka icumi, ishyiraho intego zigihugu zishingiye ku makuru mu byiciro bitandukanye, harimo ubuzima bw’ubuzima (nka démée, diyabete, n’indwara z’ubuhumekero), imyitwarire y’ubuzima, n’abaturage badasanzwe.

Muri rusange, gahunda ikurikirana intego 358 zingenzi. Intego imwe, kurugero, ni ukugabanya ikoreshwa ryitabi ryabaturage mubantu bakuze kuva 21.3% kugeza 17.4% cyangwa munsi. Abashyigikiye iyi ntego bavuga ko gukoresha itabi bikomeje kuba intandaro y’indwara n’impfu zishobora kwirindwa muri Amerika.

Umuyobozi wa ODPHP, Rear Admiral Paul Reed, yagize ati: "ODPHP yishimiye gushimira ikigo cya Wright ku gikorwa cyacyo cyo gushyigikira icyerekezo cy’ubuzima bwiza 2030". Ati: "Gusa mu gufatanya n'abafatanyabikorwa mu gihugu hose, dushobora kugera ku ntego rusange z'abantu 2030."

Gahunda ya Healthy People yatangiye mu 1979 igihe umuganga w’umuganga w’umuganga w’umuganga w’Amerika, Julius Richmond yasohokaga raporo y’ingenzi, “Abantu bafite ubuzima bwiza: Raporo y’umuganga w’abaganga w’ubuvuzi ku bijyanye no guteza imbere ubuzima no gukumira indwara.”

Abantu bafite ubuzima bwiza 2030 ni itera ya gatanu yibikorwa. Yubakiye ku bumenyi bungutse n'amasomo yize kugirango akemure ibyihutirwa byubuzima rusange.

Applicants are selected to become Healthy People 2030 Champions if they have a demonstrated interest in and experience with disease prevention, health promotion, health literacy, or well-being.

Iyo byemewe, buri nyampinga arashobora kwerekana ikirango cyanditseho ikirango cyurubuga rwacyo ndetse nimbuga nkoranyambaga. Ba nyampinga bakira kandi amakuru, ibikoresho, nibikoresho kugirango bibafashe kumenyekanisha ibikorwa murusobe rwabo. 

Ikarita ya Nyampinga HP2030

As a Healthy People 2030 Champion, The Wright Center joins the ranks of an array of public and private organizations that impact health outcomes at the state, tribal, and local levels.

Current champions include the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, the Council on Black Health, the Health Care Improvement Foundation, the National Kidney Foundation, the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers, Trust for America’s Health, and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

Kugira ngo umenye byinshi kubantu bafite ubuzima bwiza 2030, sura ubuzima.gov/ubuzima bwiza .

Abantu bafite ubuzima bwiza 2030 Nyampinga ni ikimenyetso cya serivisi y’ishami ry’ubuzima muri Amerika ryita ku bantu. Byakoreshejwe uruhushya.
Uruhare rwikigo cya Wright gishinzwe ubuzima bwabaturage ntabwo bivuze ko byemejwe na HHS / ODPHP.

'Paddy O'Basket' igirira akamaro abarwayi ba Clinic ya Ryan White

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Ivuriro rya Wright Centre for Community Health Clinic Ryan White ivuriro rimaze imyaka irenga 20 rikorera mu majyaruguru y'uburasirazuba bwa Pennsylvania ritanga serivisi zuzuye ku bantu babana cyangwa bafite ibyago byo kwandura virusi itera SIDA. Abakozi baherutse kwegeranya ibiseke byo kumesa byuzuye ibikoresho byogusukura kugirango bagabanye abarwayi. Turashimira abarwayi ba "Paddy O'Basket Isuku Isuku" abarwayi bakiriye impapuro zoherejwe, sponges, ibikoresho byo kumesa, ibicuruzwa by'isuku, nibindi byinshi.

Abakozi bitabiriye gahunda ya Wright Centre, bicaye ibumoso, ni Joe Farley, umufasha wa gahunda ya sida; Kimberly Simon, ushinzwe imibereho myiza yabaturage; Marah Lettieri, ushinzwe ibibazo by'ubuvuzi; Shauna Havirlak, ushinzwe ibibazo by'ubuvuzi; Daniel Hammer, umuyobozi ushinzwe imanza; Judith Chavez, umuhuzabikorwa w'ivuriro; na Sharon Whitebread, Gutegura uburezi no guhuza ibikorwa; uhagaze, Kevin Tonic, Jr., ushinzwe ibibazo by'ubuvuzi; Michael Zrile, umufasha wubutegetsi; Keisha Holbeck, umuyobozi ushinzwe ibibazo by'ubuvuzi; Karen McKenna, RN, BSN; Mushikiwabo Ruth Neely, CRNP; Dr. Mary Louise Decker, umuyobozi, ivuriro rya virusi itera sida Ryan Ryan; na Roman Ealo, umuyobozi ushinzwe imanza.

Umuganga mushya w’abana yinjiye mu kigo cya Wright gishinzwe ubuzima bw’ubuzima bwa Scranton

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Dr. Prachi Agarwal, umuganga w’abana wemewe n’inama, azinjira mu kigo cyitwa Wright Centre for Community Health Scranton Practice, 501 S. Washington Ave., guhera muri Mutarama.

Dr. Prachi Agarwal

Dr. Prachi Agarwal

Ikigo cyitwa Wright Centre for Health Health gitanga ubuvuzi bwibanze kandi bwihariye kubana bingeri zose, uhereye kwisuzumisha ukivuka no gusura neza inkingo, umubiri w’ishuri, hamwe nubuyobozi buteganijwe muri rusange binyuze mumikurire yumwana.

Dr. Agarwal earned her medical degree at KLE University, Belgaum, India. She completed her pediatric training and graduated with excellence from Rutgers Health/Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, New Jersey. She possesses certifications from the Brazelton Touchpoint Parenting Program and the Neonatal Resuscitation Program.

Ikigo cya Wright cyashyizweho n’ikigo nderabuzima cyujuje ubuziranenge Reba-Alike mu mwaka wa 2019. Itanga ubuvuzi bufite ireme, buhendutse kandi bwuzuye buhendutse ku muyoboro w’ibikorwa by’ubuvuzi bwibanze mu majyaruguru y’amajyaruguru ya Pennsylvania, buha abarwayi uburyo bwo kujya ahantu hamwe kugira ngo babone ubuvuzi. , amenyo, hamwe nubuvuzi bwimyitwarire nubwenge, wongeyeho kuvura ibiyobyabwenge nizindi serivisi zifasha.


Kugira ngo utegure gahunda na Dr. Agarwal mu myitozo ya Scranton, jya kuri TheWrightCenter.org kugirango ukoreshe sisitemu yo gutondekanya kuri interineti cyangwa uhamagare 570.941.0630 .

Wright Centre kugirango ibe urubuga rwakira abifuza kuba abaganga binyuze muri gahunda nshya yo gufatanya nabafatanyabikorwa bigihugu

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Ikigo cya Wright gishinzwe ubuzima bw’abaturage cyakiriye icyiciro cya mbere cy’icyiciro cya kabiri cya kaminuza cy’abaganga bungirije b’abaganga bungirije bo muri gahunda yo gufasha abaganga bo muri Centrafrique kuri gahunda y’ubuvuzi bwibanze. Muri gahunda nshya ya siyanse yubuzima ya kaminuza yubuzima, ku bufatanye n’ishyirahamwe ry’igihugu ry’ibigo nderabuzima by’abaturage, bituma abanyeshuri bunguka ubumenyi nuburambe muri urwo rwego. Abagize itsinda ryo gutangiza, umurongo wa mbere uhereye ibumoso, ni Kari Nhi Pham, Lisa Lac, Adjoa Ghansah na Rachel Aroneo; no guhagarara, Bryan Boyle, MPAS, PA-C, Ikigo cya Wright; Ikigo cya Gregory, Stefan Howard, Diana Omozee, Tomislav Lojpur na Angelo Brutico, MPAS, PA-C, Ikigo cya Wright.

Ikigo cya Wright gishinzwe ubuzima bw’abaturage cyakiriye icyiciro cya mbere cy’icyiciro cya kabiri cya kaminuza cy’abaganga bungirije b’abaganga bungirije bo muri gahunda yo gufasha abaganga bo muri Centrafrique kuri gahunda y’ubuvuzi bwibanze. Muri gahunda nshya ya siyanse yubuzima ya kaminuza yubuzima, ku bufatanye n’ishyirahamwe ry’igihugu ry’ibigo nderabuzima by’abaturage, bituma abanyeshuri bunguka ubumenyi nuburambe muri urwo rwego. Abagize itsinda ryo gutangiza, umurongo wa mbere uhereye ibumoso, ni Kari Nhi Pham, Lisa Lac, Adjoa Ghansah na Rachel Aroneo; no guhagarara, Bryan Boyle, MPAS, PA-C, Ikigo cya Wright; Ikigo cya Gregory, Stefan Howard, Diana Omozee, Tomislav Lojpur na Angelo Brutico, MPAS, PA-C, Ikigo cya Wright.

Ikigo cya Wright Centre for Health Community giherutse kwakira abanyeshuri umunani barangije icyiciro cya kabiri cya kaminuza bazagira ubumenyi nuburambe mubikorwa byubuvuzi bwibanze kuko barangije gahunda yo kuba abafasha b'abaganga.

Abanyeshuri bari mu cyiciro cya mbere biyandikishije muri gahunda y’umuganga wungirije w’umuganga wo hagati, gahunda nshya ya AT Still University of Science Science (ATSU) ku bufatanye n’ishyirahamwe ry’igihugu ry’ibigo nderabuzima by’abaturage no guhitamo ibigo nderabuzima mu gihugu hose.

Abitabiriye gahunda y'amezi 24 bitabira ikigo cya ATSU cya Santa Maria muri Californiya umwaka umwe mugihe cyambere kibanziriza ivuriro. Noneho binjira mubyiciro byubuvuzi, bikubiyemo ibyumweru 35 byuburambe bwubuvuzi bugenzurwa na Wright Center cyangwa ikindi kigo nderabuzima gifatanyabikorwa.

Dr. Linda Thomas-Hemak, perezida akaba n'umuyobozi mukuru w'ikigo cyita ku buzima bw'abaturage, yagize ati: na Graduate Education Education. Yakomeje agira ati: “Twishimiye kugira uruhare runini mu gutegura abafasha b'abaganga gukorera mu kigo nderabuzima cyigisha abaturage, aho bazakorera kandi bakita ku baturage badafite amateka.

Yongeyeho ati: "Ubufatanye dufitanye na College ya ATSU ishinzwe ubuzima buzira umuze buzagwiza-kugwiza itangwa ry'ubutumwa dusangiye bwo guteza imbere ubuzima n'imibereho myiza y'Abanyamerika." Ati: “Abazaza muri iyi gahunda bazakenerwa kugira ngo abakozi bakomeze kuvugurura abakozi bashinzwe umutekano nk’ikigo cyitwa Wright Centre for Health Health, giterwa n’itsinda ryabigenewe ry’abavuzi bita ku barwayi, abarwayi ndetse n’abaturage.” 

Abafasha b'abaganga Bryan Boyle na Angelo Brutico, buri wese muri bo akaba ari umunyeshuri muri kaminuza ya Marywood akaba n'umukozi wa Wright Centre, bazatanga gahunda yo kugenzura no kuyobora ku rubuga nk'abayobozi bo mu karere ka ATSU bashinzwe uburezi bw'abaganga bungirije.

Gahunda yo gufasha abaganga bo muri Centrafrique itegura abayirangije kuba "abanyamwuga babishoboye mu bumenyi bw'ubuvuzi" "bakomotse ku muco wa osteopathique w'umubiri, ubwenge, no kwita ku mwuka ku bantu bose."

Wright Centre na ATSU bafite amateka maremare yo gukorana neza mugutekereza no gutangiza gahunda ziteza imbere abaganga bafite impuhwe, abahanga babigize umwuga hamwe nabandi bashinzwe ubuvuzi kugirango bafashe gukemura ikibazo cy’ibura ry’abakozi mu cyaro ndetse n’indi miryango itishoboye.

Abahagarariye ishuri rya AT still University of Medicine Osteopathic Medicine muri Arizona (ATSU-SOMA), rifite icyicaro i Mesa, bagize uruhare mu igenamigambi ry’ikigo cya Wright Centre for Graduate Medical Education's National Family Medicine Residency - gahunda ya mbere-yambere. ishyira abaganga batuye muri imwe mu mbuga enye zihugura abafatanyabikorwa muri Amerika

Mu mwaka wa 2020, muri gahunda yihariye, Ikigo cyita ku buzima bw’abaturage cyahindutse ikibuga cyakira abifuza kuba abaganga biyandikishije muri ATSU-SOMA - cyishimira ko ari “ishuri ry'ubuvuzi ry'ejo hazaza.” Ishuri ry’imyigishirize idasanzwe y’ubuvuzi ryemerera abanyeshuri kumara umwaka wabo wa mbere mu kigo cya Mesa, muri Arizona, bagakurikirwa n’imyaka itatu ku kigo nderabuzima cy’abaturage, aho hibandwa cyane ku kurera abaganga batekereza ku baturage bazaba baharanira ko ubuzima bwabo buringaniza . Abanyeshuri biga mu ishuri ry’ubuvuzi bagera kuri 30 ATSU-SOMA kuri ubu bashingiye ku bikorwa by’ibanze byita ku kigo cya Wright mu majyaruguru y’Amajyaruguru ya Pennsylvania.

Izi porogaramu, zifatanije n’ikigo cyitwa Wright Centre for Graduate Medical Education isanzweho gutura hamwe na gahunda z’ubusabane, byashyize ikigo cya Wright Centre idaharanira inyungu kuba ikigo cy’akarere gitanga inyigisho zita ku buzima bw’abasobanuzi.

Biteganijwe ko itsinda ry’abanyeshuri bungirije b’abaganga bungirije barangije kuzenguruka kwa Clinique muri Wright Centre muri Kamena 2023.

Kugira ngo umenye byinshi kubyerekeye amahirwe muri gahunda yo gufasha abaganga bo hagati, sura urubuga rwa ATSU kuri atsu.edu. Cyangwa hamagara Carla Blakeslee, umuhuzabikorwa wikigo cya Wright Centre, ahamagara 570-591-5116 cyangwa wohereze imeri kuri [email protected] .

Gahunda yo Kwigisha Ikigo Nderabuzima: Inkunga yo Gutura, Kuvugurura Amavuta, Kubyara Ibyiringiro

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Nkikigo nderabuzima kinini cyigisha mu gihugu, dufite amahirwe yo guhugura abaganga bashishikajwe no kugira icyo bahindura mubyukuri aho batuye. Bitewe n'umurimo udacogora w'abayobozi mu Ishuri Rikuru ry'Ubuvuzi rya Graduate hamwe n'inkunga y'abayobozi bacu batowe, gahunda y'Ikigo Nderabuzima cyigisha irakirwa ku rwego rw'igihugu, vuba aha binyuze muri raporo y'ubushakashatsi yitwa “Abatuye Ubuvuzi Bwambere mu Kwigisha Ibigo Nderabuzima: Intego zabo zo Kwimenyereza Igenamigambi ridakwiye nyuma y’amahugurwa yo gutura”.
Abanditsi bayo: Zohray Talib, MD; Mariellen Malloy Abayahudi, MIA; Julia H. Strasser, MPH; David K. Popiel, MD, MPH; Debora Goetz Goldberg, PhD, MBA, MHA; Candice Chen, MD, MPH; Hayden Kepley, PhD; Fitzhugh Mullan, MD na Marsha Regenstein, PhD banditse ibitekerezo by'abatuye ikigo nderabuzima cyo kwigisha baturutse mu gihugu hose. Abatuye Centre ya Wright batanze ibitekerezo byabo nubunararibonye.
Isaranganya ridahwitse ry’impano zitangwa, hamwe n’imiterere y’ubuvuzi itoroshye byatumye uduce dukwiye mu gihugu hose tutabona uburyo bwo kwivuza buhendutse. Gahunda yo kwigisha ikigo nderabuzima yashubije guhamagarira abaganga mubice bibakeneye cyane kandi bigira uruhare runini muguhugura ab'igihe kizaza.
Ibura rya muganga ntirobanura. Uturere hirya no hino mu gihugu - haba mu mijyi no mu cyaro - bakeneye ubuvuzi bw'ibanze. Hamwe n’abatuye Ikigo cyita ku buzima cyita ku barwayi bagera kuri miliyoni mu gihe cya buri mwaka, gahunda yafashije gushinga umusingi ukenewe mu kongera abaganga. Mubyukuri, raporo yuyu mwaka iheruka kwerekana ko 82% by'abanyeshuri barangije Ikigo cyita ku Buzima baracyari mu bikorwa by’ubuvuzi bwibanze, ugereranije na 23% by’abanyeshuri barangije amashuri yisumbuye y’ubuvuzi - kandi iyo ni intangiriro.
Hano hari ibintu bitanu byihuse kuri gahunda yubuzima bwigisha:

  • Abaturage 742 bahugura muri 59 HRSA iterwa inkunga na Teaching Health Centre Graduate Medical Education program
  • 63% by'abatuye Ikigo Nderabuzima kizobereye mu buvuzi bw'umuryango
  • Gahunda yo kwigisha ikigo nderabuzima giherereye muri leta 27 n'akarere ka Columbiya
  • Kwigisha Ikigo Nderabuzima cya Graduate Medical Education programme yakiriye ibyifuzo birenga 100 kuri buri mwanya wo gutura
  • Abigisha ikigo nderabuzima bazatanga ubuvuzi burenga miriyoni 1 yubuvuzi bwibanze muri 2017 kubaturage batishoboye

Twishimiye ko umubare munini w'abanyeshuri barangije ikigo cya Wright bahitamo kwitoza ahantu hatabigenewe. Mu byiciro byacu duheruka kurangiza muri Centre Yubuzima Yigisha Ikigo cyigihugu gishinzwe ubuvuzi bwa Family Family Residency, 76% bahisemo kwimenyereza mukarere kidafite ubuvuzi; ndetse bamwe bahisemo gusinyana nurubuga rwabafatanyabikorwa aho barangirije imyitozo mugihe cyambere cyo gutura.
Nkumuryango ugizwe nabakozi benshi batanga serivisi nabayobozi, twumva agaciro kitsinda ryiyemeje, ritandukanye mugihe dukomeje guhora dukurikirana inshingano zacu zo guhora dutezimbere ubuvuzi bw’abarwayi n’uburezi mu buryo bwo gufatanya kuzamura umusaruro, kugera no kugerwaho. .
Inkunga yo Kwigisha Ikigo Nderabuzima ni intambwe y'ingenzi igana ku butumwa bwa Wright Center. Inkunga y’ikigo nderabuzima cya Federal Teaching Health Centre kuri ubu yashyizwe ku madolari 116.000 kuri buri muturage, akaba ari munsi y’amafaranga ateganijwe gutangwa 157.000. Kugira ngo serivisi zita ku buzima zuzuye ku barwayi babikeneye cyane, Gahunda y’ikigo nderabuzima yigisha ikeneye inkunga yuzuye ya guverinoma ihuriweho n’abavoka babafasha kuhagera. Itsinda rya Wright Centre ryakomeje guharanira kwagura inkunga y’ikigo nderabuzima cyigisha mu izina ry’abiga ndetse n’abarwayi bacu babakeneye cyane.
Amategeko (S. 1754 na HR 3394 yemerera ingingo ya 340H y’itegeko ryita ku buzima rusange bw’abaturage kugira ngo akomeze gushishikariza kwagura, kubungabunga, no gushyiraho gahunda zemewe zo gutura mu mashuri y’ubuvuzi yemewe ku bigo nderabuzima byigisha, kandi ku zindi mpamvu) yakiriye bi- inkunga y'amashyaka kandi tubikesha imbaraga za lobbying za benshi, iragenda ikurura aho ifite akamaro kanini. Kwagura, kandi birashoboka ko kwaguka, inkunga irambye yikigo nderabuzima cyigisha gishobora kuba umusemburo wimpinduka, imyiyerekano ishimishije yubufatanye bwa republika na demokarasi mugukomeza gukurikirana intego ya Quadruple - ibisubizo, kubigeraho, guhendwa nibyishimo mubikorwa - muri Amerika .
Kanda hano usome raporo yuzuye.

Ibintu byose hamwe nimibare biterwa nubushakashatsi nimbaraga zidatezuka byishyirahamwe ryabanyamerika ryigisha ibigo nderabuzima.

Scholarly paper highlights partnership of Behavioral Health Initiative to combat psychiatrist shortage

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A 2015 white paper published by a physician staffing firm called it a “silent shortage.” In a country gripped by the grim phenomenon dubbed “deaths of despair,” “it” is a severe and under-appreciated shortage of the very people with the skills and knowledge necessary to reverse the trend. Our region, like the rest of the nation, needs psychiatrists.
How bad is the problem? The late Richard Cooper, M.D. of the University of Pennsylvania, a noted national authority on physician supply, distribution and utilization, finds that a population of 100,000 should have 14.7 psychiatrists, or one for every 6,800 people. The counties of northeastern Pennsylvania average about 8.5, according to Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care. Moreover, the few psychiatrists we have must cope with three of the “Top 10” diseases most associated with lost quality of life. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), “unipolar depressive disorders” are the No. 1 cause of medical disability in the United States. Dementias, including Alzheimer’s, and alcohol and ecstasy disorders come in at No. 3 and No. 4. The escalating opioid crisis is, no doubt, claiming its place as it climbs the rank order.
Despite the suffering and lost years of life caused by (often undiagnosed) behavioral and mental health diseases, we still cling to outdated ideas about psychiatry like, “If people just had more willpower and determination, they’d “snap out of” their depression,” and, “Addiction is a sign of moral weakness, so patients have only themselves to blame.” The healthcare system is fragmented; it is not built on resiliency, but on brokenness. The persistence of these discredited notions about mental health has led to what should be a national wake-up call – for the first time in decades, mortality rates for a certain U.S. demographic (whites aged 45 to 54 – an important demographic in NEPA) rose by half a percent a year since 1998. The cause of these deaths is overwhelmingly attributed to suicide and addiction. No other rich country has experienced anything like these “deaths of despair.” As Angus Deaton, an economist, Nobel Laureate and co-author of the paper which first identified the trend, told the Washington Post, “That means half a million people are dead who should not be dead. That’s about 40 times the Ebola stats. You’re getting up there with HIV-AIDS.”
Although Dr. Deaton’s ground-breaking report was published in 2015, a Community Health Needs Assessment conducted by the Institute for Public Policy and Economic Development in 2012 identified mental and behavioral health challenges, including higher-than-national-average suicide rates, in our region. That’s when Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine convened an advisory group for the school’s Behavioral Health Initiative (BHI). The advisory committee was charged with identifying gaps in access to mental health services in several counties of northeastern Pennsylvania. Market intelligence firm, Open Minds, working on behalf of BHI, concluded that a seven-county region of NEPA would need to increase its number of psychiatrists by 40 percent simply to meet current need. With that data, at the time of its formal launch in 2015, BHI generated a key recommendation: the School of Medicine and The Wright Center should co-create a psychiatry residency program to train new doctors in this desperately needed specialty. All parties humbly recognized a new psychiatry residency could serve as an educational fulcrum for much larger inter-professional workforce development initiatives by leveraging this powerful partnership.
This July, just two years after BHI’s 2015 launch (light speed in academia), we are proud to announce that The Wright Center will welcome four residents to its brand-new, ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) accredited psychiatry residency program. The fact that one of these new psychiatry residents is also a 2017 graduate of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine makes this accomplishment all the more meaningful. Psychiatry training takes four years, so once all four classes are filled, we will train 16 residents here in Scranton and Wilkes Barre, and graduate four newly-minted psychiatrists per year.
The School of Medicine and The Wright Center have long been partners committed to addressing the specific health needs of our community, with a formal commitment solidified through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in 2015. That’s why we and our BHI partners worked so swiftly and purposefully to establish the psychiatry residency program despite the significant challenges of funding and accreditation. Wide-scale community collaboration, including Scranton Counseling Center’s generosity with the time and the expertise of Sanjay Chandragiri, MD, our pioneering program director, has generated the opportunity for four new doctors to learn how to treat and heal patients struggling with behavioral health issues. In this way, our community is taking an important step toward reducing “deaths of despair” in our region, replacing years lost to disability with years of enhanced health and wellbeing.

Linda Thomas-Hemak, MD ni Perezida / Umuyobozi mukuru w’itsinda ry’ubuvuzi rya Wright Centre hamwe n’ikigo cya Wright Centre for Graduate Medical Education, ikigo kinini cya HRSA cyatewe inkunga na HRSA Centre Health Centre (THC) muri Amerika.
Terri Lacey, RN ni umuyobozi mukuru wa Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine's Initiative Health Initiative, gahunda ifatanyabikorwa, ishingiye ku baturage kugira ngo ikemure icyuho kiboneka muri serivisi z’ubuzima bwo mu mutwe n’ibiyobyabwenge biboneka mu majyaruguru y’amajyaruguru n’amajyaruguru ya Pennsylvania.