Ryan White Clinic receives more than $1 million for HIV primary health care and support services

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The Wright Center for Community Health’s Ryan White Clinic received more than $1 million in grant funding from the U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) to continue providing comprehensive medical care and support services for low-income, uninsured, and underserved people living with HIV in Northeast Pennsylvania.

The three-year HRSA grant, known as the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part C Early Intervention Services Program, is awarded to entities that provide comprehensive HIV medical care and treatment, education and adherence counseling, and referrals to other specialty providers if needed for medical care and supportive services.

As a HRSA-designated Ryan White service provider, The Wright Center’s clinic has been delivering Part C medical services since 2002, offering a whole-person approach to patient care, giving patients living with or at risk for HIV/AIDS the convenience of visiting a single site for a full spectrum of health services.

In addition to medical care management, staff at the clinic offer behavioral health, dental care, and addiction and recovery services. In 2008, the clinic expanded its offerings to include Part B medical case management, providing critical supportive services to assist patients in navigating their medical and support needs. Available ancillary services include housing assistance, medical nutrition therapy, emergency financial assistance, and more.

The Ryan White Clinic provides care to nearly 500 patients each year from Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne, and Wyoming counties at two community health centers: 501 S. Washington Ave., in Scranton, and 169 N. Pennsylvania Ave., in Wilkes-Barre. More than 95% of the clinic’s patients have undetectable viral loads, meaning they cannot transmit HIV to others.

As part of the grant process, a HRSA committee reviewed and scored applications. The Wright Center’s application earned a 99 out of a possible 100, and the committee praised the clinic and its staff for clearly identifying specific subpopulations with the greatest need for services; being the only agency in the designated service area to provide the entire HIV care continuum, including confidential testing and full medical services to a demographic that is dispersed, low-income, and often underserved; clearly understand the demographics of the vulnerable and underinsured populations in the service area; address the factors that contribute to service gaps, and more.

To learn more, visit TheWrightCenter.org/services/ryan-white-hiv-clinic or call 570.941.0630.

Amaraso yo guha icyubahiro umupolisi wakomeretse

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Ku wa gatanu, tariki ya 9 Gashyantare, ikigo cya Wright Centre for Health Health Scranton Practice cyakira imodoka y’amaraso ya Croix-Rouge y'Abanyamerika, mu rwego rwo guha icyubahiro umupolisi wo mu mujyi wakomerekejwe n’iraswa ryo muri Mutarama.

Abatuye mu karere barashobora gufata gahunda yo gutanga amaraso hagati ya 11h00 na 16h00 za Scranton Practice ya Wright Centre, 501 S. Washington Ave. UMUSARABA.

Iyi modoka iri mu rwego rwo guha icyubahiro umupolisi wa Scranton, Kyle Gilmartin, warashwe ku ya 11 Mutarama muri West Scranton. We hamwe n’abandi bapolisi ba Scranton barimo gukora iperereza ku byerekeranye n’amasasu yari afitanye n’agatsiko icyo gihe. Nyuma yo kuvurirwa mu kigo cy’ubuvuzi cya Geisinger, umugenzacyaha Gilmartin arimo gukira mu kigo ngororamuco.

Gerri McAndrew, umuyobozi w'ikigo cyitwa Wright Centre for Patient & Community Engagement, yagize ati: "Nka shyirahamwe ry'ubuvuzi, turashaka gufasha aho bikenewe cyane, kandi Mutarama ni igihe haba ikibazo cy'amaraso make hano ndetse no mu gihugu hose." Ati: "Turabizi ko kuvura umugenzacyaha Gilmartin byasabye amaraso menshi, ku buryo twatekereje ko kwakira amaraso mu cyubahiro byari bikwiye."

Usibye gufasha gukemura ikibazo cyo kubura amaraso, umuntu wese utanga amaraso muri Gashyantare azahabwa ikarita yimpano ya Amazone $ 20 kuri posita.

Icyicaro gikuru kiri muri Scranton, Ikigo cya Wright gikora ibikorwa 10 by’ibanze byita ku barwayi, harimo n’imodoka igendanwa n’amenyo yitwa Driving Better Health, mu majyaruguru y’amajyaruguru ya Pennsylvania. Imikorere yacyo itanga ubuvuzi bwuzuye bwabantu bose, bivuze ko mubisanzwe abarwayi bafite amahirwe yo kujya ahantu hamwe kugirango babone ubuvuzi, amenyo, n’imyitwarire y’imyitwarire, ndetse na serivisi zita ku baturage no kuvura indwara.

Umuganga utuye kwitabira gahunda yubuzima bwa Arizona

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Ashley Okuagu, DO, umuganga w’umwaka wa mbere utuye muri Wright Centre for Graduate Medical Education Education yihariye ya gahunda y’igihugu y’ubuvuzi bw’umuryango (NFMR), yatoranijwe nk’umuhanga mu bya politiki y’ubuzima muri Arizona 2024.

Umutwe wa Dr. Ashley Okuagu kumurongo wubururu

Dr. Ashley Okuagu

Dr. Okuagu ahabwa impamyabumenyi ihanitse y’ubuvuzi n’amahugurwa kuri imwe mu mbuga enye z’abafatanyabikorwa ba NFMR: Ubuzima bwa El Rio, i Tucson, muri Arizona.

As a member of the scholars program, she will participate in a series of trainings and events that equip physicians to be advocates for their patients and profession in both state and federal halls of power. The program’s aim is to cultivate physician leaders who will work to improve health care, realizing that advocacy offers another level of meaning and purpose to their professional role in family medicine.

Gahunda y'amezi atanu izasozwa muri Gicurasi n'abitabiriye inama y’ubuvugizi bw’umuryango, inama y'iminsi myinshi i Washington, DC

Buri shuri ryubuvuzi rya Arizona hamwe na gahunda yo gutura byari byemewe guhitamo umuntu umwe gusa uzitabira amasomo yintiti yuyu mwaka.

Umuyobozi wa gahunda ya NFMR, Lawrence LeBeau, yagize ati: "Turishimye kandi twishimiye ko Dr. Okuagu yatorewe kuba umunyamuryango w'ishuri ry’abashakashatsi muri politiki y’ubuzima ya Arizona yo mu 2024". Ati: “Ubuvugizi bw'abaganga ni ngombwa mu gutanga ubuvuzi bwiza bw'abarwayi mu buzima butoroshye. Kwitabira iyi gahunda y’intiti zunganira bizaha Dr. Okuagu inyigisho z’agaciro, uburambe, ndetse n’ubujyanama kugira ngo ateze imbere ubumenyi bwe mu buvugizi bw’abaganga. ”

We hamwe n’abandi bitabiriye amahugurwa bazahabwa inyigisho ku bibazo byinshi, birimo uburyo bwo kubaka umubano n’abashingamategeko n’abafata ibyemezo, kumenyera ubukanishi bw’ubuvugizi bw’amategeko, no gusobanukirwa na politiki y’ubuzima bwo mu cyaro.

Dr. Okuagu ni umuyobozi utuye muri gahunda ya NFMR. Hashinzwe hafi imyaka 11 n’ikigo cya Wright Centre for Graduate Medical Education hamwe n’abafatanyabikorwa bayo, gutura mu muryango w’ubuvuzi bifite integanyanyigisho imwe ijyanye n’ibikoresho biboneka kuri buri gace ko guhugura muri Arizona, Ohio, leta ya Washington, na Washington, DC

The program was established to generate highly skilled, compassionate physicians who are inclined to serve in rural or other medically underserved areas throughout the United States. Many of its graduates have a heart for treating patient populations that historically have been marginalized, such as low-income individuals, and people who are experiencing homelessness.

Kuva gahunda ya NFMR yatangira, abarenga kimwe cya kabiri cy’abayirangije batangiye imyitozo muri kimwe mu bigo nderabuzima by’igihugu. Mubyukuri, gahunda iyobowe na Wright Centre yashoboye kugumana impuzandengo ya 36 ku ijana by'abayirangije ku bigo nderabuzima bahugiyemo, bivuze ko abo baganga bahisemo gukomeza gukorera mu baturage barwayi bakeneye cyane mu cyaro cyangwa mu mijyi idakwiye. .

Ishuri Rikuru ry’Abaganga bo muri Amerika Pennsylvania Iburasirazuba rifatanya na Wright Centre yo gusimbuka umunsi wo gutanga

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Amapantaro y'ibiribwa kugirango akemure ikibazo cy'ibura ry'ibiribwa mu baturage bo mu karere

Ishuri rikuru ry’abaganga bo muri Amerika Pennsylvania (PA-ACP) Umutwe w’iburasirazuba uzakora ubushake “Simbuka ku munsi wo gutanga” ku bufatanye n’ikigo cyitwa Wright Centre for Graduate Medical Education Education, Health Community, and Patient & Community Engagement kugirango bakemure ibiryo umutekano muke mu majyaruguru y'uburasirazuba bwa Pennsylvania.

PA-ACP Eastern Chapter members and community partners are supporting and staffing the pop-up food pantry for members of the community at Weston Field, 982 Providence Rd., Scranton, on Thursday, Feb. 29 from noon-3 p.m.

Imifuka yapakiwe kubuntu yibiribwa bidashobora guhabwa abayikeneye. Ibikoresho byibiribwa birimo ububiko bwibiryo byimeza nkibinyampeke byumye, utubari twa mugitondo, pasta, isupu, amabati yimboga, tuna, ninkoko, nibindi byinshi. Amashashi azagabanywa kubanza kuza, kubanza gutangwa kubera isoko rito.

Ikigo cya Wright nacyo cyakira impano y'ibiribwa bitangwa n'abaturage. Impano ziremewe mu kigo cyitwa Wright Centre for Health Health Community's Clarks Summit, Mid Valley, hamwe na Scranton.

Abakorerabushake bahagarariye PA-ACP Igice cy’iburasirazuba hamwe na Wright Centre for Graduate Medical Education Education's Internal Medicine Residency Program bazapakira kandi bagabanye imifuka y'ibiryo.

Umuryango munini w’ubuvuzi w’igihugu, Ishuri Rikuru ry’Abaganga ry’Abanyamerika (ACP) rifite abanyamuryango bagera ku 159.000 ari abaganga b’imbere mu gihugu n’abanyeshuri b’ubuvuzi. Igice cya Pennsylvania cya ACP kigizwe n'uturere dutatu: Iburasirazuba, Iburengerazuba, n'Amajyepfo y'Iburasirazuba. 

Dr. Linda Thomas-Hemak, president and CEO of The Wright Centers for Community Health and Graduate Medical Education, also serves as governor of the PA-ACP Eastern Chapter. The food pantry is another example of The Wright Center living its mission. 

Dr. Linda Thomas-Hemak

Dr. Thomas-Hemak yagize ati: "Ubuzima n'imibereho y'abaturage bacu biterwa no kubona uburyo bunoze bwo kubona ubuvuzi bwiza, buhendutse kandi bwita ku biribwa ndetse n'ibiribwa bifite intungamubiri." Yakomeje agira ati: “Nishimiye kuba narateguye iki gikorwa kandi mpamagara abo dukorana bose bo mu gice cy’iburasirazuba cya PA-ACP kugira uruhare. Iminsi yo Gutanga iduha amahirwe yose yo kurenga ku nshingano zacu zisanzwe za buri munsi kugirango dusubize ibyo Martin Luther King, Jr. yavuze ko ari ikibazo gikomeje kubaho kandi cyihutirwa: “Ukorera abandi iki?”

Ukeneye ibisobanuro birambuye kubyerekeye ububiko bwibiribwa bya pop-up cyangwa kubutanga, nyamuneka hamagara Gerri McAndrew, umuyobozi wungirije, Wright Center for Patient & Community Engagement, kuri [email protected] .

Ikigo cya Wright Centre yubuzima rusange gitangiza Urugendo hamwe na gahunda ya Doc mu Ntara ya Lackawanna

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Ikigo cyita ku buzima bw’abaturage kirashishikariza abaturage gutera intambwe igana ku buzima bwiza hamwe na Walk hamwe na Doc, gahunda y’ubuzima ihuza abaganga n’abarwayi kugira ngo bagende ku wa gatandatu wa mbere wa buri kwezi saa cyenda za mu gitondo guhera ku ya 2 Werurwe kuri David P. Parike y'urwibutso ya Maslar muri Archbald. Urugendo rutangirira kumuhanda wa Laurel.

Genda hamwe na Doc ni umuryango mpuzamahanga udaharanira inyungu ufite intego yo gukangurira abaturage binyuze mukiganiro no kuganira.

Nicole Lipinski, umuforomokazi wiyandikishije akaba n'umuyobozi wa serivisi ishinzwe ubuvuzi bwa Geriatricike mu kigo cyita ku buzima bw'abaturage yagize ati: “Iyi gahunda yagize uruhare runini kandi inesha mu mijyi amagana ku isi.” Ati: “Nejejwe cyane no kubamenyesha ko ikigo cya Wright kizana iyi gahunda ishimishije kandi yoroshye mu majyaruguru y'uburasirazuba bwa Pennsylvania kuko yerekanye umusaruro ushimishije ku buzima ku bantu batabarika ku isi.”

Nicole Lipinski

Nicole Lipinski

Urugendo rufunguye abaturage nabantu bingeri zose. Kwitabira ni ubuntu kandi mbere yo kwiyandikisha ntibisabwa. Abagenda bazishimira urugendo rugarura ubuyanja kandi rusubizwamo n'abaganga n'abandi bahanga mu by'ubuzima, bazatanga inkunga ku bitabiriye amahugurwa kandi basubize ibibazo mu gihe cy'urugendo.

Ati: “Genda hamwe na Doc yahawe icyubahiro cyo gufatanya na Wright Centre ishinzwe ubuzima bwabaturage. Mu kwinjiza iyi gahunda mu bikorwa, Ikigo cyita ku buzima bw’abaturage kigaragaza urwego rudasanzwe rw’ubuvuzi n’ubwitange ku baturage bakorera. ”, Nk'uko byatangajwe na Dr. David Sabgir, inzobere mu bijyanye n’umutima washinze Urugendo na gahunda ya Doc.

Lipinski uyobora iyi gahunda mu kigo cya Wright, yongeyeho ati: "Nta kibazo ko kongera imyitozo, ndetse no mu rugero, bigabanya ingaruka z'indwara nyinshi, zirimo indwara z'umutima, kanseri y'ibere, na kanseri y'amara, na diyabete yo mu bwoko bwa 2". “Ubushakashatsi bwerekanye ko ushobora kubona amasaha abiri y'ubuzima kuri buri saha ukora imyitozo buri gihe.”

Kugenda nk'iminota 30 kumunsi birashobora kongera umuvuduko wamaraso hamwe nisukari yamaraso, bigafasha kugumana ibiro byiza byumubiri, no kugabanya ibyago byo kubyibuha, kongera ubuzima bwiza mumutwe, no kugabanya ibyago byo kurwara ostéoporose nkuko byatangajwe n’ishyirahamwe ry’umutima ry’Abanyamerika. .

Ikigo cya Wright Centre for Health Health, gifite icyicaro i Scranton, gikora ibikorwa 10 by’ibanze n’ubuvuzi mu majyaruguru y’amajyaruguru ya Pennsylvania, harimo n’imodoka igendanwa n’amenyo yitwa Driving Better Health. Imikorere yacyo itanga ubuvuzi bwuzuye bwabantu bose, bivuze ko mubisanzwe abarwayi bafite amahirwe yo kujya ahantu hamwe kugirango babone ubuvuzi, amenyo, n’imyitwarire y’imyitwarire, ndetse na serivisi zita ku baturage no kuvura indwara.

Ukeneye ibisobanuro birambuye kubyerekeranye na Wright Centre yubuzima bwabaturage hamwe na gahunda ya Doc, hamagara Lipinski kuri [email protected] .

Wright Centre for Graduate Medical Education yakira imbonerahamwe yo kuvura osteopathic manipulation ivuye mu ishyirahamwe ry’ubuvuzi rya Osteopathic

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Ikigo cya Wright Centre for Graduate Medical Education giherutse kwakira imbonerahamwe yo kuvura osteopathic manipulation ivuye mu ishyirahamwe ry’ubuvuzi rya Pennsylvania Osteopathic (POMA).

Ikigo cya Wright Centre for Graduate Medical Education giherutse kwakira imbonerahamwe yo kuvura osteopathic manipulation ivuye mu ishyirahamwe ry’ubuvuzi rya Pennsylvania Osteopathic (POMA). William Swallow, DO, MS, FACOFP, perezida watowe na POMA, yasuye ibiro by’ubuyobozi bwa Wright Centre i Scranton kugira ngo yerekane ameza kandi ahura n’abanyeshuri benshi bafite ishuri rikuru ry’ubuvuzi rya Osteopathic AT still University biga mu kigo cya Wright. Fondasiyo ya POMA ihora itanga inkunga yo gufasha abatuye ubuvuzi bwa osteopathique hirya no hino muri leta. Abitabiriye ibiganiro, uhereye ibumoso, ni Samantha Ponce, umuhuzabikorwa wa gahunda y'urusobe rw'igihugu, Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education Education; Abanyeshuri ba SOMA Douglas Fisher, Amanda Munkres McDonald, na Sandy Durosier, na Dr. Swallow.