Scranton, Pa. (March 8, 2021) – The Wright Center for Community Health recently promoted longtime clinical employee Lida Kiefer to the leadership role of Practice Manager.
Kiefer will lead The Wright Center’s Hawley Practice at 103 Spruce Street, where she will be responsible for daily operations including oversight of patient flow, staff and services. The Wayne County office is home to clinical staff who provide primary and preventive care for pediatric, adult and geriatric patients, including routine check-ups, sick visits, behavioral/mental health, and addiction and recovery services.
A graduate of McCann School of Business and Technology, Kiefer joined The Wright Center in 2012 as an administrative assistant and worked her way up to the role of certified medical assistant II. She most recently served as Co-Manager of Medical Assistants, responsible for monitoring patient care quality and coordination as well as daily oversight of all medical assistants on staff. In addition to her leadership responsibilities at Hawley as Practice Manager, Kiefer will also serve as a medical assistant there.
“Throughout her career at The Wright Center, Lida has demonstrated her dedication to our mission of improving the health and welfare of our community. This promotion is a great fit for her proven skills and experience,” said Kathleen Barry, Deputy Chief Operating Officer. Kiefer resides in Honesdale.
Muri uru ruhare rw'ubuyobozi, Ostroski ashinzwe gushyigikira no gukomeza ibidukikije biteza imbere amasomo. Ikigo cya Wright gihugura abiga abaganga bagera kuri 250 biyandikishije mu buvuzi bw’imbere, ubuvuzi bw’umuryango na gahunda yo gutura mu mutwe ndetse na gastroenterology, geriatrics hamwe n’ubusabane bw’indwara zifata umutima.
ADIO igenzura iyubahirizwa ry’amasomo n’imitunganyirize y’inzego zemewe n’ibigo by’abafatanyabikorwa biga mu mashuri makuru, kandi ikanagenzura ireme n’umutekano by’ibigo by’ubuvuzi aho abatuye Centre ya Wright hamwe na bagenzi babo bazenguruka. Nka Centre nini yigisha Ikigo Nderabuzima cya Graduate Medical Education Consortium mu gihugu, Ikigo cya Wright gihugura abaganga kugira ngo bita ku barwayi bugarijwe n’igihugu mu mazu y’ubuvuzi akora neza, yemejwe n’ubuvuzi, Ibigo nderabuzima byujuje ubuziranenge, hamwe n’ibitaro bishingiye ku baturage. . Abaturage na bagenzi babo bitoreza ku mavuriro ya Wright Centre na sisitemu y'ibitaro mu majyaruguru y'uburasirazuba bwa Pennsylvania ndetse no mu ntara enye hirya no hino ku nkombe ebyiri, harimo Tucson, Arizona (Ikigo nderabuzima cya El Rio); New Richmond, Ohio (UbuzimaSource ya Ohio); Auburn, Washington (UbuzimaPoint); na Washington, DC (Ubuvuzi Bumwe).
Muri Kamena, Ostroski yinjiye mu kigo cya Wright nk'umuyobozi wa Graduate Medical Education Education Workforce Operations, ateza imbere amahirwe yo kwiga agashya ndetse n’imikorere myiza mu burezi, kandi azakomeza urwo ruhare yiyongera ku nshingano ze nshya.
Dr. Jumee Barooah, umuyobozi w'ikigo cyagenewe ikigo cya Wright, yagize ati: "Kuba Michelle yiyemeje guha imbaraga abaturage bacu ndetse na bagenzi bacu bafite uburambe mu burezi bushoboka bituma agira uruhare runini kuri uru ruhare."
Ostroski yagize ati: "Intego yanjye ni ugutezimbere ubufatanye bwogutezimbere uburyo bwiza bwo guhugura abiga umuganga bahabwa muri The Wright Centre na buri mbuga dufatanya". Ati: "Kwemeza ko aba baganga batekereza ku baturage bagaragara nk'abashinzwe ubuvuzi bw'ibanze babishoboye kandi bafite impuhwe bijya mu ntego z'ubutumwa bwa Wright Center." Ostroski yabonye impamyabumenyi ihanitse mu bijyanye n'imibereho myiza y'abaturage muri kaminuza ya Marywood, naho impamyabumenyi ihanitse mu mashuri yisumbuye n'icyongereza muri kaminuza ya Temple. Yakurikiranye impamyabumenyi y'ikirenga ya kaminuza mu burezi n'ubuyobozi mu by'ubuvuzi yakuye muri Nebraska Methodiste College akaba atuye muri Forty Fort.
Scranton, Pa. Mu gihe cyose yamaze imyaka 40 yongeyeho, Dr. Rao yakoze ku mutima kandi atezimbere ubuzima bw’abarwayi n’imiryango itabarika binyuze mu bikorwa by’umutima. Ndashimira kandi ibisekuruza by’indwara z'umutima - zikorera abarwayi mu karere ndetse no mu gihugu - bahuguwe na Dr. Rao muri gahunda yo gusabana indwara ya Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship ya Wright Centre, umurage we urokora ubuzima uzakomeza ejo hazaza.
Yakomeje agira ati: “Turashimira umurage wa Dr. Rao n'umusanzu we utangaje mu myaka ibarirwa muri za mirongo yo gushyigikira intego zacu zo guteza imbere ubuzima n'imibereho myiza y'abaturage bacu. Turamwifuriza n'umuryango we imigisha myinshi n'amajyambere menshi mu kiruhuko cy'izabukuru ahembwa neza, ”ibi bikaba byavuzwe na Dr. Linda Thomas-Hemak, umuyobozi mukuru w'ikigo cyita ku buzima bw’abaturage akaba na Perezida w'ikigo cya Wright gishinzwe ubuvuzi bw’ubuvuzi. Yakomeje agira ati: "Dr Rao yishimira cyane uburezi, ubumenyi bw'umutima n'imitsi ndetse n'ubushishozi bwa sisitemu y'ubuzima byagize uruhare runini ku baganga bacu ndetse n'abiga mu karere kacu. Umusanzu we mu mwuga wagiriye akamaro umuryango wacu mu buryo butagereranywa. ”
Dr. Rao yagize ati: "Kwigisha byatumye ngira umuganga mwiza, kuko iyo ubonye ishyaka ryo kwiga, bituma wifuza kwiga byinshi." Ati: “No muri iki gihe, igihe cyose nsabwe gukora inama kubo twahoze twigana, bahora banyoherereza inyandiko yo kubashimira. Ni abaganga bakomeye, ariko iyo bansanze kubitekerezo bya kabiri, ni ukongera icyizere. Biranteye inkunga kandi numva ari byiza gukomeza kubafasha. ”
Dr. Rao yahawe impamyabumenyi mu ishuri rikuru ry'ubuvuzi rya Mysore mu Buhinde arangiza gutura mu gihugu imbere mu bitaro bya Cook County i Chicago. Nyuma yarangije amahugurwa y’ubusabane bw’umutima ku ivuriro rya Cleveland muri Ohio kandi cyane cyane yagiye kubona impamyabumenyi y’ubuyobozi bw’umutima wa kirimbuzi, echocardiography na hypertension. Mugenzi wa koleji y’abanyamerika y’umutima, Dr. Rao yakoreye umuryango mugari wa Scranton kuva mu 1979, aheruka kuba umuyobozi w’umutima w’umutima udatera indwara ya Geisinger Umutima n’amaraso mu kigo cy’ubuvuzi cya Geisinger.
Mu mibereho ye yose, Dr. Rao yagize uruhare runini mu buyobozi, harimo n’umuyobozi w’umutima w’umutima ku cyahoze ari ikigo cy’ubuvuzi cy’abaturage cya Scranton, aho yari na perezida wubahwa cyane w’abakozi b’ubuvuzi; guha agaciro umuyobozi wa komite ishinzwe impfu n’uburwayi; umwe mu bagize inama y'ubutegetsi ya Komite y'Ubuziranenge; n'umunyamuryango wimyaka 10 yinama yubuyobozi na komite nyobozi yubuvuzi.
Yagize uruhare runini mu myigire y’ubuvuzi muri ako karere, guhera mu 1980 ubwo yari umuyobozi w’abatuye imiti y’imbere ndetse n’abanyeshuri biyandikishije muri gahunda ya Scranton Temple Residency Program, nyuma yaje kuba ikigo cya Wright Centre for Graduate Medical Education Education. Yashyigikiye byimazeyo iterambere rya Wright Centre for Graduate Medical Education's Cardiology Fellowship kandi atanga umusanzu munini kugirango itere imbere. Amaze imyaka irenga icumi, yabaye umuyobozi w'ishami rikuru ndetse anaba umuyobozi w'indwara z'umutima zidatera indwara kugira ngo dusabane. Kugeza ubu, abaganga 14 biga abaganga barangije iyi gahunda, hamwe nabandi icyenda bari mumahugurwa.
Mu gihe yakoranye na The Wright Centre, Dr. Rao yahawe icyubahiro n’abanyeshuri, abaturage ndetse na bagenzi be yigishije umutima, bamutoye kuba umwarimu w’umwaka inshuro nyinshi.
Muganga Neil Patel, umunyeshuri mu mwaka wa gatatu w’indwara zifata umutima n’umutima mu kigo cya Wright, yagize ati: "Mu myaka yose namaze twigana na we, Dr. Rao yabaye igitangaza." Yakomeje agira ati: “Yahoraga ashishikajwe no kwigisha ndetse n'inzobere mu bijyanye n'indwara z'umutima. kimwe n'umwuga w'ubuvuzi muri rusange. Abantu bose mu busabane bwacu kugeza ubu, njye ubwanjye ndetse n'abayirangije mbere barimo, ubu bemejwe n'ubuyobozi muri echocardiography na cardiologiya, kandi twese twashimiye Dr Rao. ”
“Dr. Rao yabaye umujyanama ukomeye. Ubuhanga bwe bwo kwigisha, cyane cyane muri echocardiografiya na kardiologiya ya kirimbuzi, bwabaye intangarugero, ”nk'uko byavuzwe na mugenzi we wo mu mwaka wa gatatu w’indwara zifata umutima n’umutima Dr. Guarav Patel.
Kuva yatangira gukurikizwa muri Nyakanga, iyi gahunda yamenyekanye n’ikigo gishinzwe guteza imbere ubuvuzi nk’umufatanyabikorwa w’ubuzima bushingiye ku myaka kubera gutanga serivisi zuzuye z’ubuzima bw’ibanze, umutekano-w’ibanze ndetse na serivisi zita ku bageze mu za bukuru. Binyuze muri gahunda yo kwita kubantu ku giti cyabo yateguwe nitsinda ryabatanga serivisi, Wright Centre ikora nkumujyanama wibanze wubuzima wizewe kubakuze nimiryango yabo kugirango batunge ubuzima bwigenga
Ikintu cyingenzi kigize gahunda ya geriatricique ni ivuriro rya Alzheimer na Dementia, ritanga isuzuma ryuzuye kandi ryipimisha kandi rirashobora kugerwaho nubwo umuganga wibanze wumurwayi uwo ari we. Ikigo cya Wright ni imwe muri sisitemu umunani z’ubuzima mu gihugu hose zatoranijwe nk’umushinga wa gahunda nshya yo kwita kuri Alzheimer na Dementia Yita kuri kaminuza ya Californiya, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Lipinski yagize ati: "Gahunda yacu y'ibihe yashyizweho kugira ngo ikemure serivisi zihariye zikemura ibibazo by'ubuzima bw'umubiri, ubw'ibitekerezo ndetse n'imyitwarire yihariye cyane cyane ku bageze mu za bukuru, cyane cyane ko dufite umuvuduko udasanzwe utigeze ubaho mu baturage ba Pennsylvania bageze mu za bukuru." Ati: “Imiryango itabarika yo mu majyaruguru y'uburasirazuba bwa Pennsylvania yungukiye muri ubwo buvuzi bw'impuguke, bwarushijeho kuba ingorabahizi mu gihe twagendaga duhura n'ingorane icyorezo cyagaragaye ku bantu bakuze bafite ibyago, harimo no kwigunga.”
Muri Nyakanga, Lipinski yinjiye mu kigo cya Wright nk'umuyobozi ushinzwe kwita ku bageze mu za bukuru, azana uburambe bw'imyaka myinshi yita ku barwayi bafite ikibazo cyo guta umutwe, indwara ya Alzheimer na Parkinson. Yabonye impamyabumenyi y’ubuforomo yakuye muri Luzerne County Community College, naho impamyabumenyi ihanitse mu bucuruzi n’icyiciro cya gatatu cya kaminuza mu bijyanye n’ubuvuzi bw’ubuzima yakuye muri kaminuza ya Misericordia. Yibera muri Throop.
Ukeneye ibisobanuro birambuye kuri serivisi zita kubuzima bwa Wright Centre cyangwa gukora gahunda, hamagara 570-230-0019 .
Kimeth Robinson azayobora imyitozo ya King Centre ya Kingston kuri 2 Sharpe Street. Yarangije mu ishuri ry’ubucuruzi rya McCann, Robinson yinjiye mu kigo cya Wright mu 2016 ari umufasha w’ubuvuzi. Aheruka kuba umwanditsi w’ubuvuzi kwa Dr. Linda Thomas-Hemak, Perezida / Umuyobozi mukuru w’ikigo cya Wright, ndetse n’umuyobozi wungirije w’abafasha mu buvuzi, ashinzwe gukurikirana ireme ry’ubuvuzi bw’abarwayi no guhuza ibikorwa ndetse no kugenzura buri munsi abafasha b’ubuvuzi kuri abakozi. Robinson aba i Peckville.
Mary Georgetti azayobora imyitozo ya Wright Centre ya Wilkes-Barre iherereye imbere mu nyubako y’ikigo cyita ku bana ku muhanda wa 335 y’amajyepfo ya Franklin. Umunyeshuri urangije amashuri yisumbuye ya Wyoming Valley, Georgetti yinjiye mu kigo cya Wright mu 2011 nk'umufasha w’ubuyobozi. Aheruka kuba umuhuzabikorwa wimyitozo kubiro bya Wright Centre ya Luzerne County, akomeza gahunda zabaganga, inyandiko zubuzima bwa elegitoronike ndetse no kwegera abaturage. Georgetti atuye mu Kibaya Twp.
Nka bayobozi bashinzwe imyitozo, Robinson na Georgetti bombi bazaba bashinzwe ibikorwa bya buri munsi aho biherereye, harimo kugenzura imigendekere y’abarwayi, abakozi na serivisi. Imikorere ya Wilkes-Barre na Kingston ibamo abaganga n'abakozi bo mu mavuriro batanga ubuvuzi bw'ibanze kandi bukingira abarwayi b'abana, abakuze ndetse n'abageze mu za bukuru, harimo kwisuzumisha bisanzwe, gusura abarwayi, ubuzima bw'imyitwarire / imitekerereze, hamwe na serivisi z’ibiyobyabwenge no gukira.
Umuyobozi wungirije ushinzwe ibikorwa, Kathleen Barry yagize ati: "Kimeth na Mary bagaragaje ko ari abayobozi bizewe buri wese ahagarariye indangagaciro z’ibanze za Wright Centre, kuko ari abakinnyi b'amakipe adasanzwe baharanira kuba indashyikirwa mu gukorera abaturage bacu buri munsi". ya Wright Centre.
ACGME ni umuryango wigenga, udaharanira inyungu ushyiraho ibipimo ngenderwaho muri gahunda z’ubuvuzi bw’ubuvuzi bw’abanyamerika barangije kandi bigatanga ibyemezo byo kwemerera hashingiwe ku kubahiriza aya mahame y’imikorere myiza.
Established in 2013, The Wright Center’s unique National Family Medicine Residency program was created to address America’s severe primary care workforce shortage and escalating rural health care discrepancies. Eighty-five family medicine doctors have graduated to date, with 50 more physician learners enrolled in the program that now spans four states and two coasts, with training locations in Tucson, Arizona (El Rio Community Health Center); New Richmond, Ohio (HealthSource of Ohio); Auburn, Washington (HealthPoint); and Washington, D.C. (Unity Health Care).
Nka Centre nini yigisha Ikigo Nderabuzima cya Graduate Medical Education Consortium mu gihugu, Ikigo cya Wright gihugura abaturage kwita ku barwayi bugarijwe n’igihugu mu mazu y’ubuvuzi akora neza, yemejwe n’ubuvuzi bw’abarwayi, ibigo nderabuzima byujuje ubuziranenge, ndetse n’ibitaro bishingiye ku baturage. . Kuva mu ntangiriro zicishije bugufi mu 1976 nka gahunda ya Scranton Temple Residency Program hamwe n’abaturage batandatu b’ubuvuzi bw’imbere, yateye imbere mu muryango uyobowe n’abaganga, udaharanira inyungu ufite abakozi barenga 650 hamwe n’abiga abaganga bagera kuri 250.
Mu kubona impamyabumenyi yuzuye muri ACGME, Centre ya Wright yerekanye ko yubahirije amahame akomeye ya ACGME n'ibisabwa n'inzego nyuma yo kwemererwa bwa mbere muri 2018 ndetse no gusura urubuga muri Nzeri ishize.
Jumee Barooah, MD, Ushinzwe Ibigo byagenewe The Wright Centre for Graduate Education Education. Ati: "Mu byukuri nta bundi buryo bwo gutura mu gihugu buhuza abaganga muri Amerika yose nka gahunda y'ubuvuzi bw'imiryango y'igihugu, kandi nshimishijwe no kubona imbaraga zacu zemewe na ACGME."
