Ku wa kabiri, tariki ya 3 Nzeri, ikigo cya Wright Centre for Health Community cyakiriye urugi rwo gukata no gukingura urugi, mu rwego rwo kwishimira ko hafunguwe ikigo nderabuzima gishya cy’umuganda mu mujyi wa Dickson kuri 312 Boulevard Ave. Ikigo gitanga serivisi z’ubuzima bw’ibanze ku wa mbere kugeza ku wa gatanu , guhera 8h30 za mugitondo kugeza saa kumi n'imwe z'umugoroba, kugeza kubantu b'ingeri zose, kuva kubuvuzi bw'abana kugeza kubakuze. Hamwe nabenegihugu, hamwe nubuyobozi bukuru hamwe nabagize inama y'ubutegetsi ya Wright Center, Abajyanama ba Dickson City Borough Jack Horvath na Richard Cesari; Umuyobozi wa Borough Cesare Forconi; Drew Popish, guverineri wa Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro, umuyobozi w'akarere k'amajyaruguru y'uburasirazuba; na Thom Welby, umuyobozi wa Leta ya Pennsylvania, Bridget Malloy Kosierowski, umuyobozi w'akarere, bitabiriye ibirori.

The Wright Center for Community Health hosted a ribbon cutting and open house on Tuesday, Sept. 3, to celebrate the opening of its newest community health center in Dickson City.

The new full-service, family-friendly office at 312 Boulevard Ave. opened for patient care on Tuesday, Sept. 3, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house held at 5:30 p.m. Along with members of the public, Dickson City Borough Councilmen Jack Horvath and Richard Cesari; Borough Manager Cesare Forconi; Drew Popish, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s northeast regional director; and Thom Welby, Pennsylvania State Rep. Bridget Malloy Kosierowski’s district director, attended the event.

Drs. Supriana Bhandol and Ajit Pannu, who will lead the new location, offered health center tours during the open house. Both doctors are graduates of The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education’s Regional Family Medicine Residency and began providing care to patients at The Wright Center for Community Health in Scranton in November.

The new location occupies the former medical offices of Drs. Cynthia M. Oleski and Giovanni Ramos. After deciding to relocate, the doctors contacted The Wright Center, which has been providing whole-person primary health services across the region for decades, to ensure that patients would not experience any interruptions in care.

The Wright Center for Community Health in Dickson City will be open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., offering affordable, comprehensive whole-person primary health services for people of all ages, from pediatrics to geriatrics. Services will include checkups, physicals, screenings, treatment of common illnesses and injuries, and more. To make an appointment, call 570-489-4567 or visit TheWrightCenter.org.

In addition to the Dickson City location, The Wright Center will also open its first primary care community health center in Wyoming County on Monday, Sept. 9, at the former Tyler Memorial Hospital, 5950 U.S. Route 6, Suite 401, Tunkhannock. With these new locations, The Wright Center will operate 12 community health centers, including a mobile medical and dental unit called Driving Better Health, serving patients of all ages, income levels, and insurance statuses in Northeast Pennsylvania.

The Wright Center for Community Health offers a sliding-fee discount program. Based on a family’s size and income level, the program reduces barriers to care and ensures everyone has access to affordable, whole-person primary health services.

Dr. Jignesh Y. Sheth, senior vice president and chief medical and information officer at The Wright Centers for Community Health and Graduate Medical Education, was selected as a 2024 Trailblazer in Building and Infrastructure by City and State Pennsylvania.

The multimedia news organization acknowledged Dr. Sheth’s visionary leadership, strategic planning, research, and meticulous attention to detail in transforming 10 buildings across Lackawanna, Luzerne, and Wayne counties into The Wright Centers’ welcoming and comprehensive community health centers. These centers provide whole-person primary health services to people of all ages regardless of insurance status, ZIP code, or ability to pay, and have significantly enhanced care delivery and overall well-being for underserved populations throughout Northeast Pennsylvania. To read the special edition, go here.

“I’m honored to be recognized as a 2024 Trailblazer in Building and Infrastructure,” said Dr. Sheth, who is dual board-certified in internal medicine and addiction medicine. “This achievement reflects the collective efforts of our dedicated team, who share a commitment to creating spaces that truly serve our communities’ needs. Our goal has always been to ensure that our health centers are not just functional but also welcoming environments where patients feel valued and cared for. This recognition is a testament to the power of collaboration, thoughtful design, and a patient-centered approach in transforming health care delivery.”

City and State also highlighted Dr. Sheth’s focus on blueprints and designs, such as selecting the soothing color schemes of waiting and examination rooms, fiscal responsibility, and contractor coordination, as well as how he oversaw the projects while continuing to provide care to his own patients and ensuring that The Wright Centers’ community health centers maintained uninterrupted services despite the extensive construction. Dr. Sheth sees adult patients at The Wright Center’s Mid Valley location in Jermyn.

After completing his internal medicine residency in 2009 through the Scranton-Temple Residency Program, now The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Dr. Sheth joined The Wright Center as an internal medicine primary care physician and lead physician for population management and reporting.

Over the years, Dr. Sheth has pioneered innovative approaches that have significantly improved patient wellness and health care delivery. His contributions earned him several promotions at The Wright Center, including vice president for patient safety and quality in 2013, culminating in his current role as senior vice president and chief medical and information officer, a position he has held since 2018.

The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) recently presented the 2024 Innovative Research in Primary Care Award to Dr. Sheth. The award, which honors a health center clinician who has been active in primary care research or evaluation in community practice, prevention, public health, care coordination, or the clinical practice of medical services, was presented during NACHC’s 2024 Community Health Institute (CHI) & Expo Conference held Aug. 24-26 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dr. Sheth and his wife, Hetal Sheth, live in Clarks Summit with their children, Zian, 9, and Jiaa, 5.

As a nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alike and safety-net provider, The Wright Center serves vulnerable and medically underserved populations, regardless of age, ethnic background, ZIP code, insurance status, or ability to pay. It accepts all insurance plans and offers a sliding-fee discount program based on federal poverty guidelines that consider family size and income. No patient is ever turned away due to an inability to pay.

Headquartered in Scranton, The Wright Center operates 11 primary and preventive care community health centers in Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne, and Wyoming counties, as well as a mobile medical and dental unit called Driving Better Health. Patients typically have the convenience of going to a single location to access integrated medical, dental, and behavioral health care, as well as community-based addiction treatment and recovery services.

The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education was established in 1976 as the Scranton- Temple Residency Program, a community-based internal medicine residency. Today, The Wright Center is one of the largest U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration-funded Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Safety-Net Consortiums in the nation.

Ishyirahamwe ry’ikigo nderabuzima rusange (NACHC) riherutse guha Jignesh Y. Sheth, MD, FACP, MPH, visi perezida mukuru akaba n’umuyobozi mukuru w’ubuvuzi n’amakuru mu kigo cya Wright gishinzwe ubuzima bw’abaturage na 2024, bashyikirije igihembo cy’ubushakashatsi bushya mu 2024 mu buvuzi bw’ibanze. Kurangiza amashuri yubuvuzi.

Gukora ubupayiniya bwa telemedisine butanga ubuvuzi mu ngo z’abarwayi, cyane cyane bugirira akamaro abo mu cyaro no mu cyaro. Ubu buryo bushya butuma hakurikiranwa kure ibipimo byingenzi byubuzima nkumutima, intambwe, umuvuduko wamaraso, nibindi byinshi. Dr. Sheth yarushijeho kunoza ubu buryo ahuza ikoranabuhanga rya Humhealth, yemeza ko amakuru yoroherezwa ku buzima bw’abarwayi (EHRs). Uku kwishyira hamwe guha imbaraga abarwayi kugira uruhare rugaragara mu gucunga ubuzima bwabo kandi bikorohereza ibikorwa byita ku barwayi ku giti cyabo ndetse n’ibisubizo byiza by’abarwayi.
● Guhindura sisitemu ya EHR ya Wright Centre mububiko bukomeye buteza imbere ubuvuzi, bushigikira gufata ibyemezo biterwa namakuru, kandi byorohereza ibihembo byimpano. Sisitemu iha imbaraga abaganga gukoresha amakuru yakusanyirijwe hamwe kugirango habeho ingamba zifatika n’iterambere ryapimwe, bikemura neza ubuvuzi bw’abarwayi ku giti cyabo hamwe n’ubuyobozi bw’ubuzima bw’abaturage.
Gushyira mubikorwa isesengura ryubucuruzi ryateye imbere ryashimangira ibikorwa bya buri munsi na gahunda ndende. Iyi gahunda ntiyashimangiye gusa kubahiriza ibisabwa na raporo ya federasiyo, ahubwo yanorohereje kubona inkunga nshya ndetse n’ikigo cya Wright Centre cyamenyekanye cyane mu mwaka wa 2019 nk’ikigo nderabuzima cyujuje ubuziranenge cya Federasiyo.
Kumenyekanisha ikoranabuhanga rigezweho kugirango uzamure uburambe bw'abarwayi. Ibi birimo Propio, serivisi isobanurwa iboneka kubigo nderabuzima bya Wright Centre ishoboye guhindura indimi zirenga 350. Yashyize mu bikorwa kandi "Neo," yorohereza abarwayi, HIPAA yubahiriza interineti iganira kuri interineti kuri TheWrightCenter.org. Neo ifasha abarwayi bashya kandi bariho ibafasha guteganya gahunda, kuzuza ibyo banditse, kuyobora sisitemu neza, kwiga ibijyanye ninkingo zihari, kwipimisha, serivisi, nibindi byinshi.
Kuzamura uburyo bwo kubika no gutanga ibikoresho bya Wright Centre yo gutanga inkingo n'imiti biva muri firigo gakondo / firigo kugeza AccuVax. Ubu buryo bugezweho, tekinoroji ya HIPAA yubahiriza ikora kandi ikanabika urukingo n’imiti binyuze muri sisitemu yo kugurisha imashini. AccuVax iremeza neza gucunga neza ibarura, kongera umutekano w’abarwayi, kugenzura urwego rwinjira, no gukurikirana inkingo kugeza kurwego.
Gutezimbere ibikorwa byakazi muri Wright Centre muguhuza tekinoroji igezweho, itwara igihe. Harimo Suki, sisitemu yubukorikori ikoreshwa na sisitemu yubufasha bwa digitale ifasha abaganga bafite imirimo yubuyobozi, hamwe na Azara na iDashboards, bitanga ibisobanuro birambuye kubijyanye no kwita ku barwayi no gukora neza, bifasha mu gucunga umutungo no gutegura igenamigambi. Byongeye kandi, yashyize mu bikorwa gahunda yo gucunga neza inkunga yatanzwe kugira ngo yongere imikorere inoze kandi asabwa kubahiriza umusaruro.

Impamyabumenyi ebyiri zemewe mubuvuzi bwimbere nubuvuzi bw’ibiyobyabwenge, Dr. Sheth abona abarwayi bakuze mu kigo cyitwa Wright Centre for Health Health - Mid Valley ahitwa Jermyn. Yabonye impamyabumenyi ihanitse y’ubuvuzi na Bachelor of Surgery afite icyubahiro mu bijyanye n’ibinyabuzima, ubuvuzi, n’ubuzima rusange mu 2004 yakuye mu ishuri rikuru ry’ubuvuzi rya Jawaharlal Nehru i Wardha, mu Buhinde. Yabonye impamyabumenyi y'ikirenga mu buzima rusange afite impamyabumenyi yo guteza imbere ubuzima mu 2006 yakuye muri kaminuza ya Illinois y'Amajyaruguru i DeKalb.

We n'umugore we, Hetal Sheth, batuye mu nama ya Clarks hamwe n'abana babo, Zian w'imyaka 9, na Jiaa w'imyaka 5.

Colleen Dougherty, visi perezida akaba n’umuyobozi mukuru ushinzwe ibikorwa by’amavuriro akaba n’umuyobozi w’abaforomo bemewe n’abaforomo bemewe na serivisi zunganira abaganga mu kigo cyitwa Wright Centre cy’ubuzima bw’abaturage, afite icyemezo ikigo cya Wright cyahawe cyo kuba cyarahawe izina rya Nyampinga w’ubuzima w’umutima n’umutima 2024 na Centre. kuri gahunda yo kurwanya no gukumira gahunda yigihugu yubuzima bwumutima nimiyoboro.

Ikigo cya Wright Centre for Health Community cyahawe igihembo cya Nyampinga w’ubuzima w’umutima n’umutima 2024 kubera uruhare runini mu kigo gishinzwe kurwanya no gukumira indwara (CDC) Gahunda y’ubuzima y’umutima n’umutima mu mwaka wa 2023-24.

Wright Centre yakoranye na Quality Insights, itsinda ryahariwe guteza imbere ubuzima no kwita kubisubizo binyuze mubisubizo bishingiye ku makuru, kugirango batange umusanzu muri gahunda ya CDC.

Mu rwego rwo kugira uruhare muri gahunda ya CDC, Colleen Dougherty, visi perezida akaba n’umuyobozi mukuru ushinzwe amavuriro akaba n’umuyobozi w’ibikorwa by’abaforomo byemewe na serivisi zunganira abaganga mu kigo cyitwa Wright Centre for Health Health; Kari Machelli, RN, visi perezida wungirije wa serivisi zita ku buzima bw'ibanze; na Nicole Sekelsky, umuhuzabikorwa wo kwegera no kwiyandikisha, basangiye amakuru mu gihe cya “Ifunguro rya saa sita kandi Wige” ryakiriwe na Quality Insights ku bijyanye n'ingamba zidasanzwe Ikigo cya Wright cyakoresheje mu kuzamura ubuzima rusange n'imibereho myiza y'abarwayi.

Ati: “Itsinda ryacu ryatewe ishema no kugira uruhare muri iki gikorwa cy’ibibazo kugira ngo dusangire ubunararibonye mu gucunga cholesterol nyinshi no kwerekana akamaro ko kwita ku barwayi. Twashizemo inkuru nyazo aho abaganga bafashaga guha imbaraga abarwayi kugira uruhare rugaragara mu buzima bwabo, ”Dougherty. Yakomeje agira ati: "Dukoresheje uburyo bushingiye ku itsinda ryita ku buvuzi bw'ibanze, dushobora kumenya no gucunga abarwayi bafite cholesterol nyinshi ndetse n'abafite ibyago byo kwandura indwara z'umutima n'imitsi, bita ASCVD. Kwitabira hakiri kare ni ngombwa mu gukumira ingaruka mbi z’ubuzima no kuzamura imibereho y’abarwayi bacu muri rusange. ”

Mu kiganiro cy’iminota 30 cyafunguye, abatanze ikiganiro cya Wright Centre baganiriye ku buryo abashinzwe ubuzima bw’abaturage (CHWs) n’abaforomo bakorana kugira ngo bafashe abarwayi bagaragaye ko bafite cholesterol nyinshi ndetse n’izindi ndwara zidakira. CHWs mu kigo cya Wright ihuza abarwayi na serivisi zinyuranye z’imibereho n’umutungo rusange w’abaturage, harimo ibiryo by’ibiribwa byaho, gahunda yo kugabanya imiti, gutwara no kuva kwa muganga, ndetse n’ibindi bifasha abarwayi kwibanda ku kuzamura ubuzima bwabo.

Sekelsky wakoraga nka CHW mu kigo cya Wright kuva mu 2022 yagize ati: "Muri Wright Centre, abashinzwe ubuzima mu baturage bacu ni ihuriro ry'umurwayi, umuganga, ndetse n'umutungo wo hanze". Ati: "Dufite ubushobozi bwo gufasha no kwigisha. abarwayi kugira ngo babafashe kwifata ku buzima bwabo, batitaye ku isuzuma. ”

Inyubako ya Wright Centre yubuzima bwabaturage muri Wilkes-Barre.

Ikigo cyita ku buzima bw’abaturage cyashyize ahagaragara ivuriro ry’amenyo ryagutse n’ishami rishya ry’ubuzima bw’imyitwarire ku kigo nderabuzima cy’abaturage i Wilkes-Barre, kikaba ari kimwe mu bikomeje kuvugururwa inzu ya biro y’ibiro bya metero kare 34.460 iherereye mu mujyi rwagati.

Icyiciro cya gatatu cyo kuvugurura kuri 169 N. Pennsylvania Ave., hiyongereyeho metero kare 7.700 z'ubuso, harimo ibikorwa 10 by’amenyo, icyumba cy’ivuriro ry’amenyo, n’ibyumba 15 by’ubuzima bw’imyitwarire n’ibyumba by’ubuvuzi by’imyitwarire. Ikibanza cya kabiri cyo kwakira abantu cyikubye kabiri umubare w’abarwayi bashobora kwisuzumisha icyarimwe.

Ibaba rishya ry amenyo ya Wilkes-Barre nini nini murusobe rwa Wright Centre kandi ifite ikoranabuhanga rigezweho, harimo na Orthopantomograph 3D LX itanga amashusho y amenyo ya 3-D. Imashini irashobora gufata X-ray imwe yinyo yinyo, yemewe, na maxilla, igaha abaganga ibisobanuro birambuye mugihe bapima kandi bakavura abarwayi.

Ku wa kabiri, tariki ya 6 Kanama, Dr. Michael Regan azatangira kubona abarwayi i Wilkes-Barre.Abashinzwe isuku y’amenyo Jenna Topa na Samantha Solack bazashyigikira Dr. Regan.

Ibaba rishya ryubuzima bwimyitwarire ritanga ibyumba byubuvuzi hamwe nubujyanama, ibyumba byinama, hamwe nu mwanya wibiro, hamwe nu mwanya wo gucunga imanza, serivisi zishingiye ku miti ivura no kuvura indwara, hamwe n’ubuvuzi bufashwa n’imiti.

Ikigo nderabuzima cy’abaturage muri Wilkes-Barre cyafunguye imiryango ku barwayi ku ya 9 Mutarama 2023. Ifungura ku wa mbere kugeza ku wa gatandatu guhera saa munani kugeza saa kumi n'ebyiri z'umugoroba Kugira ngo usabe gahunda, hamagara 570-491-0126 cyangwa usure TheWrightCenter.org .

Umuganga w’amenyo warangije gutura hamwe n’ikigo cya Wright gishinzwe ubuzima bw’abaturage azabona abarwayi ku kibaba cy’amenyo gishya cyaguwe ku kigo nderabuzima cy’imiryango idaharanira inyungu i Wilkes-Barre.

Dr. Regan yarangije amashuri yisumbuye y’icyiciro cya gatatu cya kaminuza mu gutura amenyo rusange mu kigo nderabuzima cya Wright Centre i Scranton abinyujije muri gahunda yo muri kaminuza ya New York Langone Health's Dental Medicine Postdoctoral Residency Program. Iyi gahunda izwi cyane ni gahunda nini ku isi yo gutura amenyo ya postdoctoral ku isi nkayo, ihugura abatuye amenyo bagera kuri 400 buri mwaka aho bafatanya muri leta zigera kuri 30.

Ikigo nderabuzima cy’abaturage muri Wilkes-Barre cyafunguye imiryango ku barwayi ku ya 9 Mutarama 2023. Kuva icyo gihe, umushinga wo kwagura ibikorwa byinshi watangiriye mu kigo cya metero kare 34.460, icyahoze ari inyubako y’ibiro kibarizwa mu karere k’ubucuruzi mu mujyi rwagati. .

Ikigo cya Wright, gifite icyicaro i Scranton, gifite urusobe rw’ibigo nderabuzima 12 by’abaturage mu ntara za Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne, na Wyoming, harimo ishami ry’ubuvuzi n’amenyo ryitwa Driving Better Health. Ibibanza byayo bitanga serivisi zihendutse, zujuje ubuziranenge, zitavangura, serivisi zubuzima bwibanze bwabantu bose kumyaka yose batitaye kumiterere yubwishingizi bwabo, kode ya ZIP, cyangwa ubushobozi bwo kwishyura. Ubusanzwe abarwayi bafite uburyo bwo kujya ahantu hamwe kugirango babone ubuvuzi rusange, amenyo, hamwe n’ubuvuzi bw’imyitwarire, ndetse n’ibikorwa bishingiye ku baturage bakoresha imiti ivura indwara na serivisi zita ku barwayi.