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.

Kutoa damu kwa heshima ya afisa wa Scranton aliyejeruhiwa

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Kituo cha Wright cha Mazoezi ya Afya ya Jamii cha Scranton kinaandaa zoezi la Msalaba Mwekundu la Marekani Ijumaa, Februari 9, kumuenzi afisa wa upelelezi wa jiji aliyejeruhiwa kwa risasi Januari.

Wakazi wa eneo hilo wanaweza kuweka miadi ya kuchangia damu kati ya saa 11 asubuhi na saa 4 jioni katika Mazoezi ya Scranton ya The Wright Center, 501 S. Washington Ave., kwa kutembelea redcross.org na kutumia msimbo wa mfadhili: The Wright Center au piga simu 1-800-RED- MSALABA.

Kuendesha gari ni kwa heshima ya Detective wa polisi wa Scranton Kyle Gilmartin, ambaye alipigwa risasi Januari 11 huko Scranton Magharibi. Yeye na maafisa wengine wa polisi wa Scranton walikuwa wakichunguza jozi ya matukio ya ufyatulianaji wa risasi yanayohusiana na genge wakati huo. Baada ya kutibiwa katika Kituo cha Matibabu cha Jamii cha Geisinger, Detective Gilmartin anaendelea kupata nafuu katika kituo cha kurekebisha tabia.

"Kama shirika la matibabu, tunataka kusaidia ambapo uhitaji ni mkubwa zaidi, na Januari ni wakati ambapo kuna uhaba mkubwa wa damu hapa na nchini kote," alisema Gerri McAndrew, mkurugenzi mwenza wa Kituo cha Wright cha Ushirikiano wa Wagonjwa na Jamii. "Tunajua kuwa kumtibu Detective Gilmartin kulihitaji damu nyingi, kwa hivyo tulifikiria kuwa mwenyeji wa uhamasishaji wa damu kwa heshima yake ingefaa."

Mbali na kusaidia kukabiliana na uhaba wa damu, mtu yeyote ambaye atatoa damu mnamo Februari atapokea kadi ya zawadi ya Amazon ya $ 20 kwa barua.

Makao yake makuu huko Scranton, Kituo cha Wright huendesha mazoea 10 ya utunzaji wa msingi na kinga, ikijumuisha gari la rununu la matibabu na meno liitwalo Driving Better Health, Kaskazini Mashariki mwa Pennsylvania. Mazoea yake hutoa huduma jumuishi ya mtu mzima, ikimaanisha kuwa wagonjwa kwa kawaida wana urahisi wa kwenda eneo moja ili kupata huduma ya afya ya matibabu, meno, na kitabia, pamoja na matibabu ya uraibu na huduma za urejeshaji za jamii.

Daktari mkazi kushiriki katika Mpango wa Wasomi wa Sera ya Afya ya Arizona

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Ashley Okuagu, DO, daktari mkazi wa mwaka wa kwanza katika mpango wa kipekee wa Kitaifa wa Ukaaji wa Madawa ya Familia (NFMR) wa Kituo cha Wright cha Kituo cha Wright cha Elimu ya Uzamili ya Kitaifa (NFMR), amechaguliwa kama Msomi wa Sera ya Afya ya Arizona wa 2024.

Picha ya kichwa ya Dk. Ashley Okuagu kwenye mandharinyuma ya bluu

Dkt. Ashley Okuagu

Dk. Okuagu anapokea elimu na mafunzo yake ya matibabu katika mojawapo ya tovuti nne za The Wright Center, washirika wa NFMR: El Rio Health, huko Tucson, 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.

Mpango huo wa miezi mitano utafikia kilele chake Mei kwa washiriki kuhudhuria Mkutano wa Utetezi wa Dawa ya Familia, mkutano wa siku nyingi huko Washington, DC.

Kila shule ya matibabu ya Arizona na mpango wa ukaaji uliruhusiwa kuchagua mwakilishi mmoja tu kushiriki katika darasa la wasomi la mwaka huu.

"Tunajivunia na kufurahi sana kwamba Dkt. Okuagu amechaguliwa kuwa mwanachama wa Darasa la Wasomi wa Sera ya Afya ya Arizona la 2024," alisema Lawrence LeBeau, DO, mkurugenzi wa programu wa NFMR. "Utetezi wa madaktari ni muhimu ili kutoa huduma bora kwa wagonjwa katika mazingira yenye changamoto ya huduma za afya. Kushiriki katika mpango huu wa wasomi wa utetezi kutampa Dk. Okuagu elimu muhimu, uzoefu, na ushauri ili kukuza ujuzi wake katika utetezi wa madaktari.”

Yeye na washiriki wengine watapokea maelekezo kuhusu masuala mengi, ikiwa ni pamoja na jinsi ya kujenga uhusiano na wabunge na watunga sera, kufahamu mbinu za utetezi wa sheria, na kuelewa sera ya huduma za afya vijijini.

Dkt. Okuagu ni kiongozi mkazi katika mpango wa NFMR. Ilianzishwa karibu miaka 11 iliyopita na The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education na washirika wake, makazi ya dawa za familia ina mtaala mmoja ambao umeundwa kulingana na rasilimali zinazopatikana katika kila eneo la mafunzo huko Arizona, Ohio, jimbo la 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.

Tangu kuanzishwa kwa programu ya NFMR, zaidi ya nusu ya wahitimu wake wameingia mazoezini katika mojawapo ya vituo vya afya vya jamii nchini. Kwa hakika, mpango unaoongozwa na Kituo cha Wright umefaulu kubakiza wastani wa asilimia 36 ya wahitimu wake katika vituo hivyo hivyo vya afya walimofunzwa, ikimaanisha kuwa madaktari hao walichagua kuendelea kufanya kazi miongoni mwa wagonjwa wenye mahitaji makubwa katika maeneo ya vijijini au jamii za mijini ambazo hazijahudumiwa. .

Chuo cha Marekani cha Madaktari 'Pennsylvania Eastern Chapter kikishirikiana na The Wright Center for Leap into a Day of Giving.

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Pantry ya chakula ibukizi ili kushughulikia uhaba wa chakula katika jumuiya za kikanda

Chuo cha Marekani cha Madaktari 'Pennsylvania (PA-ACP) Sura ya Mashariki kitaendesha "Ruka Siku ya Kutoa" inayoendeshwa na watu wa kujitolea kwa ushirikiano na Vituo vya The Wright for Graduate Medical Education, Afya ya Jamii, na Ushirikiano wa Wagonjwa na Jamii ili kushughulikia chakula. ukosefu wa usalama Kaskazini Mashariki mwa 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.

Mifuko iliyopakiwa mapema ya vyakula visivyoharibika itatolewa kwa wale wanaohitaji. Rasilimali za chakula ni pamoja na bidhaa za pantry zisizo na rafu kama vile nafaka kavu, baa za kiamsha kinywa, pasta, supu, makopo ya mboga, tuna, na kuku, na zaidi. Mifuko itasambazwa kwa mtu anayekuja kwanza, kwa msingi wa huduma ya kwanza kwa sababu ya usambazaji mdogo.

Kituo cha Wright pia kinakubali michango ya vyakula kutoka kwa umma. Michango inakubaliwa katika The Wright Center for Community Health's Clarks Summit, Mid Valley, na Scranton practices.

Wafanyakazi wa Kujitolea wanaowakilisha PA-ACP Eastern Chapter na The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education's Internal Medicine Residency Programme watapakia na kusambaza magunia ya chakula.

Shirika kubwa la kitaifa la taaluma ya matibabu, Chuo cha Madaktari cha Marekani (ACP) kina wanachama wapatao 159,000 ambao ni madaktari wa ndani na wanafunzi wa matibabu. Sura ya Pennsylvania ya ACP ina maeneo matatu: Mashariki, Magharibi, na Kusini-mashariki. 

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. 

Dk. Linda Thomas-Hemak

"Afya na ustawi wa jamii zetu unategemea upatikanaji sawa wa huduma za msingi na za kinga na vyakula vyenye lishe bora, nafuu na nafuu," alisema Dk. Thomas-Hemak. "Nina heshima kwa kuandaa mpango huu na kutoa wito kwa wenzangu wote wanachama wa PA-ACP Sura ya Mashariki kushiriki. Siku za Kutoa hutupatia fursa zote za kuja zaidi ya majukumu yetu ya kawaida ya kila siku ili kujibu swali ambalo Martin Luther King, Mdogo alilitaja kuwa swali endelevu na la dharura maishani: “Unawafanyia nini wengine?”

Kwa maelezo zaidi kuhusu pantry ya chakula ibukizi au kuchangia kwa hilo, tafadhali wasiliana na Gerri McAndrew, mkurugenzi mwenza, Kituo cha Wright cha Wagonjwa & Ushirikiano wa Jamii, kwa [email protected] .

Kituo cha Wright cha Afya ya Jamii chazindua programu ya Walk with Doc katika Kaunti ya Lackawanna

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Tembea na bango la hati

Kituo cha Wright cha Afya ya Jamii kinawahimiza wakazi kuchukua hatua kuelekea afya bora na Walk with a Doc, mpango wa afya ambao huwaleta madaktari na wagonjwa pamoja ili kutembea Jumamosi ya kwanza ya kila mwezi saa 9 asubuhi kuanzia Machi 2 katika ukumbi wa David P. Hifadhi ya Maslar Memorial huko Archbald. Kutembea huanza kwenye Kichwa cha Njia ya Mtaa wa Laurel.

Walk with a Doc ni shirika la kimataifa lisilo la faida ambalo dhamira yake ni kuhamasisha jamii kupitia harakati na mazungumzo.

"Mpango huu umekuwa na ushiriki mkubwa na mafanikio katika mamia ya miji duniani kote," alisema Nicole Lipinski, muuguzi aliyesajiliwa na mkurugenzi wa Huduma ya Geriatric katika Kituo cha Wright cha Afya ya Jamii. "Nina furaha sana kutangaza kwamba Kituo cha Wright kinaleta programu hii ya kusisimua na rahisi Kaskazini Mashariki mwa Pennsylvania kwani imeonyesha matokeo bora ya kiafya kwa watu wengi ulimwenguni."

Nicole Lipinski

Nicole Lipinski

Matembezi hayo yapo wazi kwa jamii na watu wa rika zote. Kushiriki ni bure na kujisajili mapema hakuhitajiki. Watembezi watafurahia matembezi ya kuburudisha na kuhuisha pamoja na madaktari na wataalamu wengine wa afya, ambao watatoa usaidizi kwa washiriki na kujibu maswali wakati wa matembezi hayo.

"Tembea na Hati ni heshima kuungana na Kituo cha Wright cha Afya ya Jamii. Kwa kujumuisha programu hii katika mazoezi, Kituo cha Wright cha Afya ya Jamii kinaonyesha kiwango cha kipekee cha utunzaji na kujitolea kwa jamii wanazohudumia,” alisema Dk. David Sabgir, daktari wa magonjwa ya moyo ambaye alianzisha programu ya Walk with a Doc.

“Hakuna shaka kwamba kuongeza mazoezi, hata kwa kiasi, kunapunguza hatari za magonjwa mengi, kutia ndani ugonjwa wa moyo, saratani ya matiti, na utumbo mpana, na kisukari cha Aina ya 2,” aliongeza Lipinski, ambaye anaongoza programu hiyo katika Kituo cha The Wright. "Utafiti umeonyesha kwamba unaweza kupata saa mbili za maisha kwa kila saa ambayo unafanya mazoezi mara kwa mara."

Kutembea kama dakika 30 kwa siku kunaweza kuboresha shinikizo la damu na viwango vya sukari ya damu, kusaidia kudumisha uzani mzuri wa mwili, na kupunguza hatari ya kunenepa kupita kiasi, kuboresha hali ya kiakili, na kupunguza hatari ya ugonjwa wa mifupa, kulingana na Jumuiya ya Moyo ya Amerika. .

Kituo cha Wright cha Afya ya Jamii, chenye makao yake makuu huko Scranton, huendesha mazoea 10 ya utunzaji wa msingi na kinga huko Kaskazini-mashariki mwa Pennsylvania, ikijumuisha gari la rununu la matibabu na meno liitwalo Driving Better Health. Mazoea yake hutoa huduma jumuishi ya mtu mzima, ikimaanisha kuwa wagonjwa kwa kawaida wana urahisi wa kwenda eneo moja ili kupata huduma ya afya ya matibabu, meno, na kitabia, pamoja na matibabu ya uraibu na huduma za urejeshaji za jamii.

Kwa maelezo zaidi kuhusu Kituo cha Wright cha Matembezi ya Afya ya Jamii na mpango wa Hati, wasiliana na Lipinski katika [email protected] .

Kituo cha Wright cha Elimu ya Uzamili ya Matibabu hupokea jedwali la matibabu ya osteopathic kutoka kwa Jumuiya ya Matibabu ya Osteopathic ya serikali.

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Kituo cha Wright cha Elimu ya Uzamili ya Matibabu hivi majuzi kilipokea jedwali la matibabu ya osteopathic kutoka kwa Chama cha Matibabu cha Osteopathic cha Pennsylvania (POMA).

Kituo cha Wright cha Elimu ya Uzamili ya Matibabu hivi majuzi kilipokea jedwali la matibabu ya osteopathic kutoka kwa Chama cha Matibabu cha Osteopathic cha Pennsylvania (POMA). William Swallow, DO, MS, FACOFP, rais mteule wa POMA, alitembelea ofisi za utawala za The Wright Center huko Scranton ili kuwasilisha meza na kukutana na wanafunzi kadhaa wa AT Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine wanaosoma katika The Wright Center. Wakfu wa POMA hutoa michango mara kwa mara ili kusaidia wakaazi wa matibabu ya osteopathic kote jimboni. Wanaoshiriki katika uwasilishaji, kutoka kushoto, ni Samantha Ponce, mratibu wa Mpango wa Kitaifa wa Mtandao, Kituo cha Wright cha Elimu ya Uzamili ya Matibabu; Wanafunzi wa SOMA Douglas Fisher, Amanda Munkres McDonald, na Sandy Durosier, na Dk. Swallow.