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Mtendaji mkuu wa Kituo cha Wright anapokea Tuzo la Athari la Pennsylvania la 2023
Wawakilishi wa The Wright Centers for Community Health and Graduate Medical Education, kutoka kushoto, Gerard J. Geoffroy, mwenyekiti, Bodi ya Wakurugenzi ya Afya ya Jamii na mwenyekiti wa hapo awali, Bodi ya Wakurugenzi ya Ushiriki wa Wagonjwa na Jamii; Dk. Linda Thomas-Hemak, rais na Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa The Wright Centers for Community Health and Graduate Medical Education; Laura Spadaro, VP, huduma ya msingi na sera ya afya ya umma; na Jennifer Walsh, Esq., Makamu Mkuu wa Rais, uadilifu wa biashara, mshauri mkuu, na afisa mkuu wa utawala, wakiwa kwenye picha baada ya sherehe.
Dk. Linda Thomas-Hemak, rais na Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa The Wright Centers for Community Health and Graduate Medical Education, alipokea Tuzo ya Athari ya Pennsylvania ya 2023 kutoka jarida la City & State Pennsylvania, akitambua uongozi wake katika uwajibikaji wa kijamii.
Dk. Thomas-Hemak, mzaliwa wa Kaunti ya Lackawanna, alikuwa mmoja wa watu 75 waliotunukiwa kutoka katika jumuiya ya madola kuchaguliwa na jarida hili kwa kutambuliwa kwake maalum. Alikubali tuzo hiyo wakati wa sherehe huko Philadelphia.
“I am extremely humbled and honored to be recognized for living the mission of The Wright Center,” said Dr. Thomas-Hemak. “Together, we are building a preferred future in which everyone will benefit from a health system that prioritizes high-quality, affordable whole-person primary health services and career opportunities.”
The Pennsylvania Impact Awards honor residents “who are pillars of community engagement,” according to the publication, known for its coverage of the Keystone State’s business, political, and community leaders.
Kichapo hicho kilibainisha kwamba “kuna njia nyingi za kuleta mabadiliko.” Kwa mfano, watengenezaji mabadiliko "wamechangisha pesa na usaidizi wa mabati kwa wagonjwa wenye Alzheimer's na autism na kwa watoto wanaohitaji kuingilia kati mapema." Kwa kuongezea, "wamepanga programu kusaidia watu wa Pennsylvania kupata huduma za matibabu na huduma za kisheria."
Dk. Linda Thomas-Hemak, rais na Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa The Wright Centers for Community Health and Graduate Medical Education, kushoto, akipozi kwa picha ya pamoja na mheshimiwa Clayton Jacobs, mkurugenzi mtendaji, Alzheimer's Association Greater Pennsylvania Chapter, katika hafla hiyo iliyofanyika Philadelphia.
Waundaji tofauti wenye ushawishi ni pamoja na Seneta wa jimbo Lisa M. Boscola, Seneta wa Jimbo Art Haywood, Profesa Mshiriki Teresa Hunter-Pettersen, Chuo cha Lake Erie cha Tiba ya Mifupa; Clayton Jacobs, mkurugenzi mtendaji, Alzheimer's Association Greater Pennsylvania Chapter; na Rais Jessica Ritchie, UPMC Pinnacle Foundation.
Under Dr. Thomas-Hemak’s leadership, The Wright Center remains deeply immersed in community engagement activities, routinely collaborating with dozens of regional, state, and national partners on health care and workforce development initiatives. The Wright Center, for example, is spearheading an effort in Northeast Pennsylvania to establish interoperability across multiple hospital, health care, and social services systems, to give patients and providers access to timely, actionable health care data to improve patient outcomes.
Dr. Thomas-Hemak also serves as board co-chair of The Wright Center for Patient & Community Engagement, a subsidiary of the health center. The group is active throughout the year in providing material goods and other support to community members challenged by poverty, food insecurity, homelessness, and more.
Thomas-Hemak, ambaye amehudumu kama mtendaji mkuu wa Kituo cha The Wright kwa zaidi ya muongo mmoja, amesaidia kituo cha afya kuboresha rasilimali za serikali na serikali, na kukiruhusu kuanzisha kliniki 10 za huduma za msingi na za kinga ambazo kwa pamoja zinahudumia zaidi ya wagonjwa 32,500. mwaka. Pia alipanua programu za elimu ya matibabu ya wahitimu wa biashara, ambayo sasa hufunza takriban wakazi 250 na madaktari wenzake kila mwaka katika programu nane za ukaaji na ushirika. Programu hizi huvutia utaalamu wa kimatibabu unaohitajika, kama vile afya ya kitabia na watoa huduma maalum wa watoto katika eneo hili.
Uongozi wake umewezesha biashara kuunda mamia ya kazi na kuboresha afya ya jamii. Leo, Kituo cha Wright kinaajiri watu wapatao 645.
Dk. Thomas-Hemak alihitimu kutoka Chuo cha Tiba cha Baylor huko Houston, Texas, na akakamilisha Makazi ya Madawa ya Ndani/Pediatrics ya Harvard huko Boston, Massachusetts, kabla ya kurejea Kaskazini-mashariki mwa Pennsylvania kufanya mazoezi ya matibabu ya msingi. Ameidhinishwa na bodi ya mara nne katika udaktari wa ndani, watoto, dawa za kulevya, na dawa ya unene. Yeye huwajali wagonjwa moja kwa moja kila wiki. Mnamo Aprili, alianza muhula wa miaka minne kama gavana wa eneo la mashariki la Sura ya Pennsylvania ya Chuo cha Madaktari cha Amerika.
