赖特社区健康中心于 9 月 3 日星期二举行剪彩和开放日活动，庆祝其位于迪克森市 Boulevard 大道 312 号的最新社区健康中心开业。该中心从周一至周五上午 8:30 至下午 5:00，为从儿科到老年病科的各年龄段人群提供全人初级保健服务。除了公众、Wright 中心的行政领导和董事会成员外，Dickson 市市议员 Jack Horvath 和 Richard Cesari、市镇经理 Cesare Forconi、宾夕法尼亚州州长 Josh Shapiro 的东北地区主管 Drew Popish 以及宾夕法尼亚州众议员 Bridget Malloy Kosierowski 的地区主管 Thom Welby 也参加了此次活动。

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.

全国社区卫生中心协会（NACHC）最近向莱特社区卫生和医学教育研究生中心（The Wright Centers for Community Health and Graduate Medical Education）的高级副总裁兼首席医疗和信息官、医学博士、全科医生、公共卫生硕士 Jignesh Y. Sheth 颁发了 "2024 年初级保健创新研究奖"。

开创远程医疗模式，将医疗服务直接送到病人家中，尤其惠及偏远和农村地区的病人。这种创新方法可以远程监测心率、步数、血压等重要健康指标。谢思博士通过整合 Humhealth 技术进一步增强了这一系统，确保数据顺利传输到患者的电子健康记录 (EHR)。这种整合使患者能够积极管理自己的健康，促进个性化护理干预，改善患者的治疗效果。
将赖特中心的电子病历系统改造成一个强大的数据库，以加强医疗保健服务，支持数据驱动决策，并促进成功获得拨款。
● 实施先进的业务分析，加强日常运营和长期规划。这一举措不仅确保了符合联邦报告要求，还促进了新拨款的获得，并使赖特中心在 2019 年被授予 "联邦合格医疗中心 "称号。
引进最先进的技术，提升患者体验。其中包括 Propio，这是一种可在赖特中心的社区医疗中心提供的按需翻译服务，能够翻译 350 多种语言。他还在 TheWrightCenter.org 上安装了 "Neo"，这是一个方便患者使用、符合 HIPAA 标准的交互式即时代理聊天机器人。Neo 为新老患者提供帮助，使他们能够安排预约、补开处方、有效地浏览系统、了解可用的疫苗接种、检测和服务等。
● 将赖特中心的疫苗和药品存储与分发系统从传统的冰箱/冰柜升级为 AccuVax。这项最先进的技术完全符合 HIPAA 标准，通过集成的自动售货机系统实现了疫苗和药品存储的自动化和安全性。AccuVax 可确保精确的库存管理、提高患者安全性、控制访问级别并跟踪疫苗剂量。
● 通过整合先进的省时技术，优化整个赖特中心的工作流程。其中包括 Suki，这是一个由人工智能驱动的数字助理系统，可为临床医生的行政工作提供支持；Azara 和 iDashboards 可详细了解患者护理和运营效率，有助于资源管理和战略规划。此外，他还实施了一个强大的赠款库存管理系统，以提高组织效率和所需的赠款成果合规性。

Sheth 医生拥有内科和成瘾医学双重医师资格，在位于杰明的莱特社区健康中心（The Wright Center for Community Health - Mid Valley）为成人患者提供诊疗服务。2004 年，他以生物化学、医学和公共卫生的优异成绩毕业于印度瓦尔达的贾瓦哈拉尔-尼赫鲁医学院，获得医学学士学位和外科学士学位。2006 年，他从位于德卡尔布的北伊利诺伊大学获得公共卫生硕士学位，主修健康促进。

他和妻子 Hetal Sheth 与 9 岁的 Zian 和 5 岁的 Jiaa 居住在克拉克斯峰。

莱特社区健康中心副总裁兼首席临床运营官、注册执业护士和医生助理服务主任科琳-多尔蒂（Colleen Dougherty）手持莱特中心获得的证书，该中心被美国疾病控制和预防中心的国家心血管健康计划（National Cardiovascular Health Program）评为 "2024 年心血管健康名人堂冠军"（2024 Cardiovascular Health Hall of Fame Champion）。

赖特社区卫生中心（Wright Center for Community Health）与致力于通过数据驱动的解决方案改善健康和护理的 "质量洞察 "组织（Quality Insights）合作，为疾病控制和预防中心（CDC）的 "2023-24 年国家心血管健康计划"（National Cardiovascular Health Program）做出了重大贡献，因此被评为 "2024 年心血管健康名人堂冠军"（2024 Cardiovascular Health Hall of Fame Champion）。

作为参与疾病预防控制中心计划的一部分，莱特社区卫生中心副总裁兼首席临床运营官、注册执业护士和医生助理服务主任科琳-多尔蒂（Colleen Dougherty）、综合初级保健服务部副总裁兼注册护士、注册护士卡里-马凯利（Kari Machelli）以及外联和注册协调员妮可-塞克尔斯基（Nicole Sekelsky）在 "质量洞察 "举办的 "午餐与学习 "会议上分享了莱特中心在改善患者整体健康和福祉方面所采用的独特策略。

"我们的团队很荣幸能参与此次问答活动，分享我们在管理高胆固醇方面的经验，并强调以患者为中心的护理的重要性。我们将临床医生帮助患者在其健康中发挥积极作用的真实故事融入其中，"Dougherty 说。"通过采取以团队为基础的初级保健方法，我们可以识别和管理高胆固醇患者和有动脉粥样硬化性心血管疾病（俗称 ASCVD）风险的患者。早期干预对于预防破坏性健康事件和改善患者的整体健康状况至关重要。"

在 30 分钟的公开小组讨论中，赖特中心的发言人讨论了社区保健员（CHW）和护士如何共同为胆固醇过高和其他慢性病患者提供支持。莱特中心的社区保健员将患者与各种社会服务和社区资源联系起来，包括当地的食品储藏室、药物折扣计划、接送患者看医生等，帮助患者专注于改善健康状况。

"在莱特中心，我们的社区保健员是患者、临床医生和外部资源的纽带，"自 2022 年以来一直在莱特中心担任社区保健员的 Sekelsky 说。"无论诊断结果如何，我们都有能力帮助和教育患者，帮助他们掌控自己的健康。"

位于威尔克斯巴里的莱特社区健康中心大楼。

莱特社区健康中心（Wright Center for Community Health）在其位于威尔克斯-巴里的社区健康中心揭幕了一个扩大的牙科诊所和一个新的行为健康侧翼，这是对距离市中心仅几个街区的 34,460 平方英尺的前办公楼正在进行的翻新的一部分。

宾夕法尼亚大道 169 号的第三期翻新工程增加了约 7,700 平方英尺的空间，包括 10 个牙科操作间、一个牙科医师室和 15 个新的行为健康和行为健康医师室。第二个接待台将可同时接待的病人数量增加了一倍。

威尔克斯-巴里的新牙科大楼是莱特中心网络中最大的，拥有最先进的技术，包括一台可提供三维牙科成像的 Orthopantomograph 3D LX。该机器可以拍摄牙齿、下颌骨和上颌骨的单张全景 X 光片，为临床医生诊断和治疗病人提供更多细节。

Michael Regan 牙医将于 8 月 6 日星期二开始为威尔克斯巴里的病人看病。牙科卫生员詹娜-托帕（Jenna Topa）和萨曼莎-索拉克（Samantha Solack）将协助瑞根牙医工作。

新的行为健康侧楼提供舒适的治疗和咨询室、会议室和办公空间，以及用于个案管理、基于社区的药物使用障碍治疗和康复服务以及药物辅助治疗的空间。

位于威尔克斯-巴里的社区医疗中心于 2023 年 1 月 9 日开门迎客。如需预约，请致电 570-491-0126 或访问TheWrightCenter.org。

一名在莱特社区健康中心完成住院医师培训的牙医将在该非营利组织位于威尔克斯-巴里的社区健康中心新扩建的牙科楼为病人看病。

通过与纽约大学朗贡健康牙科医学博士后住院医师项目的合作，Regan 牙医在斯克兰顿的莱特中心社区健康中心完成了普通牙科博士后住院医师高级教育。该知名项目是世界上同类项目中规模最大的牙科博士后住院医师培训项目，每年在近 30 个州的合作地点培训约 400 名牙科住院医师。

位于威尔克斯-巴里的社区医疗中心于 2023 年 1 月 9 日开门迎客。

莱特中心总部位于斯克兰顿，在拉克瓦纳、卢泽恩、韦恩和怀俄明等县拥有 12 个社区卫生中心，网络不断扩大，其中包括一个名为 "推动健康"（Driving Better Health）的流动医疗和牙科单位。这些医疗中心为所有年龄段的人提供经济实惠、高质量、无歧视的全人初级保健服务，无论其保险状况、邮政编码或支付能力如何。患者通常可以在一个地点方便地获得综合医疗、牙科和行为健康护理，以及基于社区的药物使用障碍治疗和康复服务。