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Riderwood Medical Center Just Down the Hall for Residents

October 14, 2020

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Silver Spring, MD — From the full-service restaurants to the on-campus fitness and aquatic center, there are so many amenities that attract Maryland retirees to Riderwood, an Erickson Living managed senior living community in Silver Spring, Maryland. But perhaps one of the biggest selling points of the Silver Spring, Maryland, retirement community is the medical center, conveniently located right on campus, just a short indoor walk from residents’ own front doors.

The medical center is staffed with physicians who have dedicated their lives to senior health and who are available for same-day appointments. All appointments are scheduled for 30 minutes, giving doctors a chance to really get to know their patients. The result is an integrated approach to healthcare that leads to optimal outcomes for residents.

Dr. Lynne Diggs, director of Riderwood’s

Princeton Senior Resource Center hosts fundraiser with Al Franken

October 14, 2020

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Princeton Senior Resource Center will host “An Evening with Al Franken” 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, on Zoom.

Franken will discuss his time as a comedian on “Saturday Night Live” and his stint as a U.S. senator. Tickets for the virtual event are $60 and are available at princetonsenior.org or by calling 609-751-9699. Closed captioning will be available.

Franken won five Emmys as a cast member and writer for 15 seasons on “Saturday Night Live” and served in the Senate from 2009 to 2018 before resigning amid allegations of sexual misconduct.

Most recently, Franken has focused his time and energy on “issues like health care, the growing disparities in income, wealth, and opportunity, climate, immigration, justice, xenophobia, education, the role of money in every part of our politics, and, indeed, the very future of our democracy.”

For ticket and event sponsorship information visit princetonsenior.org, email [email protected] or call 609-751-9699, ext.

Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center Purchases ViewRay’s MRIdian Linac for MRI-Guided Radiation Therapy

October 14, 2020

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CLEVELAND, Oct. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — ViewRay, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRAY) announced today that the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio has purchased the MRIdian^® Linac MRI-Guided Therapy System, a cutting-edge radiation therapy device that combines the latest innovations in precision radiation delivery and ground-breaking MR-guidance.

MRIdian offers advantages for the delivery of safe and effective radiotherapy, including the ability to see the tumor and surrounding tissue during treatment, adapt the therapy in response to changes in patient anatomy and tumor size during treatment, continuous tracking of the tumor during treatment, and automatic pausing of the radiation if the tumor moves outside of the boundary. As a result, the system delivers ablative, high-dose radiation to the tumor while protecting the surrounding healthy tissue from damage.

The ability to deliver high-dose radiation treatments, referred to as stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), means patients can receive their treatment

CDTA opens in-house health center for its 700 employees

October 14, 2020

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ALBANY — CDTA’s 700 employees can get free health care at a new on-site health center designed to keep them healthy and, in the process, reduce the costs of their health care.

The clinic saw its first employee/patient Monday and was formally introduced Tuesday at a news conference held by the regional transit agency and by Albany health insurer CDPHP, which is partnering with CDTA on the project.

Family Nurse Practitioner Jocelyn Cappozzo is the sole staffer, working full-time to provide treatment for minor illness and injury, flu shots and health counseling, as well as keeping CDTA in compliance with the regulatory framework placed on public transit providers.

The first patient visits this week fall in the latter category — random drug screening, new employee physicals, employee re-certifications. Full wellness services will follow, CDTA CEO Carm Basile said.

“They’ll get tips and tools to

Children’s Center of Hamden’s Intensive Outpatient Helping Teens

October 14, 2020

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The Outpatient Clinic at The Children’s Center of Hamden provides behavioral health and substance use treatment to children and teens ages 3-18 years of age. Two Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP) for teens 12-18 years old meet for three hours in the late afternoon after school and enhance the outpatient treatment experience with group therapy sessions. The IOP has successfully helped youth who struggle with anxiety, depression, social concerns, bullying, trauma, grief, anger, problems in school and more. One of the IOPs is for youth whose primary need is a focus on substance use. In addition to the group sessions, youth receive individualized attention from their primary therapist, family therapy and have appointments with the psychiatrist when needed. The IOP provides supper, helps coordinate transportation and accepts most insurances. Renee Hausman, Admissions Director, welcomes youth and family members to call her at 203-248-2116 ext. 308. Renee asks a few questions

Novant Health opens $165M cardiology, cancer care center

October 14, 2020

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Novant Health opened a $165.9 million facility for outpatient cardiology and cancer care Oct. 12 in Charlotte, N.C.

The seven-story, 260,000-square-foot facility houses both the Novant Health Claudia W. and John M. Belk Heart & Vascular Institute and the Agnes B. and Edward I. Weisiger Cancer Institute.

The new facility consolidates all the Winston-Salem, N.C.-based health sytem’s outpatient cardiac and cancer specialists, treatment services and support programs under one roof.

“In the past, a patient may have had to walk as many as 7,000 steps in one day during their care journey from testing sites to clinics to a treatment center,” Gary Niess, MD, system physician executive of the Novant Health Belk Heart & Vascular Institute, said in a news release. “We’ll now be able to deliver the whole-journey care our patients need all in one place, saving those 7,000

Public Health talks other COVID-19 testing options following temporary Alliant Energy Center site closure, slowdown

October 14, 2020

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October 13, 2020 8:14 PM

Madalyn O’Neill

Posted: October 13, 2020 8:14 PM

Updated: October 13, 2020 8:46 PM

MADISON, Wis. – Following a temporary closure and slowdown at the Alliant Energy Center’s COVID-19 testing site Tuesday afternoon, Public Health Madison & Dane County recommended other options for those seeking tests that day.

In general, the health agency is asking people to consider the time, place and reason they’re getting tested.

“A lot of people do think the Alliant Energy Center is the first place to get tested,” Director of Testing Ken Van Horn said. “We always know that the first day of the week is a busy day, then today we had the added complication of our electronic registration system just didn’t work for about the first hour we were here today, and that caused a pretty big backup.”

PHMDC staff had to use a backup paper registration system

UNMC dedicates $121.8 million health care training, simulation center in virtual ceremony | Live Well

October 14, 2020

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davisgloballights — A patriotic display wraps around the southwestern corner of the Davis Global Center building on the northeast corner of 42nd and Leavenworth Streets.

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER

Dr. Jeffrey Gold, UNMC’s chancellor, said the center will be the “linchpin” of many of the education and training activities that will take place at UNMC over the next half-century.

”This facility — and the professionals and technology within it — have been and will continue to be life-changing for the health professionals who train here,” he said.

The center includes plenty of technology, from the holographic images lining the entryway to the three-story SONY Infinity Wall, the largest display of its kind in the Western Hemisphere, in the atrium. It also features a holographic theater, touted as the first in an academic institution, and Laser CAVE-5, a five-sided fully immersive virtual reality suite.

But it also includes replica health care settings,

Federal detention center officer dies of ‘potential’ COVID-19

October 13, 2020

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Days after news of a federal inmate’s death due to the coronavirus at the Southern Nevada Detention Center in Pahrump, the private company that operates the facility announced a staff member also has died.

CoreCivic, which runs the federal detention center, confirmed the staff member’s death in an emailed response to questions from the Review-Journal on Tuesday. A detention officer died on Sunday “due to potential COVID-19 related issues,” spokesman Ryan Gustin said in the statement.

On Friday, the Nevada federal public defender’s office announced that 29-year-old Brandon Patton, an inmate at the detention center, had died of the coronavirus. The U.S. Marshals Service later confirmed Patton’s death.

Patton was the first known inmate housed in Nevada to die of COVID-19.

The Pahrump facility is the only federal detention center in the state. The Department of Corrections, which operates state prisons, has not had any staff members or prisoners die

Billionaire Ray Dalio’s Foundation Funds $50 Million ‘Health Justice’ Center To Curb Health Disparities Affecting Minorities

October 13, 2020

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Forbes Media Centennial Celebration — Dalio Philanthropies is partnering with NewYork-Presbyterian to launch a new center for health … [+] justice.

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A $50 million pledge from billionaire hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio’s Dalio Philanthropies is funding a new center for health justice at NewYork-Presbyterian, the hospital announced on Tuesday.

The new Dalio Center for Health Justice will “address health disparities and health justice through research, education, advocacy and investment in communities,” according to a press release. One of its top priorities will be to focus on reducing disparities that disproportionately affect communities of color.

“Our goal is to contribute to equal healthcare and equal education because we believe that these are the most fundamental building blocks of equal opportunity and a just society,” Dalio said in the statement. “We know that these don’t adequately exist, and we are excited to have a great partner in NewYork-Presbyterian, who we are confident will find ways