SJM_DEPT_Health Care Advancement_1223 - edit2_Dept 12 / 18 / 23 4 : 23 PM Page 1 intensely personalized treatments remain an area of medical develop - ment practitioners are investing in . Take , for instance , the state - of - the - art magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI ) scanner that Deborah Heart and Lung Center unveiled earlier this year . “ This technology is essential to diagnose and monitor a variety of car - diovascular conditions , ” says President and CEO Joseph Chirichella , adding that the scanner will provide not only sophisticated heart imaging , but also a deeper look at organs , bones , joints and muscles . “ Cardiac MRI is critically Advancing valuable in predicting the risk posed by different heart conditions , and is used to identify and tailor specific car - diac therapies . ” Health Care Virtua is seeing results like shorter hospital stays and faster recovery times by turning to minimally invasive diagnostics and treatments . But rom focused private practices to STAYING ON THE they’re also seeing impressive results multi - location health - care systems , CUTTING - EDGE OF from other novel courses of care , like F modern medicine is always evolving MODERN MEDICINE mobile units going directly to under - to deliver better patient care and improved served communities and providing HELPS SOUTH JERSEY results . And those advancements help great them with preventative health screen - practitioners achieve new levels of success . PRACTITIONERS RAISE ings , as well as in - home monitoring . “ A bad surgeon with a robot is an expensive bad THE BAR LOCALLY . “ We’re spending a lot more time surgeon — you have to start with a surgeon who has looking at models of care people can the talent and knowledge and capabilities , and by Madeleine Maccar have in home , ” says Dr . Matsinger . “ It’s then putting the right tools around them will take a combination of in - person and tele - them to a whole new level , ” explains John health . … Since January of last year , Matsinger , DO , MBA , executive vice president and chief operating officer of Virtua Health . we’ve done over 900 acute - care hospi - For Dr . Alican Dalkilic , a board - certified psychiatrist at Cherry Hill’s Depression Doc - talizations at home , and we’ve seen tors , the practice benefits from every breakthrough chipping away at the stubbornly per - tremendous results because it’s hard to nicious treatment - resistant depression many of his patients come to him with . The late - get a hospital infection when you’re ‘ 80s advancement of serotonin treatments , however , kick - started promising progress on not in the hospital — I think about it for the way to today’s greater offering of evidence - based results that he and his team stay myself , and I’d rather be at home , too , apprised of . because you’re more comfortable in “ In health care , particularly as physicians , we have continuous medical education that environment . ” that has been becoming more and more important over the years , ” he notes . “ As medi - Outreach efforts focusing directly cine advances so fast , there is always something to relearn with the most current infor - on communities in need are certainly mation . … There is an art in how you approach your interaction with a patient , learning another advancement gaining traction the most empathetic , compassionate and understanding approaches to make those in the region , as even in - hospital offer - patient connections . ” ings put world - class care accessibly With the pandemic exposing just how many struggle with achieving mental well - right in our own backyard , eliminating ness , it diminished a stigma that often meant silent suffering . Those who have histori - the need to absorb the time , cost and cally hidden their inner battles are encouraged to speak out , finding not only courage to energy of travel in search of care address it but also potential avenues of treatment benefiting their overall well - being . administered by talented professionals “ Much of mental and behavioral health has not been integrated into physical care , with the best tools at their disposal . and we now realize that if you don’t address one you can’t address the other , ” notes Dr . “ Deborah is located in a desig - Matsinger . nated medically underserved area , ” Dr . Dalkilic has seen a post - lockdown uptick in patients ready to begin addressing , Chirichella says . “ A cardiac MRI builds navigating and exploring potential solutions with a qualified professional — and one on our program of excellence . How - who’s remained at the forefront of managing depression for decades . ever , community access to an MRI for “ I think , especially with COVD , people were starting to realize that everyone knows a variety of other medical conditions somebody with depression , ” he says . “ And I think the more it’s discussed in the main - will vastly reduce the need for resi - stream — among people , in movies , in cultures , in media , in the books people read — dents to travel long distances for this there’s a discovery that there’s treatments available that you can go and look for . What type of specialized , detailed imaging , happened with TMS [ transcranial magnetic stimulation ] , what’s happening nowadays allowing people convenient , earlier with ketamine , people realize there are potential solutions they want to try because they and more precise diagnosis of their struggle with depression . ” ? conditions . ” Beyond helping South Jersey’s patients reclaim their mental health , non - invasive , SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE volume20 issue 9 SouthJerseyMagazine.com 56 |
