South Jersey BIZ - Issue #12 (December 2024)

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Innovations in Health Care 2024 - edit_Layout 1 12 / 6 / 24 3 : 25 PM Page 1 INNOVATIONS inHealthCare OUR FINAL ISSUE OF THE YEAR is always when we take a deeper look at some of the ways our area’s hospitals and other health care professionals are continually leveling up their capabilities , technologies and visions for the future . This year , we’re proud to show - case the range of ways those providers are doing their part to make sure everyone in their care gets the world - class treatment they deserve , whether it’s through strategic partnerships , brand - new facilities , cutting - edge technology or simply extending a hand to help someone feel less alone . Edited by Madeleine Maccar and Peter Proko Samaritan Inspira Health AN IMPROVED QUALIT Y OF LIFE ENHANCED PATIENT CARE WITH MODERN TECH SOLUTIONS Last year , Samaritan served more than 11,000 patients , clients and their families , providing care to address the Inspira Health integrates AI and digital health solutions to physical , emotional and social needs of individuals facing enhance patient care and operational efficiency , improving serious illness and aging . experiences for patients and employees from intake Most recently , Samaritan launched the Social Isolation , through discharge . Partnering with innovative tech compa - Loneliness & Connection Collaborative , bringing together nies improves efficiency , helps offset workforce challenges the National Coalition to End Social Isolation and Loneli - and provides patients with the frictionless experience they ness , the National Foundation to End Social Isolation and deserve . Loneliness , a group of 40 - some nonprofits and several ma - These AI - driven tools can significantly expedite diagno - jor health systems in the area . sis and care while improving patient outcomes . This not Additionally , Samaritan’s Social Connections program only fosters a healthier community but also aligns with a has made a significant impact by providing support for mission of delivering superior health care services . people who are suffering with challenges of social isolation Some notable advancements include : KATE AI for and loneliness . One facet of those services is Samaritan’s triage and sepsis detection , technology providing 24 / 7 Friendly Caller Program , which matches volunteers — who real - time clinical guidance for emergency nurses that has are background screened and trained — with patients who increased sepsis recognition rates from 31 % to 78 % ; part - have similar interests and life experiences , resulting in nering with Viz.AI for stroke management , which resulted weekly phone calls and meaningful moments of connec - in fewer unnecessary patient transfers in managing stroke tion . patients ; AziraAI for lung nodule detection , a technology Samaritan’s Robotic Companion Pet Program provides Inspira was an early adopter of and has led to early diagno - robotic pets to patients and caregivers who are experienc - sis and treatment ; and the digital worker program where ing loneliness and social isolation , but who can no longer software robots review thousands of primary care patient care for a real pet . The program is particularly beneficial charts per month , identifying those eligible for chronic care for dementia patients , providing emotional connection management and looking for indicators of diabetes and / or and a sense of purpose . hypertension . 30 | SOUTH JERSEY BIZ | VOLUME 14 ISSUE 12 | SouthJerseyBiz.net

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Innovations in Health Care 2024 - edit_Layout 1 12 / 6 / 24 3 : 25 PM Page 2 Jefferson Health – Cooper University Virtua Health Deborah Heart and A VIRTUAL - CARE New Jersey Health Care Lung Center PARTNERSHIP AN EXPANSION OF SERVICES TARGETING TUMORS NOVEL THERAPY Working in partnership with FOR HEART FAILURE TheSidney Kimmel Compre - This past August , when MD care.ai , select Virtua hospital hensiveCancer Center has un - Anderson Cancer Center at In September , Deborah Heart units are now equipped with veilednew suites for both med - Cooper’s surgical oncologists andLung Center announced two - way cameras allowing icaland radiation oncology used histotripsy — an innova - its successful implantation of patients to engage with a services.The advanced Radia - tive noninvasive technology the Barostim device , an inno - specially trained remote staff tion Oncology Suite is the first in using sound waves to destroy vative therapy that uses the member , making Virtua the SouthJersey to offer the Ethos cancerous liver tumors — to brain’s power to treat heart first health system in Greater 2.0therapy system for adaptive , treat a patient , they not only failure symptoms . Philadelphia to commit to personalizedradiotherapy . Pa - became the 19th cancer center Despite advancements in transforming every inpatient tients will benefit from cutting - nationwide to do so , but also heart failure medications and room into a “ smart ” room edgetreatment that increases the first in New Jersey / technologies , some patients with virtual care capabilities . accuracyand precision , en - Philadelphia region . continue to experience symp - By the end of 2025 , more hancescomfort and minimizes “ This technology is very dif - toms that impact their daily than 1,000 of Virtua’s inpa - side effects . ferent from current standard life . Barostim is a novel device tient beds across five hospi - “ Ourcomprehensive can - treatments like surgery , offering designed to help patients with tals will be connected to cer services address the whole many potential benefits , ” said heart failure who may not be care.ai technology . needs of the patient , including Dr . Young Ki Hong , MD Ander - receiving adequate symptom “ We are excited to be oncology navigation , nutrition son’s division head of surgical relief from their medications among the first to embrace and social work . We also offer oncology and director of cellu - alone and are not eligible for a this emerging care delivery access to cancer clinical trials , lar therapy . “ Histotripsy doesn't pacemaker . model . In time , this technolo - so patients receive the most require incisions , has minimal “ Studies show that Baros - gy will be the standard for advanced care , close to side effects and involves a short tim patients had three times the industry , ” said John home , ” says Dr . Tamara La - recovery time . Studies show it greater improvement in quali - Matsinger , DO , executive Couture , chief of cancer servic - has a 95 % success rate in de - ty of life scores than patients vice president and COO for es at Jefferson Cherry Hill and stroying tumors without harm - on medications alone , ” said Virtua Health . JeffersonWashington Town - ing surrounding tissues . ” Dr . Gregory Domer , division ship Hospitals . director , vascular surgery . AtlantiCare Penn Medicine NEUROSCIENCE PARTNERSHIP NEW RADIATION THERAPY AtlantiCare has entered a clini - The concept of “ fractionation ” cal partnership with Global has long been dogma in radia - Neurosciences Institute ( GNI ) tion oncology , where a total to take its nationally recog - dose of radiation is delivered nized , comprehensive neuro - in a series of treatments . But sciences services to the next an experimental new form of level . This will include provid - radiation being pioneered by ing an extensive array of treat - Penn Medicine researchers ments and therapies , from a upends that approach . complete range of neurosurgi - FLASH therapy blasts tu - cal services supporting Atlanti - mors with an ultra - high dose Care’s Joint Commission Com - of radiation in less than a sec - prehensive Stroke Center des - ond . And instead of spacing ignation combined with inno - out the total dose , FLASH vative functional neurosurgical could be delivered in just one procedures to neurology serv - to five treatments . “ Our re - ices treating diseases including search suggests that by deliv - Alzheimer’s , Parkinson’s , epilep - ering an entire dose of radia - sy , multiple sclerosis and more . tion in a few ultra - fast treat - “ According to GNI’s Dr . Erol ments , we may be able to kill Veznedaroglu , “ We are com - the tumor while sparing mitted to eliminating barriers healthy tissue , ” said Constan - between narrowly focused tinos Koumenis , Ph.D . , profes - medical specialties to enable sor of radiation oncology . holistic , collaborative , patient - centered care and are excited to work with AtlantiCare to make that vision a reality . ” SouthJerseyBiz.net | VOLUME 14 ISSUE 12 | SOUTH JERSEY BIZ | 31

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