MMC Healthy Together Spring 2019 Digital Edition

MMC Healthy Together Spring 2019 Digital Edition

A Publication of SPRING 2019 MONMOUTH MEDICAL CENTER healthytogether HELPING A NOBEL PRIZE WINNER FIGHT CANCER BETTER MATERNAL HEALTH BACK IN ACTION AFTER NECK SURGERY WHERE TO GET THE BEST CANCER CARE MMC_Cover_Spring19_final.indd 1 4/4/19 11:47 AM A MESSAGE FROM LEADERSHIP HEALTH NEWS NEW LEADERSHIP In February, RWJBarnabas Health announced several changes in leadership. Eric Carney, most recently Chief Operating Officer of Monmouth Medical Center SAFETY: (MMC), is now Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Bill Arnold, the former president and CEO of MMC, is now president of the Southern Region. He has It Takes a Team operational, philanthropic and strategic responsibilities for Community Medical Center in Toms River, MMC hen it comes to safety, our philosophy is simple. RWJBarnabas in Long Branch, Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus in Lakewood and all other healthcare Health is committed to zero incidents of preventable harm for our ventures in Ocean and Monmouth counties. W patients, families, visitors and each other. This quest, which we call Safety Together, is designed to help create the best possible outcomes for our patients and an exceptional work environment for our team. TOP HOSPITAL RATINGS We’re applying the same tools used by High Reliability Organizations MMC was the only hospital in New Jersey to be (HROs) in the manufacturing and nuclear industries. These companies have named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by IBM Watson Health, which uses independent greatly reduced accidents by using standardized error-prevention processes. research to analyze hospital and health system Similar safety systems are being embraced by our staff in both clinical and performance. MMC was recognized in the teaching non-clinical roles as they go about their day-to-day tasks. hospital category. In addition, MMC was named a Top At Monmouth Medical Center (MMC), we embrace RWJBarnabas Teaching Hospital by The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit Health’s continuing quest to unite hospital staff in a culture of safety to organization, for the second consecutive year. The Leapfrog Top Teaching Hospital award is widely achieve top-tier clinical outcomes and deliver the highest quality care and acknowledged as one of the most competitive honors safest experience for our patients, communities and workforce. We are American hospitals can receive. proud of our commitment to delivering Safety Together. It builds upon our past successes in safety and quality and uses new tools to ensure the health of our patients. Every team member at MMC is responsible for High-Tech Help For transforming the way we think and behave with regard to safety, error Opioid Use Disorders prevention and performance excellence. MMC is one of three pilot sites in Monmouth County Becoming an HRO means everyone who works for RWJBarnabas Health testing a remote care management program for knows that they can make a difference for our patients, for their teammates pregnant and postpartum women with opioid use at work, and for our communities as a whole. We’re excited to empower disorders. It uses mobile technology to guide pregnant our family of employees to do everything possible to support our mission of and postpartum women through their pregnancy and excellence as we care for you and your family. the baby’s first 15 months. It also provides addiction management. The goal is to help these women Yours in good health, develop resiliency. BARRY H. OSTROWSKY ERIC CARNEY PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 300 Second Avenue, Long Branch, NJ 07039 RWJBARNABAS HEALTH MONMOUTH MEDICAL CENTER 732.222.5200 READ OUR INTERACTIVE DIGEST ONLINE! www.rwjbh.org/monmouthmag CONNECT WITH US ON @MonmouthMedicalCenter RWJBarnabas Health Monmouth Medical Center complies with applicable federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. For more information, see link on our home page at www.rwjbh.org/monmouth. Monmouth Medical Center cumple con las leyes federales de derechos civiles aplicables y no discrimina por motivos de raza, color, nacionalidad, edad, discapacidad o sexo. ATENCIÓN: Si usted habla español, servicios de asistencia lingüística, de forma gratuita, están disponibles para usted. Llame al 732.222.5200. Monmouth Medical Center konfòm ak lwa sou dwa sivil federal ki aplikab yo e li pa fè diskriminasyon sou baz ras, koulè, peyi orijin, laj, enfimite oswa sèks. ATANSYON: Si w pale Kreyòl Ayisyen, gen sèvis èd pou lang ki disponib gratis pou ou. Rele 732.222.5200. Healthy Together | 2 | Spring 2019 MMC_Memo_Spring19_rev1.indd 2 4/5/19 2:43 PM healthytogether contents SPRING 2019 18 22 7 4 23 2. WELCOME LETTER. 12 12. WHERE TO GET THE 18. TEAMING UP AGAINST A community update BEST CANCER CARE. CANCER. Helping a from our CEOs. For patients, what does Nobel Prize recipient it mean to have access battle an aggressive 4. SURGERY WITHOUT to a “comprehensive” disease. VISIBLE SCARS. For one cancer center? patient, an innovative 21. HOME SWEET HOME. approach to breast 14. THE GOAL: Supporting families cancer treatment has ZERO ERRORS. who dream of made all the difference. Our health system is homeownership. on a mission to achieve 7. M AKING MATERNAL the highest safety 22. MUSIC ON WHEELS. HEALTH A PRIORITY. A standards. Local students special focus on quality benefit from a of care and safety is 9. MAKING A REAL IMPACT. 16. A BABY’S BEST FRIEND. mobile recording improving outcomes for RWJBarnabas Health is How a therapy dog studio supported by pregnant women and new committed to promoting helped one little girl Monmouth Medical moms. community health. recover her strength. Center. 8. A LASTING LEGACY. 10. BETTER CARE FOR 17. BACK IN ACTION. A 23. TOMORROW’S Anne and SheldonWhere Vogel toOLDER Get ADULTS. the complicated neck CAREGIVERS. Teaching support the hospital to Healthcare providers are surgery let one patient area high school improve healthcareBEST for the CANCERtaking a fresh look at CAREreturn to her favorite students about careers community they love. how to treat the elderly. workouts quickly. in healthcare. FOR PATIENTS, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE ACCESS TO A “COMPREHENSIVE” CANCER CENTER THAT IS DESIGNATED BY THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE? RWJBarnabas Health, in partnership with Rutgers Cancer PB | Healthy Together | Fall 2018 Institute of New Jersey—the state’s Monmouth Medical Center | RWJBH.ORG/MONMOUTH | 3 To learn more about programs and services at only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center—provides close-to- the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, home access to the latest treatment visit www.cinj.org. and clinical trials. To learn more, visit www.rwjbh.org/beatcancer. MMC_TOC_Spring19_Rev1.indd 3 4/8/19 8:37 AM Healthy Together | 12 | Spring 2019 RWJBarnabas Health and Monmouth Medical Center, in partnership with Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey—the state’s only NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center—provide close-to-home access to the latest treatment and clinical trials. Visit www.rwjbh.org/beatcancer. Shawna Dempsey (center) is grateful to Manpreet Kohli, MD (left), and Gregory Greco, DO (right), for saving her life and enabling her to complete treatment with no visible reminder of the cancer or her mastectomies. SURGERY WITHOUT VISIBLE SCARS AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO BREAST CANCER TREATMENT ENABLED ONE YOUNG PATIENT TO MOVE PAST HER DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT QUICKLY. Healthy Together | 4 | Spring 2019 Monmouth Medical Center | RWJBH.ORG/MONMOUTH | 5 MMC_HiddenScar_Spring19_final.indd 4 4/4/19 11:50 AM hen Shawna Dempsey lost don’t always have to sacrifice appearance,” her mother to cancer in 2015, says Dr. Kohli, who uses the Hidden Scar W she never imagined she’d be technique in about 70 percent of the diagnosed with the disease just two years later. hundreds of breast cancer surgeries she It was especially shocking because Shawna was performs each year. “With the Hidden Scar only 31, active and a nonsmoker. “It was the approach to surgery, we are able to place scariest experience of my life,” she says. the incision in a location that is difficult to BEST CANDIDATES Fortunately, Shawna, who lives in see. As a result, the scar is not easily visible In order to undergo the Hidden Middletown and is manager of dining when the incision heals. This is important Scar procedure, a breast cancer services at Rutgers University, had early- because scars have a significant impact on patient must be a good candidate stage breast cancer, and her prognosis patients’ body image, intimacy, confidence for a nipple-sparing procedure. was excellent. She had high-grade ductal and mental health.” There are two key considerations, carcinoma (the cancer was in the milk ducts) Working with plastic and reconstructive says Manpreet Kohli, MD, FACS, in her right breast. Shawna was diagnosed at surgeons at MMC, Dr. Kohli is able to Medical Director of Breast Surgery Monmouth Medical Center (MMC) and was preserve the skin covering the breast, at the Jacqueline M. Wilentz told she was a good candidate for a nipple- maintaining its natural contour. Comprehensive Breast Center and sparing mastectomy, in which the breast Reconstruction using an implant or the a member of Barnabas Health tissue would be removed but the nipple patient’s own tissue can be done at the Medical Group: would be saved. To ensure she was making same time. “We’re committed to giving • The patient’s nipple must be an informed decision, Shawna got a second women access to transformative options cancer-free. opinion at a well-known cancer center. in breast cancer surgery,” says Gregory • Ideally, the patient’s nipple is She was told she was not a candidate for a Greco, DO, MMC’s Chief of Plastic and centrally located on her breast. In nipple-sparing mastectomy and would need Reconstructive Surgery.

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