After integrating DetectRx, Peterson Health witnessed transformational changes. Patient safety was propelled to the forefront with enhanced charting and medical record accuracy, and two potential suspicious activities that may have gone unnoticed in a conventional audit were immediately identified. “I think your product just sold itself,” said Annie, a testament to their satisfaction. But its capabilities extended beyond just identifying potential diversion. “DetectRx didn’t just help look for potential diversion. It found practices that may have needed to be improved or practices that we didn’t know existed.”
The ethos of this transformation can be distilled into a single sentiment, “The word that comes to my mind is not just to be compliant, but to be proactive. Somebody told me once if you’re not finding drug diversion, you’re not looking hard enough.” With DetectRx, Peterson Health isn’t just hardening their defenses against potential misuse but also refining their processes, all the while ensuring the safety and well-being of their patients. “So, from safety and well-being, not only were we doing more complete charting and better information on the medical record, we’re keeping the patient safe.”
“Peterson Health’s journey with DetectRx is emblematic of what can be achieved when technology meets dedication” said Rob Rhodes, Executive Vice President of iatricSystems, Inc. As for Annie’s final thoughts, “having something in place that makes it easy to track and report on helps keep us in line on our drug prevention efforts. Actually, it makes me feel better… I feel a lot better with DetectRx knowing that we are looking at things and are doing our best to keep our patients and our staff safe.” The future of patient care at Peterson Health is brighter and safer, thanks to DetectRx.
About iatricSystems™
iatricSystems is a healthcare technology company dedicated to helping healthcare organizations better protect patients, connect systems, and optimize EHR usage. We do so with our diverse healthcare experience, an extensive partner network, and our proven capabilities in patient privacy, analytics, EHR optimization, and interoperability. For more information, contact iatricSystems at [email protected] or visit www.iatric.com. Connect with iatricSystems on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
About Peterson Health
Peterson Health is a nonprofit, independent healthcare organization on a mission to provide exceptional, compassionate, patient-centered care to the Texas Hill Country. Peterson’s roster of facilities includes Peterson Hospice and Home Care, Peterson Medical Associates, Peterson Women’s Associates, Peterson Health Medical Plaza (formerly Kerrville Medical Plaza and to include Peterson’s Outreach Lab), Peterson Community Care, and Peterson Urgent Care. For more information contact Peterson Health at [email protected] or visit www.petersonhealth.com.
This year’s scholarship recipients come from 11 states and represent residency specialties that include family medicine, internal medicine, sports medicine, preventive medicine, pediatric medicine and physical medicine and rehabilitation. The award includes complimentary ACLM membership for one year, attendance to Lifestyle Medicine 2023, ACLM’s annual conference being held Oct. 29 to Nov.1, enrollment in the Foundations of Lifestyle Medicine Board Review, 4th Edition, and ABLM exam registration.
There is a growing urgency to fill the gaping void of lifestyle medicine training across the medical education continuum amid a pandemic of lifestyle-related chronic diseases. Six in 10 U.S. adults have been diagnosed with at least one chronic disease, and four in 10 have been diagnosed with at least two. The Wall Street Journal in April highlighted the increasing number of medical schools integrating principles of lifestyle medicine into curricula as part of its “The Future of Everything” series.
“Awareness is growing that if we are to truly alter the trajectory of chronic disease, physicians must enter the workforce with the knowledge and training to treat the root causes of their patient’s illness effectively, and those root causes are overwhelmingly unhealthy lifestyle behaviors,” said Brenda Rea, MD, DrPH, PT, RD, DipABLM, FACLM, LM Intensivist and program director of the Loma Linda University Health Lifestyle Medicine Intensivist Fellowship. “Residency programs that adopt the Lifestyle Medicine Residency Curriculum will become increasingly sought after as more medical schools incorporate lifestyle medicine into their curricula and graduating students look to grow their knowledge and skills in residency.
“I commend the 2023 scholarship recipients for leading the integration of lifestyle medicine into the residency programs they represent.”
The scholarships were created in 2021 by ACLM through a generous gift from Stephen Turner, MD, DipABLM, a longtime Mayo Clinic nephrologist who was in the inaugural 2017 cohort to become certified as a lifestyle medicine physician. Dr. Turner said he came to believe that “lifestyle medicine is the most positive thing happening in the medical space” and wanted to ensure that more young doctors are exposed to the rapidly growing medical specialty.
Lifestyle medicine uses therapeutic lifestyle interventions as a primary modality to treat chronic conditions including, but not limited to, cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, and obesity. Applying the six pillars of lifestyle medicine—a whole-food, plant-predominant eating pattern, physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, avoidance of risky substances and positive social connections—also provides effective prevention for these conditions.
Since the LMRC was piloted in 2018, it has expanded to more than 300 lifestyle medicine residency and fellowship programs nationally, with more than 6,800 enrollees. A 2023 scholarship recipient, Puja Gandhi, MD, MPH, clinical instructor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School, said she applied for the award because she believes that lifestyle medicine is the foundation of primary care and to not incorporate evidence-based lifestyle-focused conversations and interventions into care was a disservice to patients.
“The Lifestyle Medicine Residency Curriculum will allow for the standardization of lifestyle medicine primary principles and, ultimately, equip future physicians with the knowledge and skills needed to address the complex interplay between lifestyle and health, leading to better patient care and outcomes,” Dr. Gandhi said. “Lifestyle medicine is more vital than ever to our future of medicine. Our current health care system focuses more on treating than preventing and there is no end in sight of the rising prevalence of chronic diseases.
“Lifestyle medicine gives us that unique opportunity to strive for not only improvement and reversal of diseases, but also optimal whole-person health,” she said.
2023 Dr. Stephen Turner Residency Director & Faculty Scholarships Recipients
Karina Atwell, MD, MPH University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Francesca Cimino, MD, MHPE Fort Belvoir Community Hospital
Ryan Draper, DO Cone Health Sports Medicine
Jessica Engle, DO Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Edwin Farnell, MD Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center
Puja Gandhi, MD, MPH UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School
Kathleen Head, MD, MS, MPH Medical University of South Carolina
Marissa Khajavi, MD, MPH University of Maryland Medical Center
Cecilia Kipnis, MD Naval Hospital Jacksonville
Stephanie LaFave, MD Valley Health/Virginia Commonwealth University
Melissa Martin, MD Texas Institute for Graduate Medical Education and Research
Laura Preece, DO, FACOI, FACP MountainView Regional Medical Center
Richard Sundermeyer, MD HealthONE
Nathan Wood, MD Yale School of Medicine
ABOUT ACLM The American College of Lifestyle Medicine is the nation’s medical professional society advancing lifestyle medicine as the foundation for a redesigned, value-based and equitable healthcare delivery system, leading to whole person health. ACLM educates, equips, empowers and supports its members through quality, evidence-based education, certification and research to identify and eradicate the root cause of chronic disease, with a clinical outcome goal of health restoration as opposed to disease management. http://www.lifestylemedicine.org
“It is truly an honor to receive this prestigious award. To be acknowledged among such esteemed professionals in the industry is humbling, and I am grateful for the ability to make a positive impact on the lives of my patients,” says Dr. Ben Talei.
More about Dr. Benjamin Talei:
Dr. Talei received his medical degree at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. He then went on to complete his residency training in head and neck surgery at Columbia University, Cornell University Medical Centers and New York Presbyterian Hospital. Following his residency program, Dr. Ben Talei became one of the only surgeons in the country to complete two separate fellowships in facial & plastic and reconstructive surgery, including a fellowship at the Vascular Birthmark Institute of New York. In addition, Dr. Talei is a respected author, speaker and humanitarian and has been widely featured as an expert in various media outlets. His clinic, The Beverly Hills Center for Plastic & Laser Surgery and the AuraSpa Healing Center, is located at 465 N Roxbury Dr. in Beverly Hills, California. For more information or to schedule a consultation with Dr. Benjamin Talei, please visit http://www.beverlyhillscenter.com or call (310)288-0641.
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Nicole is passionate about changing healthcare and enabling physicians to provide high-quality, cost-effective, and consumer-focused care. Her expertise in leveraging cutting-edge technologies to revolutionize healthcare aligns seamlessly with Spatially Health’s mission to improve patient outcomes and healthcare accessibility.
Bradberry is the Co-Founder of MIND 24-7 and the CEO of the Florida Association of ACOs (FLAACOs). Nicole is also the Founder of ValueH Network (valueh.com) which aggregates high-performing value-based care network providers to enable the best performance in value-based / risk-based contracts. Previously, she was the Co-Founder and Managing Partner for Cura Health Management and Co-Founder and President of Citra Health, both which created and managed ACOs and other risk-based contracts. She was also the Executive Director for ACO Health Partners, a Cura fully owned MSSP ACO based in Florida. Bradberry also spent 16 years as a senior executive within Cigna and United Healthcare.
Nicole holds a bachelor’s degree in Statistics from the University of Florida. She is currently an Operating Partner for Empactful Capital, a former Board Member of Rose Health and Diabetes America, Board Advisor to Deep Risk Management, Convening Panel Member of the Florida State of Reform, Co-Founder of HealthChiefs, prior Board member of the Boys and Girls Club of NE Florida, and member of the Junior League. She has been recognized for her personal and professional achievements many times, recently as the nation’s Outstanding Midmarket IT Leader of the Year and one of the Business Journal’s “Women of Influence.”
“I am honored to welcome Nicole Bradberry to our Board of Directors,” said Dr. Hillit Meidar-Alfi, co-founder and CEO at Spatially Health. “Her shared passion for improving patient outcomes and her collective knowledge of the industry will be instrumental in driving the future of Spatially Health and enhancing our ability to make a positive impact on global healthcare.”
Spatially Health is growing at a rapid pace. The number of organizations already using the Equity EqualizerTM platform to address SDOH include Palm Beach ACO located in West Palm Beach, Florida, ACO Health Partners, in Jacksonville, Florida, Asaar Medical, a Boca Raton FL-based ACO Reach Organization, Shore Quality Partners, an ACO Reach Organization in New Jersey and ilumed, an Accountable Care Organization REACH, based in Jupiter Florida.
The platform continues to evolve, helping ACOs gain deeper insights into their patient populations, identify health disparities, and allocate resources effectively to reduce compliance and financial risks and promote health equity. Spatially Health will continue working with its partners to introduce new capabilities and ensure they are fully leveraged to advance health equity.
Spatially Health’s Equity Equalizer™ platform pinpoints specific obstacles to each patient’s health equity and recommends tailored solutions to stimulate patient involvement and boost the effectiveness of healthcare management strategies, culminating in better health results.
About Spatially Health
Founded in 2019, Spatially Health provides intelligent decision support and guidance platforms for risk-based organizations that are focused on improving the quality of health outcomes for vulnerable populations. Spatially Health is a female-founded and female-lead team, founded by Hillit Meidar-Alfi, Ph.D., and Adi Segal. Spatially Health is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
The company’s Equity Equalizer™ Platform helps risk-based entities lower compliance and financial risks while improving the quality of health outcomes for vulnerable populations. Spatially Health is an SDOH expert whose platform ties SDOH factors to health outcomes and costs. The platform’s proprietary models leverage location intelligence and spatial analytics that go beyond ZIP codes and provide granular patient insights at the hyper-local level. Spatially helps identify and quantify SDOH health barriers at the individual level, guiding decision makers on where and how to allocate resources to maximize positive impact and promote equity. Spatially Health is certified Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). WBENC Certification is the gold standard for women-owned business certification in the United States. For more information on Spatially Health, visit http://www.SpatiallyHealth.com or connect with Spatially Health on LinkedIn, Twitter,Instagram, and YouTube.
Damo Consulting provides digital transformation (DT) advisory services to enable healthcare organizations to navigate the technology-enabled transition to telehealth and virtual care. Damo specializes in digital strategy and roadmaps, CRM strategy, and market insights and advisory.
Damo is also known in the industry for its digital maturity framework and assessment that helps healthcare enterprises assess their digital maturity, benchmark against their peers, and make informed decisions towards their digital transformation strategy. There is an obvious and powerful synergy between the two consulting firms that made the acquisition easy and mutually beneficial.
“We are very happy to continue the legacy of Paddy and partner with Vidya Padmanabhan to build further on the Damo success with their clients in healthcare. This will be very positive to both BigRio and Damo, and we will be able to add immense value for Damo clients as we bring them additional expertise and innovation in Data and Analytics, AI and GAI, and Cloud Engineering for better patient engagement, and improved care delivery,” said Rohit Mahajan, Managing Partner and CEO of BigRio.
“BigRio’s experience, business model, and client base align quite closely with that of Damo. BigRio and Damo have mutual goals, the same level of respect for our clients, and a similar vision for the future of AI in enhancing healthcare delivery and facility modernization. We share Rohit’s excitement about this new venture,” said Vidya Padmanabhan, Director of Damo Consulting.
The two company leaders believe that the knowledge and expertise of the two firms will combine to help C-level executives in healthcare leverage the next transformative force in IT – Generative AI (GAI) and Large Language Models (LLMs).
The pandemic changed the way everyone learned and worked, with styluses and tablets becoming more essential than ever. This prompted inventors Carolita Blythe and Sheri Selling, both Hollywood Script Supervisors, to find a solution to the irritating problem of losing their styluses. Through their frustration came innovation and the birth of the ZoopLoop which was awarded a U.S. patent in June 2023, solidifying ZoopLoop’s place in the market.
“We knew we were not the only ones with the problem of misplacing our stylus,” said ZoopLoop co-founder Carolita Blythe. “Technology is the core of our everyday lives, and we wanted a device that would protect our investment.”
ZoopLoop is available in black, blue, and grey for $14.99 at thezooploop.com.
About ZoopLoop: Originally created for the Apple Pencil, ZoopLoop is a tether made of pliable silicone that secures your stylus or digital pen to your tablet case. It was invented to give users peace of mind knowing that when their stylus makes it out of the case, it will always make it back in with the use of the strong, sleek, and flexible ZoopLoop.
A practicing obstetrician and gynecologist, Dr. Larkins-Pettigrew has spent her career engaging marginalized communities and building programs that promote access and outcomes equity for vulnerable patients and mitigate socio-economic barriers to care, particularly for women.
Modern Healthcare’s annual “Top Diversity Leaders” recognition celebrates a distinguished group of executives and organizations that are identified by an expert panel to be the nation’s trailblazers in the areas of health care diversity, equity, and inclusion.
In 2021 and 2022, Dr. Larkins-Pettigrew was named to the magazine’s Top 25 Diversity Leaders list. This year, she was named to Modern Healthcare’s special class of “Luminaries,” an award that honors individuals who have made “outstanding, sustained contributions to health care” and have a proven track record of improving organizations, advancing the careers of other minority leaders, and enhancing health care’s diversity and equity standards.
Dr. Larkins-Pettigrew is now among just a handful of the nation’s health care leaders to be named diversity Luminaries by the magazine, a group that includes Greg Adams, chair and CEO of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals; Beverly Malone, CEO for the National League for Nursing; and Ken Frazier, executive chairman of the board at Merck.
The 2023 individual awardees include leaders from health care institutions, insurance plans, academia, government, and the retail sector.
Profiles of the Top Diversity Leaders will be published online at ModernHealthcare.com/top-diversity-leaders and in the Oct. 16 issue of Modern Healthcare magazine.
“Modern Healthcare’s 2023 Top Diversity Leaders and organizations exemplify a commitment to meaningful diversity, equity, and inclusion,” said Dan Peres, President of Modern Healthcare. “They have exceeded industry standards and continue to devote necessary resources to providing internal opportunities while advancing community health equity, setting a great example for others.”
At Highmark Health, Dr. Larkins-Pettigrew and the AHN Equitable Health Institute — which she established — are advancing a comprehensive internal and external strategy designed to promote a culture of equity and inclusion across every component of the health and wellness enterprise.
In 2021, Dr. Larkins-Pettigrew and her team focused their efforts on equitable COVID-19 testing and vaccine distribution, ensuring that historically underserved communities and populations had equal access to these life-saving resources. In 2022, the Equitable Health Institute expanded its First Steps and Beyond program, a critical initiative established by AHN to reduce Black infant and fetal mortality and ensure that all babies born in the greater Pittsburgh region celebrate their first birthday.
And in 2023, the institute, along with partners from the AHN Women’s Institute, launched AHN’s first CenteringPregnancy® program, a nationally recognized model of group prenatal care shown to improve birth outcomes, particularly among Black babies.
In 2023, she was also appointed academic chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Drexel University College of Medicine.
“Dr. Larkins-Pettigrew is one of the nation’s top advocates for health care equity and diversity, and her incredible body of work speaks for itself,” said Bruce Meyer, MD, Highmark Health’s Western PA Market President. “We are extremely proud of everything she has done at Highmark Health to further advance our organization’s commitment to the highest DEI standards that guide our strategies, both as an employer and as a facilitator of health and wellness services for millions.”
At AHN, Dr. Larkins-Pettigrew and her team have built from the ground up a program that has greatly strengthened the network’s ability to effectively meet the health needs of every community it serves, said Jim Benedict, AHN President.
“Dr. Larkins-Pettigrew and her Equitable Health Institute team have had an extraordinary impact on our Network, and the diverse patient populations that we care for throughout the Western Pennsylvania region, helping to ensure that every person and every community feels valued and has access to the high-quality health care services they need and deserve.”
Dr. Larkins-Pettigrew joined AHN in 2020 from University Hospitals/Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, where she served as Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chair of Clinical Diversity and Inclusion, and Assistant Dean of Students. She founded the JustWondoor (Women and Neonates, Diversity, Outreach, Opportunity, Research) global health program.
Dr. Larkins-Pettigrew earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing at the University of Pittsburgh, a master’s degree in education from California State University, a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Pittsburgh and her medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She served in the U.S. Navy for 13 years, achieving the rank of lieutenant commander and completing an OBGYN internship at Portsmouth Naval Hospital.
She also completed a residency at Magee Women’s Hospital in Pittsburgh, and practiced at Magee for eight years, while also serving as Magee’s Director of Global Health Programs.
About the Allegheny Health Network:
Allegheny Health Network (AHN.org), is an integrated healthcare delivery system serving the greater Western Pennsylvania region. The Network is composed of 14 hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, Health + Wellness Pavilions, multiple employed physician organizations, home and community-based health services, a research institute, and a group purchasing organization. The Network provides patients with access to a complete spectrum of advanced medical services, including nationally recognized programs for primary and emergency care, trauma care, cardiovascular disease, organ transplantation, cancer care, orthopedic surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, women’s health, diabetes, autoimmune disease and more.
AHN employs approximately 22,000 people, has more than 2,600 physicians on its medical staff and serves as a clinical campus for Drexel University College of Medicine and the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine.
The Xenium Analyzer is a state-of-the-art solution offering subcellular profiling of RNA targets alongside multiplexed protein in fresh frozen or FFPE tissues. Leveraging advanced imaging and analytical capabilities, the Xenium Analyzer allows scientists to explore the spatial arrangement of cells, RNA, and proteins within tissues with unprecedented precision and depth. This breakthrough technology empowers researchers to gain deeper insights into the intricate biology of organisms, diseases, and cellular interactions.
“10x Genomics is excited to have BioChain as a 10x-trained Xenium Service Provider. Xenium is increasingly recognized as the best-performing system for in situ analysis due to its ease of use, best-in-class performance and ‘top-notch’ data quality. With the adoption of the Xenium platform, service providers such as BioChain make high-performance in situ analysis easily accessible to the scientific community and accelerate the pace of new discoveries that advance human health.” – Nikhil Rao, VP, Product Management and Xenium Business Leader.
“The Xenium Analyzer aligns perfectly with BioChain’s mission to provide scientists with innovative tools that advance scientific and drug discovery,” continues Sundaram. “We believe this service will power our clients’ breakthrough opportunities.”
BioChain has steadily invested in its spatial biology services and now offers the following:
10x Genomics Visium Spatial multiomics services: Map the whole transcriptome within the tissue context with 10x Genomics Visium® Spatial Gene Expression. Unravel biological architectures in normal and diseased tissue and discover new biomarkers.
NanoString GeoMX DSP services: NanoString’s GeoMx Digital Spatial Profiler is a flexible spatial-omics platform enabling spatial transcriptomics and/or spatial proteomics in user-selected regions of interest.
Curio Bio Curio Seeker Whole Transcription Spatial Mapping: Based on Slide-seqV2 from the Broad Institute at MIT, Curio Seeker produces continuous high-resolution gene expression maps at 10um resolution.
Enable Medicine: Accelerate insight discovery by generating, managing, and analyzing spatial biology data on the Enable Cloud Platform.
Spatially Characterized Tissues: BioChain’s spatially characterized tissues supply robust spatial workflows (sample prep, imaging, library construction, sequencing, and data visualization.)
Xenium Analyzer services can be accessed by contacting our dedicated customer support team. BioChain also offers comprehensive training and support services to ensure researchers can harness the full potential of this cutting-edge technology.
