Excellence in minimally invasive care.

St. Joseph’s Medical Center offers comprehensive interventional radiology (IR) services to treat many conditions that once required surgery. By utilizing minimally invasive techniques, IR procedures generally result in decreased risks, less pain, and shorter recovery times for patients when compared to traditional surgery. Whether your patients are experiencing back pain, chronic kidney disease, heart and vascular conditions, cancer, or men’s or women’s health issues, IR treatments are available to address many health concerns.

St. Joseph’s interventional radiologists have a wealth of experience and expertise in leading-edge, minimally invasive procedures. Featured services and treatments include:

• Angiography for vascular malformation

• Balloon kypohoplasty for vertebral compression fractures

• Cryoablation for kidney cancer

• Pain management to treat nerve pain (pain blocks)

• Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD)

• Peripheral arterial and venous disease

• Prostate artery embolization (PAE)

• Radioembolization for liver cancer (Y90)

• Uterine artery / uterine fibroid embolization (UAE / UFE)

For more information, visit dignityhealth.org/stockton/IR or call IR scheduling at (209) 467-6323.

Please help spread the word to those you serve – Health Plan of San Joaquin (HPSJ) wants to reward members for getting their annual checkups and routine exams. myRewards member incentive program is one of HPSJ’s many innovative quality improvement strategies. Preventive care is often overlooked in the daily lives of many members who face other challenges and have unmet needs. HPSJ’s goal is to increase the value of preventive care and decrease the barriers in receiving care. HPSJ members are encouraged to visit their doctor and stay up to date with their health exams and checkups. This year members can get rewards for going in for the following:

Women’s health

• Prenatal care in first trimester OR within 42 days of enrollment

• Postpartum visit between 7 and 84 days after delivery

+Depression Screening

• Prenatal Immunization series

Chronic disease

• Diabetes care: A1C

Well-child visits and immunizations

• 6 Well care for baby: 0 to 15 months

• 2 Well care for baby: 0 to 30 months

• Annual Well-child visits: 3 to 21 years of age

• Lead screening

• Immunizations for Adolescents

• Full Series: 1 dose of meningococcal vaccine, 1 Tdap vaccine and the complete human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV) series by their 13th birthday)

• Immunizations for Children- Pediatricians know all the details so parents/guardians just need to keep up with their well-child visits and follow their provider’s recommendations.

• Full Series: 4 DTaP; three polio (IPV); 1 measles, mumps and rubella (MMR); 3 haemophilus influenza type B (HiB); 3 hepatitis B (HepB), 1 chicken pox (VZV); 4 pneumococcal conjugate

(PCV); one hepatitis A (HepA); series of rotavirus (RV); and 2 influenza (flu) vaccines by the 2nd birthday

• Fluoride Varnish Application once per year up to 6 years of age

Prevention:

• Flu shots

• Colorectal cancer screening

• Cervical cancer screening

• Breast cancer screening/mammogram

Please encourage those you serve to learn more at www.hpsj.com/myrewards.

St. Joseph’s Medical Center Employees Donate 1,500 Toys to Children in Need

Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Medical Center (SJMC) held their annual Adopt-a-Family toy drive on December 15th, with over 1,500 toys and 13 bikes collected for local children. Through collaborating with nonprofits such as Child Abuse Prevention Council, Human Services Agency, and Stockton Homeless Shelter, the toys were distributed to the community prior to Christmas. “We are delighted to continue our Adopt-a-Family tradition and are thankful for our generous employees who make the holidays special for so many children in San Joaquin County,” said President and CEO Donald J. Wiley. “I am humbled by the contributions this year and am grateful that we are able to give back to our community during the holiday season.”