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Amy Shin hospitals, public clinics and beyond. Shin said “our work on behalf of the diverse communities of San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties mirrors SNI’s mission to make sure more people – especially those most affected by health disparities – receive effective, efficient and respectful health care regardless of their ability to pay.” Under her leadership, HPSJ has grown to 300,000 members. Her 20 years of progressive Medicare, Medicaid and commercial managed care leadership experience includes serving as Chief Administrative Officer at On Lok – founder of the pioneering PACE (Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly). HPSJ Health Careers Scholarships Program – Collaborative Expansion Launched for 2015
Identifying the challenges in the Health Plan of San Joaquin (HPSJ) Service Area regarding provider capacity and the limited number of new clinicians coming into the region, in 2009 HPSJ launched the Health Careers Scholarship Program to encourage graduating high school students with interests in medical professions as they
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pursue higher education. For 2015, they have again refined the Health Careers Scholarships, their prime scholarship program, by creating partnerships with seven local agencies offering specialized education and support for students who are working toward a health career here in the Central Valley. San Joaquin Medical Society’s Decision Medicine is proud to be one of the seven partners, along with Delta College - Nursing Program, Health Careers Academy High School, UOP School of Pharmacy, Health Careers Academy - Grace M. Davis High School, Modesto Junior College Nursing Program, and CSU Stanislaus School of Nursing. Later this summer, SJMS will join with HPSJ leaders to present awards to two of our 2015 Decision Medicine graduates. HPSJ CMO Lakshmi Dhanvanthari, MD, said, “With this program we can reinvest the limited resources of our health plan in our community, collaborating with these schools to encourage and support the next generation of doctors, nurses and pharmacists.” St. Joseph’s brings Vein Viewers Technology to Patients
St. Joseph’s Medical Center has adopted an innovative medical device called VeinViewer®, which allows medical professionals to visualize a patient’s vasculature in HD and in real-time. The digital image is projected directly onto the surface of the patient’s skin. VeinViewer has been shown to increase the rate of first-stick success by up to 100 percent, decrease medically unnecessary PICC lines by greater than 30 percent and increase patient
Valleri Gammon
Valleri Gammon, the first Health Careers Scholar to receive HPSJ support and encouragement for each year of her academic career. The recent CSU Stanislaus School of Nursing honors graduate has been hired by Doctors Hospital of Manteca as a Circulating Registered Nurse. She looks forward “to being a mentor to future HPSJ Health Careers Scholars.” satisfaction by 100 percent. St. Joseph’s is proud to be among the first to bring this new technology to patients in our community. St. Joseph’s Foundation purchases Penguin Warmers for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
With the help of generous donors, St. Joseph’s Foundation of San Joaquin purchased nine Penguin Milk Warmers to be used for patients in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The Penguin Warmer is designed to warm pumped breast milk to maternal body
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