CUTTING-EDGE CARE. The

WELCOME BACK TO THE THRIFT STORES

The Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus thrift shops have reopened and are looking for volunteers. Donations at the shops raise funds that support critical projects and initiatives, such as operating room renovations, the breast center expansion and the emergency response fund. Visit any of our locations (call for store hours first): • Lots for Little Shoppe (Seagull

Square Shopping Center) 1328 River Avenue, Lakewood

732.364.6312

CUTTING-EDGE CARE • The Treasure Chest (Lakehurst Circle Shopping Center) 666 Route 70, Lakehurst

732.657.2590

THE MMCSC FOUNDATION HAS RAISED NEARLY $1 MILLION FOR • Jackson Fashion and Furniture NEW EQUIPMENT AND COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES. (Prospect Plaza) 255 S. New Prospect Road, Jackson

732.886.5972

With the support of local The software generates a personalized, To apply to be a volunteer, please call businesses, community three-dimensional model of the patient’s 732.886.4438. organizations, residents, arteries, which is used to develop a patients, physicians, board members, treatment plan. Auxilians and employees, the Monmouth screenings, exercise classes and health Medical Center Southern Campus • Stereotactic breast biopsy with education. (MMCSC) Foundation raises funds tomosynthesis: This equipment was to expand hospital services, develop purchased for the Jacqueline M. Wilentz • Vocera badge: This device, funded by new programs and bring cutting-edge Comprehensive Breast Center, which a generous donation from Jan Krusch, technology to patient care. Funds are provides breast cancer screening and improves hospital communication. Worn raised through individual and estate gifts, treatment. With this advanced biopsy by healthcare providers, it allows staff thrift and gift shop proceeds, and special system, radiologists use three-dimensional members to quickly locate colleagues events. In 2019, nearly $1 million funded imaging to better identify suspicious and get help in an emergency. Providers the following: areas in the breast and remove samples can communicate hands-free, schedule of tissue. The procedure is quicker than reminders and receive secure text • CT scan machine with artificial the standard, two-dimensional one and is messages and alert notifications. intelligence software: MMCSC comfortable because patients lie facedown physicians are using what’s known as on a memory foam biopsy table. • Temporal artery thermometers: Placed Fractional Flow Reserve CT (FFRon the forehead, these devices record body CT), which detects blockages in heart • Better Health: The Better Health temperature quickly and accurately. They arteries—a sign of heart disease—in Senior Membership program for adults capture heat from the temporal artery (the a noninvasive way. Patients who are ages 55 and older provides access to free major blood vessel in the head). experiencing chest pain receive a coronary CT scan. If any blockages are found, the CT images are then analyzed by a To support the MMCSC Foundation, visit supercomputer using artificial intelligence www.rwjbh.org/monmouthsouth/giving.org. software called HeartFlow® Analysis.