Christine E. Lynn Women’s Health & Wellness Institute at Boca
Raton Regional Hospital to offer GE Healthcare’s most comprehensive
interconnected breast cancer screening and diagnostic solution for advanced
breast care in a new “National Show Site”
The Christine E. Lynn Women’s Health & Wellness Institute at
Boca Raton Regional Hospital and GE Healthcare, today, announced a first-of-its
kind agreement between these two leading institutions to advance breast
health care. Under the agreement, GE Healthcare has established the Institute
as a national show site and identified the framework for developing a
training Center of Excellence rooted in education and awareness around
GE Healthcare’s breast cancer screening and diagnostic technologies,
care pathways and outcomes targeted to meet the unique needs of all women.
Effectively combatting breast cancer requires cutting-edge technology,
dedication and experts across multi-disciplinary fields. The Christine
E. Lynn Women’s Health & Wellness Institute will showcase GE
Healthcare’s most comprehensive set of advanced imaging tools for
detecting breast cancer in one clinical setting. As a national show site,
its specialists and support staff will welcome visitors from around the
world to share insights into its own clinical protocols and expertise
related to GE Healthcare’s interconnected breast care solution.
“Being recognized as a GE Healthcare national show site is a testament
to the dedication, training and expertise of our clinical staff to utilize
advanced technology to better serve our patients,” said Kathy Schilling,
MD, Medical Director of the Christine E. Lynn Women’s Health &
Wellness Institute. “In this era of outcomes and value-based healthcare,
a long-standing collaboration such as the one we have with GE Healthcare
is critical to delivering on our commitment to confidently meet the unique
medical needs of every woman.”
The training Center of Excellence is intended as a place for breast health
providers to convene and benefit from best practice sharing, clinical
expertise and technology leadership, all of which has the potential to
positively influence the delivery of health care within the region and
across the U.S.
“The Christine E. Lynn Women’s Health & Wellness Institute
has shown a deep commitment to and shares our common goal of providing
patients the most advanced personalized breast cancer care possible,”
said Lee Cooper, President and CEO, GE Healthcare, USCAN. “This
agreement takes that commitment even further by amplifying their success
at technology optimization, leadership development and accomplishments
around clinical, operational and economic excellence which we believe
results in better patient outcomes.”
Last month, the Christine E. Lynn Women’s Health & Wellness
Institute announced it had acquired Invenia* ABUS (Automated Breast Ultrasound).
The addition of Invenia ABUS completes the Institute's technology
suite of GE Healthcare's personalized breast solution - the only technology
set that features products for both 3D mammography and FDA approved ABUS
screening. These two products provide clinicians with the innovative tools
to meet the unique screening needs of women with all tissue types and
nearly half the female population with dense breasts. ¹
*Trademark of the General Electric Company
¹Assessing Improvement in Detection of Breast Cancer with Three-dimensional
Automated Breast US in Women with Dense Breast Tissue: The SomoInsight
Study. Rachel F. Brem, MD, Laszlo Tabar, MD, Stephen W. Duffy, MSc, Marc
F. Inciardi, MD, Jessica A. Guingrich, MD, Beverly E. Hashimoto, MD, Marla
R. Lander, MD, Robert L. Lapidus, MD, Mary Kay Peterson, MD, Jocelyn A.
Rapelyea, MD, Susan Roux, MD, Kathy J. Schilling, MD, Biren A. Shah, MD,
Jessica Torrente, MD, Ralph T. Wynn, MD, Dave P. Miller, MS
About Boca Raton Regional Hospital – Advancing the boundaries of medicine.
Boca Raton Regional Hospital is an advanced, tertiary medical center (BRRH.com)
with 400 beds and more than 800 primary and specialty physicians on staff.
The Hospital is a recognized leader in oncology, cardiovascular disease
and surgery, minimally invasive surgery, orthopedics, women’s health,
emergency medicine and the neurosciences, all of which offer state-of-the-art
diagnostic and imaging capabilities. The Hospital is a designated Comprehensive
Stroke Center by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA).
Boca Raton Regional Hospital was the recipient of the 2014 Distinguished
Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™ for 10 years running and
was named one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals in 2011, 2012, 2013
and 2014, both by Healthgrades®. Boca Raton Regional Hospital was
also recognized in U.S. News & World Report’s 2015–2016
Best Hospitals listing as a top-ranked hospital in the South Florida metropolitan
area for the fourth time in the last five years.
About GE Healthcare
GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services
to meet the demand for increased access, enhanced quality and more affordable
healthcare around the world. GE (NYSE: GE) works on things that matter
- great people and technologies taking on tough challenges. From medical
imaging, software & IT, patient monitoring and diagnostics to drug
discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies and performance
improvement solutions, GE Healthcare helps medical professionals deliver
great healthcare to their patients. For more information visit our website
www.gehealthcare.com.
Media Contact:
Alexandra Schilling, 561.955.4706
Communications Specialist
aschilling@brrh.com
Jennifer Fox, 414.530.3027
GE Healthcare
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