Lehigh Valley Health Network

Dr. Motley new L. P. Pool chair

Lehigh Valley Health Network’s chair of the Department of Community Health and the past president of its medical staff, Robert J. Motley M.D., has been named the new holder of the Leonard Parker Pool chair in community health and health studies, funding for which supports education and research in the area of community and public health.

He plans to use funds from the chair to advance LVHN’s community-based efforts in chronic illness care, health advocacy and innovations in health care delivery for vulnerable populations.

He is a graduate of LaSalle University and Jefferson Medical College, where he completed his family medicine residency. Since joining LVHN in 2006, he has been vice chair of network collaboration department for family medicine, a chair of community health and president of the medical staff.

For additional information, visit lvhn.org.

St. Luke’s University Health Network

Low dose 3-D mammography available

For many women, making the time to have an important health screening like a mammogram can take a backseat to the demands of everyday life. This was the case for Susan Dale, 54, a busy restaurant owner, who just had her first screening mammogram.

Her first experience was unique and, in a sense, enjoyable. Susan chose to be screened with GE Healthcare’s new SenoClaire® low dose 3-D mammography technology in the SensorySuite® recently installed at St. Luke’s Upper Perkiomen Outpatient Center.

The 3D technology uses a low-dose, short X-ray sweep around the compressed breast. This imaging technique is designed to separate the tissues and to reduce the overlapping of structures, which represents a limiting factor in standard mammography.

St. Luke’s is able to offer these newest advances in breast screening to women in Upper Bucks County thanks to a nearly three-decade relationship with GE Healthcare, according to Joseph Russo, MD, section chief of women’s imaging at St. Luke’s University Health Network. The same technologies were installed earlier this year at St. Luke’s West End Medical Center in Allentown. Only a handful of locations nationwide provide them together. The nearest provider to offer the GE 3D technology with the Sensory Suite is Cooper Medical System in Camden, N.J.

Network joins AVIA

St. Luke’s University Health Network has joined the AVIA Innovator Network of health systems that are transforming healthcare by leveraging emerging technologies and new care models.

The SLUHN hospitals will work with AVIA to implement the best technology-enabled solutions in areas such as post-discharge follow-up, patient flow, and behavioral health.

For additional information, visit www.aviahealthinnovation.com.