BestOfHealthcare_0321 - v2 - FINAL_Layout 1 3 / 22 / 21 3 : 00 PM Page 3 permarket on wheels that travels to neigh - Based on the diagnosis , individualized treat - borhoods in need to provide healthy , af - ment plans are formed that could integrate fordable and culturally relevant foods . other specialties such as cardiology , hema - tology , radiology , pulmonary rehab and phys - H E A LT H C A R E C H A M P I O N S ical therapy . John Hill , Deborah’s vice presi - dent of pulmonary services , feels the program Dr . Evelyn K . Balogun , addresses a critical need in the community . REAL Immersive System , a new virtual reality Medical Director of Employee Health “ After a year of studying the coronavirus , technique that is helping patients rehab Urgent Care and Occupational Medicine , we now know that COVID - 19 is exceptionally following a stroke . After working directly Inspira Health Network hard on the body . … This is just the beginning . with the device’s producer to help research Balogun has served in her current role since I suspect we are going to be dealing with and develop the system , field testing at 2014 after spending a decade as a medical the effects from COVID for many years in Cooper helped refine the technology for director with Temple University Hospital . the future , ” Hill says . patient use . Since she’s been with Inspira Health , she’s made an impact with her peers , who appre - ciate the means by which she rises to any occasion and tends to go above and beyond to assist both her colleagues and the com - munity . “ Well deserved , ” is how one senior leader at Inspira responded when told Ba - logun was being recognized for her efforts . Virtua Health Patients are outfitted with a head - mount - Virtua Health ed display and a series of sensors which In response to the pandemic , Virtua Health have mechanical and electrical components cared for huge influxes of gravely ill and that can measure motion and direction in highly contagious patients while also creating the physical space and then translate that COVID - 19 testing and vaccination centers . into a virtual environment . A therapist uses But the provider also took things a step a tablet to choose various activities that further by introducing other innovations to Dr . Evelyn K . Balogun prompt the patient to move their upper ex - help the community manage the crisis . tremities while interacting in the virtual world . Led by Dr . Martin Topiel , chief infection This type of immersive experience helps control officer and chief of infectious diseases , During the pandemic , she has been in - stimulate the brain and enhances a patient’s a groundbreaking treatment called mono - strumental in providing key information about motor recovery as the therapeutic exercises clonal antibody therapy proved to be a real the virus to interested parties , ranging from feel real . And because the technology is difference - maker , as this one - time IV infusion Inspira employees and area residents to completely wireless and helped reduce the rate of COVID - 19 hospi - school administrators and local clergy . can be easily trans - talizations up to 70 % for high - risk Whether offering insight about coronavirus ported , it can be utilized at the hospital patients vaccines during an online video chat or host - bedside or at an outpatient clinic . experiencing mild symptoms . ing a virtual town hall for large groups , Balo - Furthermore , Virtua created a remote C O V I D O U T R E A C H gun has been viewed as a steady , calming patient monitoring program to keep COVID force patients connected to care after being dis - during such an uneasy time . Deborah Heart and Lung charged from the hospital . The special kit Center enables a nurse to remotely monitor a patient While the medical world is still learning more Melissa Fox , COO , Acenda Integrated and helped cut hospital readmissions by about the coronavirus each day , Deborah is Health 3 % . Overall , more than 175 patients recovering taking the lead to address the lingering With operational responsibility for all of from coronavirus have benefitted from the effects of COVID - 19 . Under the direction of Acenda’s 100 programs , Fox’s years of de - program . Dr . Andrew Martin , a new pulmonary medicine veloping and implementing efficient health And to address food insecurity during program aims to help patients who have care operations as well as her belief on “ fo - these trying times , Virtua launched the “ Eat contracted and overcome the virus but are cusing on the outcome ” greatly helped Well ” Mobile Grocery Store , a 40 - foot su - still dealing with continuing health problems . Acenda navigate the challenges caused by 20 | SOUTH JERSEY BIZ | VOLUME 11 ISSUE 3 | SouthJerseyBiz.net