On this week’s AtlantiCast, you’ll see how Atlantic Health System is driving innovation and finding new ways to solve tomorrow’s health care challenges, find out how a near tragedy on the tennis courts was averted thanks to some world-class training and technology at Chilton Medical Center and meet the 70 cancer doctors you need to know about – plus much more!
More Information About Episode 7
- Atlantic Health – Advancements AHa!
- Email cancercare@atlantichealth.org to request a copy of the 70 leaders in cancer care you need to know
- Moments that Matter: Megan's Story
- Full transcript
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Episode 7 Transcript >
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Here are some of the can't miss headlines
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on this week's AtlantiCast.
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Advancing healthcare and bringing
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new innovation to the world.
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Special training and technology come together
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to save a life at Chilton Medical Center.
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And we'll tell you how to find
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the 70 cancer doctors you need to know about,
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plus much, much more.
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Hello, I'm Luke Margolis.
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Welcome back to AtlantiCast.
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We are your on-the-go look at some
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of the week's top headlines at Atlantic Health System.
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We begin with Atlantic Health System being committed
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to finding innovative and new ways
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to solve tomorrow's health care challenges.
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Atlantic Health Advancements, or "AHa!",
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is a new way to find those solutions,
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by tapping into Atlantic Health's
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3,700 highly-skilled physicians,
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and 16,000 member army of innovators.
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More than just an idea incubator,
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AHa! is a true partnership between Atlantic Health
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and its workforce, and it's already working.
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This is the ISSI Box,
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a brand new device that helps deliver insulin
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in a more efficient way and improves safety.
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It was invented in the pharmacy at Overlook Medical Center
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by those who are on the front lines of patient care.
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We've had people on the front lines
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that see that everyday,
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and we give them the tools
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to excite them around the possibilities of their thoughts.
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There's nothing impossible at this point.
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To learn more about AHa!, go to AtlantiCast.org.
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A day of tennis turned into a fight to survive for a man
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from Pompton Plains after he collapsed on the court.
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Tom Delart was rushed to Chilton Medical Center
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where Dr. Lawrence Blitz implanted an Impella heart pump,
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which helps the left side of the heart pump
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when it can't do so itself.
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Mr. Delart was then transferred to Morristown
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and discharged with no neurologic damage days later.
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AHS heart care standard that helped Chilton Medical Center
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expand it's cardiology capabilities,
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providing the highest level of training,
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technology, and care to patients throughout our system.
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Thanks to the quick thinking and expertise of Dr. Blitz,
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Mr. Delart is now back on the courts.
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Cancer impacts everyone,
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whether you've been touched by it personally,
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or know somebody who's been affected,
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but no one should have to face a diagnosis of cancer alone.
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And that's why Atlantic Health System has published
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its 2017 guide to the 70 leaders in cancer care
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you need to know.
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Distributed in the latest issue
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of New Jersey Monthly Magazine,
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this guide provides a comprehensive list
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of top cancer specialists in our area,
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along with their educational backgrounds,
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and details about Atlantic Health System's
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vast network of cancer care services.
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To request a copy, visit AtlantiCast.org.
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Everyday is an opportunity to raise awareness about stroke.
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But recently, medical centers throughout
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Atlantic Health System offered important information
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and educational materials as part of World Stroke Day.
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At Overlook Medical Center, free blood pressure,
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cholesterol, body mass index, and glucose screenings
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were offered to dozens of people
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as part of an open house in the Bouras Auditorium.
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All of those taken together are indicators
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for risk of stroke.
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Stroke survivors shared their stories
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and guests took a tour of a giant inflatable brain.
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Ten years after its opening,
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the Emergency Services at Overlook - Union Campus
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is better than ever.
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Union County dignitaries joined
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Overlook Medical Center president, Al Lieber,
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and other officials for an anniversary celebration recently.
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The 24-bed, nationally-recognized,
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full-service emergency department,
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is a satellite of Overlook Medical Center,
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and not only delivers emergency services to the community,
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but throughout the decade has added other medical services
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throughout the facility.
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Happy 10th birthday to the Union Campus,
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and here's to the next ten great years.
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And finally, we'd like to recognize another special moment
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here at Atlantic Health System.
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Last month, Atlantic Health System unveiled its newest
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Moment That Matters television commercial,
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featuring Megan, a world-class opera singer,
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who nearly saw the curtain drop on her career
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after she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer.
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After surgery was performed by Dr. Eric Whitman
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at the Carol G. Simon Cancer Center
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at Morristown Medical Center,
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Megan was able to return to performing,
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and is now getting her master's degree.
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You can see Megan's commercial with a special,
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behind-the-scenes interview and hear her wonderful voice
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by going to AtlantiCast.org.
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As we go to a quick break,
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here's a look at some of the events coming your way.
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But first, the cameras were out,
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and everyone was dressed to the nines
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for this year's Chilton gala.
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Take a look at some the night's action as we go to a break.
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We'll be right back.
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