Cios Spin Imaging Equipment Enhances Early Detection of Lung Cancer
Thanks to support from Hoag Innovators, a group of philanthropists catalyzing health care innovation at Hoag, the lung cancer team at the Hoag Family Cancer Institute is utilizing realtime 3D imaging technology to diagnose lung cancer earlier, more accurately, and less invasively. Employed during robotic-assisted bronchoscopies, the mobile C-arm Cios Spin overcomes limitations of traditional approaches to lung cancer diagnosis and provides a 90% or higher accuracy rate with complication rates below 2% and a significantly more comfortable patient experience.
Hoag Health Center Dove Canyon Opens
Hoag celebrated the opening of its newest health center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony followed by a grand opening community event. Hoag Health Center Dove Canyon opened on August 30 and brings Hoag’s urgent care and family medicine services through Hoag Medical Group to individuals who live and work in Dove Canyon, Trabuco Canyon, and the surrounding areas. This expansion is part of Hoag’s commitment to provide the highest-quality health care to more communities throughout Orange County.
Hoag Compass Digital App Offers Personalized Care Wherever You Are
Combining the convenience of telehealth with the dedicated doctor relationship and care coordination of concierge-style medicine, Hoag Compass offers patients the support they need to maintain their health and prevent disease without disrupting their schedule. Patients with the Hoag Compass monthly subscription receive same-day and next-day appointment availability with their physician, digital access to a support care team to answer questions, and, coming soon, direct connection to an on-demand nurse practitioner. Visit hoagcompass.com to learn more.
Orange County Business Journal’s Innovator of the Year Awards Recognize Two Hoag Leaders
Robert Brunswick, co-founder of Hoag Innovators and chair-elect of the Hoag Hospital Board of Directors, was named an Innovator of the Year by the Orange County Business Journal for founding Hoag Innovators, a group of philanthropists, entrepreneurs, and community influencers acting together to invest in cutting-edge developments in technology, research, and patient care at Hoag. To date, Hoag Innovators has raised more than $22.5 million. A recipient of Hoag Innovators funding, Dr. Steven Wang, medical director of dermatologic oncology at the Hoag Family Cancer Institute and renowned melanoma researcher, was also a nominee for the prestigious OCBJ award.
Integrative Medicine Pilot Offers Expanded Wellness & Pain Management Options
Hoag’s Digestive Health Institute is leading a transformation in whole-person health care with a new evidence-based, integrative wellness pilot program. Led by Elizabeth Raskin, MD, surgical director of the Margolis Family Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program and a fellowship-trained integrative medicine specialist, the program will serve digestive health patients with a variety of chronic and complex diseases and conditions. The program will aim to lower stress, improve quality of life, and decrease the use of pain medications through nutrition education, mental health counseling, and wellness alternatives, including acupuncture, aromatherapy, and meditation.
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