NEW HYDE PARK, NY \u2014 Long Island Jewish Medical Center (LIJ) announced the opening of a $6 million addition to its medical offerings last week, as the hospital cut the ribbon on its interventional radiology suite. <\/p>\n
The suite will serve as a new home to LIJ\u2019s 400-person oncology staff, featuring a new image-guided therapy system LIJ officials say is the best in the business. Known as the Philips Azurion 7, the new piece of machinery will enhance LIJ\u2019s interventional radiology offerings, a service hospital officials called, \u201cThe workhorse of modern healthcare.\u201d <\/p>\n
While the new equipment and space are nice, LIJ brass said the real difference will be made for patients who come through the doors with a wide array of medical concerns.<\/p>\n
\u201cLong Island Jewish Medical Center has transformed itself into one of the nation\u2019s leading cancer hospitals and this technology enhances the important work our physicians are doing,\u201d LIJ president and Northwell senior vice president Dr. Lenny Nartowicz said. \u201cThis advanced interventional radiology suite increases access to care and provides ever more precise targeting for a host of medical problems.\u201d<\/p>\n
Opening in an 1,100-square-foot space, the new cancer center\u2019s $6 million price tag included the cost of ancillary equipment, IT and extra recovery space. Also on that bill was the Azurion 7, outfitted with eight rotational axes, a touch screen and a world of new cancer conditions that LIJ will be able to treat with a lower dose of radiation. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the next generation of interventional radiology, which translates into better image quality, more precise guidance and \u2013 significantly for the patient \u2013 lower dose radiation,\u201d Dr. Ross Wank, executive vice chair of radiology in Northwell\u2019s Central Market, said. \u201cThe Azurion 7 is a game-changer in terms of improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n
While there will be differences made for patients, LIJ medical director Mathew Foley said the new space will also be a big boon for the people who work in LIJ facilities everyday. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are excited to open a new IR suite along with all of the new equipment and technology that it holds,\u201d Foley said. \u201cOur physicians and nurses deserve to work with superior equipment and our patients demand the best results.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW HYDE PARK, NY \u2014 Long Island Jewish Medical Center (LIJ) announced the opening of a $6 million…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-197628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}