Updated on Jan 26, 2017 | Community
A collaborative team, from left: Sudipto Srivastava, MBA, Senior Director, Information Technology; Dana Lewis, Director, Information Technology; Bruce Darrow, MD, PhD; Sandra Myerson, MBA, MS, RN; Samantha Violante, Senior Project Manager, Icahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology; and John Davey, Executive Director, Digital Marketing, Mount Sinai Health System.
The Mount Sinai Health System recently launched an Android version of its mobile app for patients, MountSinaiNY. The app is a one-touch patient experience, featuring information and links that make it easier to access and use health services.
“Research shows that when patients can see their health information, they take greater ownership of their wellness and are more prepared to interact with their providers,” says Sandra Myerson, MBA, MS, RN, Senior Vice President and Chief Patient Experience Officer, Joseph F. Cullman Jr. Institute for Patient Experience, Mount Sinai Health System.
The MountSinaiNY app was developed by the departments of Information Technology (eHealth and Epic teams), Marketing, and Finance in partnership with LifeMap Solutions. It was first released in the Apple App Store in June.
Since the Android update in November, it is also available in the Google Play store. “Now pretty much anyone with a smartphone can use our app,” says Dana Lewis, a Director on the eHealth team who led the project.
Through the app, which has received more than 2,200 downloads so far, users can book appointments, pay bills, request prescription refills, access their medical records, read a live blog, and look up general information about Mount Sinai facilities. The team envisions several possible updates for the future, including a “wayfinding” map feature, information on clinical trials, and options for patients to have “telemedicine” video calls.
“Patients visiting Mount Sinai want access to familiar technology that simplifies their experience,” says Bruce Darrow, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Information Officer, Mount Sinai Health System. “Offering our app on Android devices is the next step in helping our patients use the power of their mobile devices to improve their care.”
For questions or suggestions on the app, email mountsinainy@mountsinai.org.
Dec 12, 2016 | Community
From left: Richard Martin, MD, Chair, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health; Michael Salem, MD; Charles A. Powell, MD, Janice and Coleman Rabin Professor of Pulmonary Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Chief Executive Officer of the Respiratory Institute; Dennis S. Charney, MD; and Barbara Murphy, MD.
The Mount Sinai-National Jewish Health Respiratory Institute recently opened a newly renovated, state of-the-art practice on the Upper East Side. The location, at 10 East 102nd Street, features updated exam rooms, waiting areas and consultation offices, and suites equipped to diagnose and treat respiratory diseases.
“This is a symbolic event today,” Dennis S. Charney, MD, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean of the Icahn School of Medicine, and President for Academic Affairs for the Mount Sinai Health System, said at the ribbon-cutting. “It emphasizes the incredible, terrific collaborations ongoing between the scientists and clinicians at Mount Sinai and National Jewish Health.”
In December 2013, the Mount Sinai Health System entered a partnership with Denver-based National Jewish Health to create an integrated program for the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory illnesses, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and interstitial lung disease. The Celebrating New Site for Respiratory Institute partnership has proved successful, with the Mount Sinai pulmonary division ranked in the Top 50 by U.S. News & World Report and the Respiratory Institute on track to receive 20,000 patients in 2016. Before the new site opened, patients were seen in two temporary locations on the Upper East Side.
Michael Salem, MD, President and CEO of National Jewish Health, has a “great belief ” in the Institute’s potential. “The Icahn School of Medicine has the same values and a kinship with National Jewish Health in terms of providing a differentiated experience for patients, going after cures for difficult respiratory diseases, and educating the next generation of doctors and scientists,” Dr. Salem said.
In its outpatient programs, the Respiratory Institute utilizes an interdisciplinary approach developed by National Jewish Health. Pulmonologists collaborate with specialists in disciplines including cardiology, allergy, gastroenterology, rheumatology, ENT, and thoracic surgery, to provide team-based, patient-centered care. The Institute also draws on Mount Sinai’s programs in personalized medicine, genomics, and data-driven clinical protocols to enhance the quality and outcomes of care.
“As we move from fee-for-service to quality-based care, it is important that we see patients in their entirety and that we unite in caring for those patients,” said Barbara Murphy, MD, Murray M. Rosenberg Professor of Medicine, Health System Chair, Department of Medicine, and Dean for Clinical Integration and Population Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. “We see this practice as an excellent model of comprehensive, collaborative care that will help the Mount Sinai Health System achieve the critical objective of advancing care and patient satisfaction while reducing the cost of health care.”
Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Community, Inside, Patient Stories
Three “generations” of mentors for Woman to Woman, a group that supports women with gynecologic cancer: from left, Robin Findling, Myrtice Wooten, and Tricia Clarke.
It was something of a family reunion when cancer survivors met on a recent Saturday at the 92nd Street Y—if a family can consist of 100 women from just about every generation and culture. What they had in common was Woman to Woman, a peer-to-peer program founded at Mount Sinai by Valerie Goldfein, an ovarian cancer survivor, that provides emotional support, mentoring, and financial aid to women in treatment for gynecologic cancer. (more…)
Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Community, Inside
Julius H. Jacobson II, MD, left, with Michael L. Marin, MD
Mount Sinai surgeons, staff, and guests recently celebrated the opening of one of New York State’s first Aortic Disease Centers, which was established through the generous support of Julius H. Jacobson II, MD, Director Emeritus of Vascular Surgery and Distinguished Service Professor of Surgery at Mount Sinai, and his wife, Joan Jacobson. The Julius and Joan Jacobson Aortic Disease Center will be devoted to improving overall patient care and education, and advancing research and treatment efforts, including preventive strategies, for aortic aneurysms and other diseases of the aorta. Mount Sinai has long been a leader in developing new techniques and minimally invasive treatments for the repair of aortic aneurysms, which alone claim the lives of nearly 20,000 Americans each year. (more…)
Nov 23, 2016 | Community
Participating in the blood drive were, from left: Marc Napp, MD, Chief Medical Affairs Officer, Mount Sinai Health System; Jeffrey Farber, MD, MBA, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Population Health, Mount Sinai Health System; and Judith A. Aberg, MD.
Mount Sinai hosted a blood drive on Monday, October 17, in memory of the renowned hematologist Janet Cuttner, MD, a beloved faculty member at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai for more than 50 years who passed away in August. The drive, which took place in the Annenberg Building lobby, received donations from 136 staff and visitors, surpassing its goal of 100. “Mount Sinai Hospital uses 28,000 units of red cells annually and efforts like this help to ensure that there is an adequate blood supply in New York,” says Jeffrey S. Jhang, MD, Director, Blood Bank and Transfusion Services, The Mount Sinai Hospital, who co-chaired the event with Judith A. Aberg, MD, Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases. “I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to every individual for donating their blood, a precious gift of life,” Dr. Aberg says.
Nov 23, 2016 | Community, Inside
Patient Deborah Reid is delighted by a porcupine.
The Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Center hosted its first “Wild for Wildlife” event on Saturday, September 24, at Central Park’s East Meadow. The event brought together traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients, stroke survivors, and individuals with spinal cord injury for a meet-and-greet with exotic animals. The one-hour outing was made possible by the Bridges for Brain Injury’s Wildlife Defenders Program, an education outreach and TBI support group. With the help of veterinary technicians, the Defenders delighted a group of therapists, physicians, and patients and their family members, with a presentation that featured a kangaroo, an armadillo, an alligator, a snapping turtle, a fox, and the group’s signature animal, a porcupine. Later, the Defenders—a group of TBI survivors who have been trained in the care of native and exotic animals—received a tour of the Mount Sinai rehabilitation facilities, greeting more patients and staff. The event was organized by Clarisse Quirit, CTRS, Recreational Therapist, and Laura Simpson, Recreational Therapy Intern.
