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09 contents ON THE COVER /////// SPRING 2017 14 24 FEATURES NEXT-GENERATION CARE FOR COMPLEX CARDIAC CONDITIONS 06 Highly trained cardiac specialists collaborate at WellSpan Health to manage valvular conditions, lower patients' risk of stroke and help them return to activities they once enjoyed. WELLSPAN PHILHAVEN EXPANDS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OUTREACH, ACCESS ACROSS THE REGION 09 Proactively responding to the limited access many patients have to behavioral health services, WellSpan Philhaven leverages regional provider partnerships and technology to ensure patients can receive care where it is needed. A MULTIPRONGED APPROACH TO CURBING THE OPIOID AND HEROIN EPIDEMIC IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA 14 By prescribing alternatives to opioids for the management of chronic pain, expanding access to overdose reversal drug Naloxone and instituting other measures, WellSpan Health is combating heroin use as well as abuse of opioids. WELLSPAN PARTNERS WITH MARYLAND PROTON TREATMENT CENTER TO EXPAND REGIONAL ONCOLOGY CARE OPTIONS 16 Precision is at the heart of proton therapy — an advanced, tissue-sparing cancer care technology made available to WellSpan Health patients through a collaboration with the Maryland Proton Treatment Center. MOVING ONCOLOGY CARE FORWARD THROUGH LEADING-EDGE RESEARCH 18 When standard cancer treatments do not provide the desired outcome, the oncology clinical research program at WellSpan Health provides additional, locally available options to patients. WELLSPAN GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY: IMPROVING OUTCOMES THROUGH ADVANCED SURGICAL APPROACHES 24 A broad spectrum of leading-edge, life-extending interventions and an experienced, multidisciplinary team of providers keep WellSpan Gynecologic Oncology at the forefront of cancer care. COORDINATED MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES FOSTERS BETTER OUTCOMES, HIGHER QUALITY OF LIFE 26 Provider education, patient engagement, interdisciplinary care and evidence-based practices come together at WellSpan Health to eˆectively address the issues people with diabetes face. DEPARTMENTS THE LINK 02 FINANCE 02 PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT 05 DATA VAULT 08 MENTAL HEALTH 12 SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION: MEN'S HEALTH 19 ORTHOPEDICS 28 PULMONOLOGY 30 BUSINESS OF MEDICINE 31