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Crystal Run Healthcare held an open house and ribbon-cutting Feb. 25 in its newly opened Medical Office and Urgent Care in New Windsor, located at 59 Route 32, Suite 100. This event was free and open to the public and featured free glucose screenings, blood pressure checks and flu shots. Serving the Newburgh area, Crystal Run Healthcare's newest Medical Office and Urgent Care opened its doors to the public Jan. 22. HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley is pleased to announce the launch of its mo - bile website. The new site provides easy and compre- hensive access to HealthAlliance informa- tion and key features from a smartphone or tablet. Furthermore, for those whose primary language is not English, the site offers a trans - lator to Spanish to help simplify navigation. In 2012, 67.8 percent of the language needs at HealthAlliance were for Spanish, and in 2013 the number rose to 72.7 percent. With such a significant need for Spanish communication, HealthAlliance aims to establish more effec - tive lines of communication with the Spanish- speaking community. Site visitors can easily view bill pay, wellness programs, contact information, directions to each campus, HealthAlliance's privacy policy and details about depart - ments and services, including the location where the service is available, an overview of what the service is and related services. For information not included on the mobile version, the site provides a link to the main Web page. Additionally, HealthAlliance will potentially expand the mobile site to include other languages in the future. The new HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley mobile site was made possible by funding from the HealthAlliance Foundation and the Dyson Foundation. The Breast Center at The Dyson Center for Cancer Care at Vassar Brothers Medical Center has been named a recipient of the Women's Choice Award as one of America's Best Breast Centers, acknowledging its dedication to providing exceptional patient care and treatment. Breast cancer is the second most common form of cancer among American women, according to the American Cancer Society, and one in eight women in the United States will develop invasive breast cancer during her lifetime. The Women's Choice Award signifies the Breast Center's commitment to a global mission to elevate the patient experience for women and all patients as one of America's Best Breast Centers. Crystal Run Healthcare has earned rec- ognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance for excellence in diabetes care through the Diabetes Recognition Program. By achieving recognition, Crystal Run has shown it is among an elite group of healthcare providers that have been recognized for their skill in providing the highest-level diabetes care and for their ability to exceed quality metrics in HbA1c control; blood pressure control; LDL control; eye examinations; nephropathy assessment; and smoking and tobacco use and cessation advice or treatment. Health Quest has announced it has enrolled 36 patients on the TARGIT, a breast cancer treatment trial that originally started in March 2000. Health Quest is one of only seven organizations in the United States that had offered this trial and one of only two in New York state. There are 33 centers in 11 countries — including the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany and Italy, among others — represented in the first trial, and Health Quest is now prepar - ing to participate in a two-year registry trial to study the effectiveness of this new protocol for treating patients with early- stage breast cancer. Crystal Run Healthcare, led by its Cardiology division, hosted a fundraiser to support the American Heart Association's Crystal Run Healthcare's newest Medical Office and Urgent Care, serving the Newburgh area, is at 59 Route 32, Suite 100, in New Windsor, N.Y. 12553. The Breast Center at The Dyson Center for Cancer Care at Vassar Brothers Medical Center M D N E W S . CO M ■ MD NEWS Mid Hudson | 1 7