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Miami, FL – Jackson Health System teamed up with Miami-Dade County to kick off National Breast Cancer Awareness Month by unveiling Jackson’s new, digital Mobile Mammogram Unit to the community. The mobile unit brings state-of-the-art breast imaging capabilities to the most underserved communities, as well as workplaces and events throughout Miami-Dade County.
“We’re bringing the best equipment to the people and places where it’s needed most,” said Carlos A. Migoya, president and CEO of Jackson Health System. “It is another tool that helps us make Miami-Dade County a healthier, happier and better place to live.”
Jackson’s digital Mobile Mammogram Unit – the only one of its kind in Miami-Dade County – was on display Tuesday at the Stephen P. Clark Center, along with a pink Miami-Dade Police Department vehicle, a pink Public Works and Waste Management garbage truck, and a pink Transit Metrobus. Migoya was joined by Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez, members of the Board of County Commissioners, Jackson Health System breast health physicians and staff, breast cancer survivors and activists to take part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new mobile unit. The unit also visited Jackson North Medical Center and Jackson South Community Hospital.
The mobile unit, operated by the Taylor Breast Health Center/Roberta Orlen Chaplin Digital Breast Imaging Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital, offers the latest technology in mammography. Images are acquired digitally and displayed immediately on the system monitor, providing a clearer view that is easier to read for physicians. The digital equipment also cuts down on the time it takes per mammogram, making the system more efficient by providing 30 to 35 patients with a mammogram in an 8-hour period, compared to a maximum of 23 patients in the same time using the outdated analog system. In addition to improving quality of care and decreasing delays in diagnosis by lowering call back rates, the mobile unit will ultimately improve early detection of breast cancer by improving treatment outcomes.
Jackson Memorial Foundation received a $165,000 grant from Health Foundation of South Florida, on behalf of the Taylor Breast Health Center/Roberta Orlen Chaplin Digital Breast Imaging Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital. The grant, through Project I.S.I.S. (Improved Services – Improved Success), provided partial funding of the project to reinvent Jackson’s mobile mammography program by replacing the health system’s outdated van with a new, modernized digital unit.
The mobile unit provides on-site services at local primary care providers, corporate wellness events and community health fairs. For information on how to reserve the Mobile Mammogram Unit, call Marvin Cordero, Jackson community outreach liaison, at 305-585-8974 or email [email protected].
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