business leader, hospital administra-
tor and community member. Under
his tenure, Gritman signi cantly
increased outpatient services to bet-
ter help Latah County residents, ex-
panded rural clinics, attained Critical
Access Hospital status and completed
a 52,000-square-foot expansion. Je
successfully led Gritman through a
crucial phase of its evolution from
a rural hospital to a modern medi-
cal center, earning the admiration of
many in Latah County and beyond.
For more information on the Je
Martin Memorial Garden, including
projected completion date and con-
struction photos, please visit
gritman.org/memorial
.
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large technology ad-
ditions have signi cantly expanded
Gritman Medical Center’s imaging
capabilities, furthering its status as a
leader in imaging.
is summer, Gritman began
using both a SPY Elite Perfusion
Assessment System and a Toshiba
Aquilion 64-detector/128-slice
computed tomography (CT) scan-
ner. In May, Gritman opened the
rst 3-D mammography scanner in
the region, which provides better
tumor detection than traditional
2-D scanners.
e machines add to Gritman’s
continuum of care, from improved
detection to improved surgical and
postoperative treatment.
e SPY Elite is used primarily in
breast and reconstructive surgery.
It allows surgeons to more precisely
remove tissue at risk of infection
and spare healthy tissue. e nearest
hospitals with this technology are in
Boise and Seattle.
“ e SPY Elite better enables
Gritman surgeons to perform mas-
tectomy and breast reconstruction
in one operation, instead of two or
more operations,” said Randy Bibe,
Director of Surgery at Gritman.
e CT scanner’s sharp images
enable doctors to spot very small
tumors in their earliest stages.
“Imaging is at the forefront of high
technology in medicine, and that is
the direction Gritman has chosen to
go with these and other investments,”
said Scott Nelson, Gritman Director
of Diagnostic Imaging.
Nelson will be working closely
with cardiologist Michael Williams,
MD, of Heart Clinics Northwest,
to use the CT scanner to improve
diagnosis of heart disease. For
example, the CT scanner can take
detailed images of a beating heart,
allowing doctors to better detect
deposits of fat and calcium in coro-
nary arteries. ese plaque deposits
may block the arteries and cause
chest pain, shortness of breath and
heart attacks.
N E W M A C H I N E S A D D T O C O N T I N U U M O F C A R E
Technology advances
Gritman’s imaging capabilities
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