Burke Rehabilitation in White Plains held a ribbon-cutting on June 17 to inaugurate its new CT Scanner Suite, for which state funding of $1 million was provided. Burke says that the on-site CT scanner will strengthen the organization’s ability to diagnose and treat patients’ illnesses and injuries, save time, improve outcomes and create a more seamless patient care experience without having to refer patients to another facility for imaging. The equipment produces digital images that can be read quickly, easily transmitted and shared by medical personnel.
The new CT Scanner Suite equipped with a modern 128-slice scanning machine was made possible through $1 million in state capital funding, including: $500,000 secured by State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins; $250,000 secured by State Sen. Shelley Mayer; and $250,000 secured by Assemblywoman Amy Paulin. The funding is part of New York’s Community Resiliency, Economic Sustainability and Technology Program.
Scott Edelman, executive director of Burke Rehabilitation said, “This investment allows our care teams to faster diagnose brain injuries on-site without patients leaving our intensive inpatient rehabilitation environment, thus further improving patient experience and clinical outcomes.”
According to Stewart-Cousins, “The opening marks an exciting advancement in the ability to diagnose and treat patients recovering from traumatic illnesses and injuries at Burke. This is exactly the kind of targeted investment we should be making to ensure enhanced access to world-class rehabilitative care right here in Westchester.”
The 2,600-square-feet imaging suite was designed by Lothrop Associates and constructed by MACC Contracting. Burke anticipates that the suite will serve up to 350 hospital patients per year, including those suspected of having complications such as a second stroke or brain bleed.
Because the scanner captures 128-slices or cross-sections in a single rotation, it can operate quickly while making very detailed images. Because it also operates faster than older scanners, it allows less radiation exposure for the patient. The new suite also will expand Burke’s services by offering outpatient CT and X-ray imaging, accommodating up to 5,000 radiology appointments per year.
