Distinctly Montana Magazine

33 w w w. d i s t i n c t l y m o n t a n a . c o m 2019 A newly expanded Emergency Department helps Benefis respond to crisis with a new level of flexibility and technology, which proves vital during the brewing COVID-19 pandemic. 2022 A new virtual reality system helps physical therapy patients reach their recovery goals. 2022 Benefis becomes the first in Montana to offer ROSA-assisted total knee surgery, setting a new bar in joint revision and replacement surgeries for speedier recoveries and better-performing joints. 2023 Benefis becomes the first place in the world to install the Artis Icono ceiling imaging system. With artificial intelligence ensuring positioning to submillimeter accuracy, the imaging system processes 300 million data points to generate an incredible X-ray view into a patient for resolution of clogged arteries, heart valve replacement and other structural heart programs, potential stroke treatment, pacemaker installation, foot circulation problems, and many more interventional procedures from head to toe. It's safer and faster for patients. Coming up in 2024 A larger, more powerful Mercy Flight helicopter will help us get to patients across the region. The Helena Specialty Center will provide outpatient surgeries, oncology care, and clinical provider visits beginning spring 2024. Benefis will connect across the health system and the country as we begin using Epic electronic medical record software. A new endoscopy lab opening December 2024 on East Campus will offer more space, more privacy, and more availability. A tradition of advanced care. Learn more at Benefis.org 2023 A new hybrid cath lab, which can convert instantly into an operating room should a patient suddenly need to switch to an open surgery, debuts. That is crucial time saved when someone's life is on the line. Benefis also simultaneously upgrades the cath lab sister suite and two interventional radiology suites. 2022 The first transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures at Benefis see patients dramatically impacted for the better by this alternative to open-heart surgery. 2021 New MRIs, all with artificial intelligence, make for quicker and clearer scans. Patients appreciate the speed and also that the MRIs are wide bore so they have more space inside.

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