Inova Fairfax Hospital recently announced U.S. News & World Report ranked it as 24th best facility for its gynecology department. This is the seventh consecutive year the facility has made it to the list in that particular specialty. The hospital also claimed that it was the 14th time in the past 15 years it achieved a national top hospital ranking.
U.S. News & World Report‘s 2010-11 has named Sentara Norfolk General Hospital and Sentara Heart Hospital as offering some of the United States’ best heart programs. In a recent announcement, Sentara claimed this was the 11th time it had been so recognized. The newspaper’s rankings in the heart and heart surgery category are based on death rates, patient safety, and other care factors, such as technology and patient services. Sentara also noted that it was listed as 43rd in the best hospitals category. Additionally, Sentara posts a mortality score that exceeded five of the top-ten-listed programs. Sentara stated it’s one of only two hospitals in Virginia ranked by U.S. News & World Report.
The American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Stroke Association (ASA) have given Inova Fairfax Hospital the Gold Plus Award in the category of outstanding specialized stroke treatment. Inova made the announcement earlier this month. To win the award, hospitals must have achieved a goal of treating stroke patients with 85 percent or higher compliance to core standard levels of care for 24 consecutive months.
Inova Fairfax CEO Knox Singleton recently discussed a five-year expansion that will cost more than $800 million. This exceeds a previously announced $621 million project, according to a recent article. As part of the project, Inova will renovate two existing hospital facilities, each costing $100 million.
HMC client Sentara Healthcare is wrapping up work on its new 18-bed, $22 million orthopedics facility, based in Hampton, Va. According to a recent article in the local press, this Orthopaedic Hospital at Sentara CarePlex will be the only regional facility dedicated to orthopedics. The building is currently two stories, but can expand out to three should the need arise. After it opens on July 5, it will provide orthopedic services from pre-operative care and surgery to rehabilitation and home care services.
The Joint Commission this month certified Inova Mount Vernon Hospital as a primary stroke center. It’s now one of an “elite” group of less than 20 centers in Virginia, Inova announced. Inova Alexandria, Inova Fairfax, and Inova Loudoun are already primary stroke centers. The Joint Commission handles the accreditation and certification of over 17,000 healthcare organizations and programs in the U.S.
Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center has just announced its sixth straight year without a single case of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP). This hospital-acquired infection causes death and raises the cost of care. Additionally, three other Sentara hospitals have eliminated common hospital infections in their Intensive Care Units for one year or more.
Sentara Healthcare
The long term benefits of using robotic machines in prostate surgery have yet to be proven, according to a new study conducted at the Sentara Health System/Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk. According to Reuters, for the study, researchers evaluated 785 men who underwent four types of treatment for prostate gland cancer. The procedures included both robot-assisted surgery and conventional open surgery, as well as the implanting of cancer cell- killing radioactive “seeds,” and cryotherapy.
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Mary Washington Healthcare
In September 2009, Mary Washington Hospital received the Magnet award for excellence in nursing services from the American Nurses Association. It’s one of the highest levels of recognition a hospital can achieve and demonstrates superior nursing. In fact, this award places Mary Washington Hospital in an elite group of only 15 Virginia hospitals that have attained this status.
Magnet designation is provided by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the world’s largest nurse credentialing organization and a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association (ANA). The recognition is achieved by healthcare organizations that meet designated performance benchmarks regarding the quality of nursing services they provide to patients and the caliber of their professional nursing environment. Only five percent of the nation’s hospitals have achieved Magnet status to date.
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MLive.com
GRAND RAPIDS — Do you want to track results of past cholesterol tests? Or monitor a chronic condition such as diabetes?
If your doctor is affiliated with Metro Health Hospital, the answer is a mouse click away.
The “My Chart” program, however, is just part of an integrated electronic medical record system, or EMR, that provides a database of patients’ history — linking records from doctors, the emergency room or hospital, neighborhood outpatient centers and laboratories.
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