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Sentara patients join the American Heart Association’s 2024 Heart Walk
Teams of Sentara employees are also collecting donations to fight heart disease and stroke.Sentara apprenticeship program addresses nationwide respiratory therapy shortage
The apprenticeship allows students enrolled in the two-year respiratory therapy program at Tidewater Community College to become full-time employees while Sentara covers $18,000 worth of tuition, books, scrubs, and certification.Sentara brings ground-breaking ovarian cancer treatment to Hampton Roads
HIPEC therapy involves surgeons removing cancerous tumors, then filling the abdominal cavity with a heated chemotherapy solution to kill any remaining cancer cells.Sentara partners with Hampton and Harrisonburg school systems to launch school-based telehealth clinics
Sentara has launched an innovative school-based telehealth program, delivering acute primary care services directly to students and faculty in their schools.Sentara Medical Group to double number of advanced practice providers, increasing access
The initiative will give patients better access to primary care providers amid an ongoing national physician shortage.Embracing a holistic, human-centered approach to health care
As Sentara, we strive to create high quality, equitable, and innovative models of care delivery. That means embracing human-centered care for all.Sentara helps launch first adult sickle cell clinic in Hampton Roads
The new clinic brings specialists from general internal medicine, hospital medicine, pain management, and psychiatry under one roof to treat adults with sickle cell disease, which is one of the most common genetic disorders in the U.S.Sentara Foundation launches fundraising campaign for two additional mammography vans
The initiative will expand access to the lifesaving benefits of early breast cancer detection.Local artist dedicates mural at Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center
People entering or exiting the hospital through are now surrounded by a vibrant mural of flowers, butterflies, and diverse faces of people giving and receiving compassionate care.Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital breaks ground on new hospital
In a major milestone for the region, Sentara broke ground on the new Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital, a state-of-the-art facility set to open in Summer 2026.Sentara hosts free community drive-thru flu clinics across Virginia and northeast North Carolina
Sentara will host multiple free drive-thru flu vaccination clinics on Saturday, Oct. 12, from 8 a.m. to noon across Virginia and northeast North Carolina.Sentara decreases mortality rate for sepsis by 37%
Sentara’s clinicians introduced new protocols to detect and treat sepsis, the body's extreme and potentially deadly response to an infection entering the bloodstream.VB Strong Center to continue providing services through September 2024
After multiple extensions beyond its original 27-month mandate, the Center will have offered services for almost five years.Eight Sentara hospitals receive highest rating for heart attack care
Sentara treats about 1,400 heart attacks each year. Eight of our twelve hospitals received the chest pain accreditation.A pocket-sized revolution: New clinical smartphones reduce staff workload and improve patient care
Technology aims to reduce hospital length of stay, improve admission time to the emergency department, and speed up nurse response time.Sentara launches on-demand virtual care service with minimal wait times
Sentara virtual care usage has grown by more than 300% post-pandemic and Sentara is responding by increasing services.Sentara celebrates local centenarian’s health journey to 106th birthday
Dorothy “Dottie” Southall was born in 1918, two years before women gained the right to vote and two months before the end of World War I.Sentara recognized as one of America’s Best-In-State Employers by Forbes in 2024
Sentara ranked 32 out of 90 Virginia employers on the list and is the second-ranked healthcare employer.Physician Assistants return home to care for community at Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital
After leaving the area to earn their physician assistant degrees, Kassidy and Chandler chose to return home to care for their community at Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital.Sentara and Brock Virginia Health Sciences at ODU to establish cardiac fellowship program
The Kaufman Foundation's gift includes an annual donation of $200,000 until funding of a $5 million gift endowment.
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