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May 14, 2025

Henrico supervisors approve permit for St. Mary’s expansion

Bon Secours Mercy Health's planned $370 million renovation and expansion of Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital in western Henrico County advanced May 13, as the Henrico County Board of Supervisors approved a provisional use permit tied to the project.

Bon Secours celebrates the opening of its 100,000 square-foot Harbour View Medical Center in Suffolk. Photo by Josh Janney
May 5, 2025

Bon Secours opens Harbour View hospital in Suffolk

Bon Secours on Tuesday will officially open its new $80 million 100,000 square-foot Harbour View Medical Center in Suffolk.

Health care systems are in their building era
Mar 31, 2025

Health care systems are in their building era

At some medical centers around Virginia, construction workers donning hard hats are nearly as prevalent this year as medical staff wearing scrubs. From smaller-scale renovations to new hospitals with billion-dollar price tags, health care systems are undertaking a wide range of projects to respond to growing (and aging) populations and expand services at hospital campuses, […]

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Mar 13, 2025

Bon Secours hires new chief clinical officer for Richmond market

Dr. David Hasleton is the new chief clinical officer for Bon Secours‘ Richmond market, the health system announced Thursday. In this role, Hasleton will oversee clinical operations, working with clinical teams, operational leaders and physicians and advanced practice clinicians. Most recently, Hasleton served as chief medical officer for Intermountain Health, a health system headquartered in[...]

Richmond Mayor Danny Avula hosts a news conference Jan. 9, 2025, to deliver updates on the city's water outage.
Jan 9, 2025

Richmond starts water testing, but city remains under boil water advisory

On Thursday, Richmond Mayor Danny Avula said that water levels have risen across the city to the point that authorities have started testing samples for contamination and most buildings in the city have at least some running water, four days after the city’s water treatment plant failed following a winter storm. A Jan. 6 power […]

American Diabetes Assoc. chair tackles disease’s workforce impact
Nov 12, 2024

American Diabetes Assoc. chair tackles disease’s workforce impact

More than 780,000 adults in Virginia have diabetes. The indirect cost from lost productivity due to the disease in 2017 in this state alone was a whopping $2.3 billion, according to the American Diabetes Association. That’s why Rhodes Ritenour, national chairman of the ADA’s board and vice president for external and regulatory affairs with Bon […]

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Sep 29, 2024

Providing hope

For cancer patients in Virginia, treatment options are growing. The state has two National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers, updated technology in clinics in Northern Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley, and soon, a larger treatment center in Roanoke. The NCI reports that Virginians had a cancer incidence rate of 411 cases per 100,000 people from […]

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Jan 9, 2024

Bon Secours VP named American Diabetes Association board chair

Rhodes B. Ritenour, Bon Secours‘ Richmond market vice president for external and regulatory affairs, is the 2024 board chair of the American Diabetes Association, the Arlington County-based nonprofit announced Thursday. A former deputy state attorney general, Ritenour has lived with type 1 diabetes since age 5 and served as chairman of the association’s board in […]

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Dec 31, 2023

Virginia 500 Spotlight: PAT DAVIS-HAGENS

WHAT’S IMPORTANT TO ME: My very first head nurse, whom I quote to this day, Mary Grace Penney, instilled in me the value of patient-centeredness and teamwork, with high levels of accountability to your team and patients. WHAT MAKES ME HAPPIEST: I love that I have been able to remain patient-focused throughout my entire career. […]

Bon Secours tops off new Suffolk hospital
Dec 18, 2023

Bon Secours tops off new Suffolk hospital

Bon Secours held a topping-out ceremony Thursday for its $80 million, 98,000-square-foot hospital, Harbour View Medical Center, in Suffolk, expected to be completed in 2025. The surgically focused hospital will have 18 medical/surgical beds and four operating rooms and serve as an extension of the services offered on the campus, which currently has an emergency […]

Brenda Woodcock. Photo courtesy Bon Secours.
Oct 9, 2023

Bon Secours taps president of Petersburg, Emporia hospitals

Brenda Woodcock assumed her new role as president of two Bon Secours hospitals in Petersburg and Emporia on Monday. She is the first female president of the of the Bon Secours Southside Medical Center and the Southern Virginia Medical Center, and succeeds John Emery, who Bon Secours named to lead Memorial Regional Medical Center in […]

Sep 29, 2023

Bon Secours, Anthem reach agreement in $93M dispute

Bon Secours announced Friday it has reached an agreement with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia, which the health system sued in August, alleging the insurer owed Bon Secours $93 million in unpaid claims. Although details were not released due to confidentiality agreements between the two parties, Bon Secours said it will drop […]

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