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Bon Secours names Richmond market president
Aug 31, 2022

Bon Secours names Richmond market president

Bon Secours has named Mike Lutes as its new president for the health system‘s Richmond market, effective Oct. 10. He will oversee all Richmond market operations, according to a news release. Lutes replaces Faraaz Yousef, who left Bon Secours in April to become chief operating officer and executive vice president of Pennsylvania-based WellSpan Health. Lutes […]

Bon Secours names COO of Hampton Roads market
Jun 7, 2022

Bon Secours names COO of Hampton Roads market

Bon Secours has named Craig Schmidt chief operating officer for the health system‘s Hampton Roads market, effective Monday. He will lead the market’s operational projects within its facilities and oversee the growth in the Cincinnati, Ohio-based health system’s operations in Hampton Roads, according to a news release. He most recently served as vice president and […]

Scott Austin, nurse manager of the UVA Health COVID unit, sought wellness training for his team in 2020. Photo by Christine Kueter/U.Va. School of Nursing
May 29, 2022

Running on empty

First, doctors say they’re sorry for calling. Dr. Allison Cotton, a psychiatrist in Reno, Nevada, co-founded the national Physician Support Line in March 2020 to provide peer mental health support to physicians. She says their impulse to apologize shows the need for the service. “They’re apologizing for using a resource which is literally created for […]

Bon Secours Richmond president leaving for Pa. health system
Apr 22, 2022

Bon Secours Richmond president leaving for Pa. health system

Bon Secours Mercy Health Richmond President Faraaz Yousef will be leaving the health system to become chief operating officer and an executive vice president for Pennsylvania-based WellSpan Health. He will end his tenure at Bon Secours on April 29 and the health system is conducting a national search for his successor. “Faraaz has led the […]

Bon Secours medical center in Chesterfield County to expand
Apr 11, 2022

Bon Secours medical center in Chesterfield County to expand

Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center in Chesterfield County, near Midlothian, will undergo a $108 million renovation and expansion and Skanska USA will do the work on it. The construction will include renovations to existing spaces and adding two floors above the existing surgical department on the second floor, according to Skanska. The new third […]

Bon Secours names Richmond market chief clinical officer
Jan 25, 2022

Bon Secours names Richmond market chief clinical officer

Dr. Peter Charvat is the new chief clinical officer for the Bon Secours Richmond market, the health system announced recently. In this role, Charvat will focus on clinical practices across the Richmond market, including standardizing best practices in patient care and medicine. He will report to the former Richmond market chief clinical officer, Dr. Mark […]

Nov 10, 2021

Bon Secours acquires Richmond-based Tuckahoe Orthopaedics

Bon Secours has acquired Richmond-based Tuckahoe Orthopaedics and will operate the three-location medical practice as part of Bon Secours Medical Group, the health system announced Tuesday. Financial terms were not disclosed. The private practice has been in business for more than 40 years and has been affiliated with Bon Secours for many years. Tuckahoe Orthopaedics […]

The nursing labor shortage “is not sustainable,” says Ashley Apple, commissioner on government relations for the Virginia Nurses Association. “We have to do something, or we are going to face dire public health consequences.” Photo by Caroline Martin
Oct 28, 2021

Seeking a cure

Ashley Apple has advice for those hoping to understand the burden nurses face as COVID-19 surges once again while hospitals suffer staff shortages. “Think of the worst day you’ve ever had at work. Then add in poor staffing and multiple human deaths. Then repeat it every day for 18 months,” she says. “That’s sort of […]

Bon Secours names new Hampton Roads market president
Oct 5, 2021

Bon Secours names new Hampton Roads market president

Bon Secours has named Pat Davis-Hagens as its new Hampton Roads market president, the health system announced Tuesday. Davis-Hagens is currently the president of The Jewish Hospital – Mercy Health, in Cincinnati, Ohio, a role she has held since 2014. Bon Secours is part of the Bon Secours Mercy Health system. She will relocate to […]

Aug 29, 2021

Health care

NANCY HOWELL AGEE PRESIDENT AND CEO, CARILION CLINIC, ROANOKE Agee leads Carilion Clinic, a nonprofit integrated health system that serves more than 1 million people in Virginia and West Virginia and is the Roanoke Valley’s largest employer. Agee began her career in health care as a nurse, then moved into leadership roles at Carilion. As […]

Rhodes B. Ritenour
May 14, 2021

Lessons from COVID-19

For most of us, March 13 marked the one-year anniversary of our worlds ceasing to operate normally. We remember institutions closing, schools shuttering, and that last day in the office. These pandemic times have compelled me to reflect, learn and remember. I was making ham biscuits for Easter when I heard Merle Haggard’s song, “Are […]

Mar 15, 2021

Bon Secours plans to build emergency clinic in Chester

Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center plans to build a freestanding emergency clinic in Chester on six acres the health care system recently acquired for $1.95 million. The facility will be built at the corner of Route 1 and Moore’s Lake Road. Bon Secours purchased the property from Americana Park LLC and Trollingwood Land LLC. […]

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