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Reston health care tech company names CTO
Reston-based health care technology company careMESH on Thursday announced that Gustavo Bonany has been hired as chief technology officer. With more than 20 years of experience, Bonany was most recently senior vice president of research and development for health care tech company Voxiva. In his new role, he will oversee development and delivery of careMESH’s […]
Atlanta health care research company buys Falls Church tech firm
Atlanta-based health care research company DLH Holdings Corp. announced Thursday it has acquired Falls Church-based health care technology provider Irving Burton Associates (IBA). DLH is a publicly traded health care research company focused on the federal government and IBA provides health care technology to the military. IBA employs approximately 115 people and its clients include […]
VHHA partners with new Va.-based company for medical-grade masks
The Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association and its Shared Services Corp. subsidiary have partnered with a newly founded Richmond-area business to obtain domestically produced medical-grade face masks for hospitals and other health care providers in Virginia, VHHA announced Monday. Olivian’s masks are not N95 but are considered medical-grade. The announcement comes after months of con[...]
Richmond investment bank launches health care group
Richmond-based investment bank Matrix Capital Markets Group Inc. announced Wednesday it has established the Matrix Healthcare Banking Group, which will focus on health care subsectors. The industry group will be led by Amanda Verner Thompson and Vasanta B. Pundarika, who joined the firm as managing directors and co-heads of the new group. Their focus will […]
Michael Milken joins Focused Ultrasound Foundation board
Michael Milken, who was pardoned by President Donald Trump in February over felony charges for securities fraud, has joined the Charlottesville-based Focused Ultrasound Foundation’s board, the organization announced Thursday. Milken (often referred to as the “junk bond king”) is credited with being part of the development of high-yield bonds and was indicted in 1989 for […]
Va. Physicians for Women to construct HQ in Midlothian
Virginia Physicians for Women purchased four acres of land for nearly $1.5 million to construct a new headquarters building in Midlothian, commercial real estate brokerage firm NAI Dominion (an office of NAI Global) announced last week. The medical practice purchased the land for the 41,598-square-foot headquarters building from Woodlands Real Estate LLC. Virginia Physicians for […]
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NANCY HOWELL AGEE PRESIDENT AND CEO, CARILION CLINIC, ROANOKE With 13,000-plus health care employees, Carilion Clinic is the largest Roanoke Valley employer, and Agee was born to lead the health system. The Emory University and University of Virginia graduate was delivered at Roanoke Memorial, now one of Carilion’s seven hospitals. She also was a surgical […]
Northam launches primary care task force
As primary care physicians report that the pandemic has caused financial stress and layoffs at their practices, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Wednesday the creation of a primary care task force in partnership with the Virginia Center for Health Innovation (VCHI) and Secretary of Health and Human Resources Daniel Carey. During the pandemic, 40% of primary […]
U.Va. Medical Center snags No. 1 hospital rating for fifth year
University of Virginia Medical Center once again was ranked the best hospital in Virginia by U.S. News and World Report’s annual list of the best hospitals in the nation, which was released Tuesday. “It is an honor to be ranked the No. 1 hospital in Virginia for the fifth consecutive year, and I want to […]
Primary care practices must be reinvented, research paper says
Primary care practices were not prepared for the pandemic and must reinvent the ways in which they do business, according to a paper authored by several Virginia doctors published Monday in the Annals of Family Medicine. Dr. Alex Krist, a Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Population […]
Virginia Community Healthcare Association CEO stepping down
The Virginia Community Healthcare Association’s CEO, Neal Graham, is stepping down, the organization’s board announced Monday. His last day is July 31, after serving 19 years. “The past 19 years have given me the opportunity to work with some of the very best in the health center world, and I am appreciative of the experience,” […]
Bon Secours seeks to expand Suffolk hospital
Bon Secours Mercy Health announced on Monday it has filed a certificate of public need (COPN) to expand its Suffolk hospital by 67,000 square feet and add up to 36 beds. The proposed expansion stems from the increased need for inpatient beds, resulting from findings from the COVID-19 pandemic and population growth in the area. […]
