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U.Va. nursing school dean elected International Council of Nurses president
University of Virginia School of Nursing Dean Pamela Cipriano was elected as the 29th president of the International Council of Nurses at the group’s Council of National Nursing Association Representatives on Oct. 6. Cipriano, who is also the U.Va. Sadie Health Cabaniss Professor of Nursing, was president of the American N[...]
Sentara Healthcare names president of Suffolk hospital
David J. Masterson will become president of Sentara Obici Hospital in Suffolk on Nov. 8, Sentara Healthcare announced Wednesday. “I’m looking forward to being part of the community in Suffolk and Western Tidewater,” Masterson said in a statement. “It’s a fast-growing region and I want to help ensure that Sentar[...]
Inova receives $1M gift to endow tumor board directorship
Inova Health System has received a $1 million gift from Apex Systems co-founder Win Sheridan to endow the directorship of the Inova Molecular Tumor Board at Inova Schar Cancer Institute, the Falls Church-based health system announced last week. Dr. Timothy Cannon will be the board’s inaugural Sheridan director. He is also the co-director of the […]
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 relo[...]
Measured steps
Although Hampton Roads health care systems conducted some significant business over the past year, the biggest news was a deal that didn’t happen. Norfolk-based Sentara Healthcare‘s plan to merge with North Carolina-based Cone Health, which was announced in August 2020 and would have created a 17-hospital system with[...]
Governor: Staff shortages becoming dire in Va. hospitals
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said that hospital workers in the state are “losing their patience” and that medical facilities will not be able to handle all patients with COVID-19 or other ailments if hospitals are understaffed beyond where they are now. “They need our help,” he said Monday at a news confer[...]
Va. rolls out digital proof for vaccinations
The Virginia Department of Health has started adding scannable QR codes to COVID-19 vaccination records, digitizing the proof-of-vaccination process, the state announced Thursday. VDH said QR codes available now cannot be altered or forged, and health information is available from the codes only if and when a person chooses to s[...]
U.Va. Cancer Center earns highest level in National Cancer Institute designations
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) at the National Institutes of Health awarded the University of Virginia Cancer Center a Comprehensive Cancer Center designation that will be effective Feb. 1, 2022, making it the 52nd program in the nation to currently hold the designation and the only one in Virginia. “This achievement is exemplary of the […]
UVA Health hires talent acquisition/retention senior director
UVA Health has hired Charles Bodden as its first senior director for talent acquisition and retention, the Charlottesville-based university health system announced Thursday. Bodden starts his new post on Sept. 27. His initial priorities will include establishing a formal strategy for diversity and inclusion recruitment. “U[...]
VCU Medical Center names new president
Michael Roussos will be the next president of Richmond’s VCU Medical Center, starting in December, VCU Health System announced Wednesday. Roussos was previously the lead administrator for University Hospital in San Antonio, where he led the hospital’s COVID-19 response. Roussos also aided in the hospital’s tran[...]
Spok reviewing options for potential sale of company
Arlington-based health care communications tech company Spok Holdings Inc. announced Friday that it is conducting a strategic review of its options, which may include selling the publicly traded company. California-based Acacia Research Corp. and its partner, New York-based Starboard Value LP, publicly expressed interest in acquiring Spok and have accumulated more than 5% of Spok’s […][...]
Valley Health tells workers to get vaccinated
Nicole Clark wants the nurses she supervises to do everything they can to keep themselves, their patients and co-workers safe from COVID-19. That means wearing personal protective equipment, social distancing, frequent hand washing — and getting vaccinated against the disease. Valley Health, a nonprofit health system that incl[...]
