Star’s trek: Company’s troubles don’t scare away big investors
Star Scientific retains them despite losses, lawsuits and CEO’s gifts to governor’s family.
Bath Community Hospital begins $14 million expansion/renovation
Project will include helipad and larger emergency center.
Hospital-based rehab center may the first of many
Sentara Specialty Rehabilitation Center opens in Suffolk.
HCA announces schedule for new NOVA hospital.
StoneSprings Hospital Center will break ground this fall.
VCU plans to build freestanding children’s hospital
Facility would have its own management and board.
Cupron gets EPA approval for fungus-fighting claim
Its copper-enhanced material, already used in military socks, can stop athlete’s foot.
Website launches to promote health-care innovation
Virginia Health Innovation Network (www.InnovateVirginia.org) was created by the Virginia Center for Health Innovation to promote development of strategies addressing health-care quality and costs.
Innovative health-care efforts recognized
Virginia Healthcare Innovator Award winners cited for wellness program, imaging device and new approaches to care.
New CEO named at John Randolph Medical Center
Suzanne Beauvoir Jackson has led Dominion Hospital in Falls Church for six years.
U.Va. Health System part of team to expand international telemedicine program
Group will expand telemedicine into rural areas of India and the Philippines.
Riverside Health System and Aetna form accountable care organization alliance
Deal is Aetna’s third ACO in Virginia.
Star Scientific reports wider quarterly loss, new lawsuit
Glen Allen-based company had a loss of $8.2 million, or 5 cents per diluted share, in the first quarter.