
Virginia recognized as a top state for patient safety in hospitals
Virginia hospitals are again being recognized as top performers in a national ranking that focuses on health care quality and patient safety performance.

Virginia hospitals are again being recognized as top performers in a national ranking that focuses on health care quality and patient safety performance.

As Virginia’s vaccine rollout spreads into the Shenandoah Valley, Eastern Mennonite University students are participating at both ends of the needle: both giving and getting the shot.

Remote Area Medical, a major nonprofit provider of pop-up clinics delivering free, quality, dental, vision and medical care to underserved and uninsured individuals, will return to Harrisonburg this weekend.

Legislation introduced in the Senate this week aims to fix a flawed formula that results in disproportionately low Medicare payments for hospitals in rural and low-wage areas.

Linda Hirw is a hunter. Not for clothing sales or supermarket deals. And not for ghosts. Hirw is a COVID-19 vaccine hunter.

COVID-19 hospitalizations are at a three-month low in Virginia. Local hospital census continues to look good as we head into the month of March.

COVID-19 hospitalizations are falling statewide and nationally. Our local hospitals are continuing to hold up well as we head into the final week of the month of February.

COVID-19 hospitalizations are falling statewide and nationally. Our local hospitals are continuing to hold up well as we head to the second half of the month of February.

COVID-19 hospitalizations are trending sharply downward statewide and nationally. How are our local hospitals holding up as we enter February?

Sentara RMH is prioritizing patients who use its doctors as primary care providers over patients who don’t in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
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