Remote cameras to provide 24/7 observation of at-risk patients at Sentara hospitals
Cameras on wheels will be deployed in Sentara Healthcare’s 12 hospitals and provide 24-hour monitoring of at-risk patients.
Cameras on wheels will be deployed in Sentara Healthcare’s 12 hospitals and provide 24-hour monitoring of at-risk patients.
As part of the fall 2022 grant cycle, Sentara awarded 12 local community partners with $518,000 in funding.

With respiratory illness and related hospitalizations on the rise in Virginia, getting vaccinated, taking basic health and safety steps, and seeking appropriate medical care and guidance if you become sick, are simple ways to help you and your family stay safe and healthy this holiday season.

Sentara Healthcare will host free community drive-thru flu clinics in Virginia and North Carolina on Sat., Oct. 8, 2022, from 8 a.m. to noon.
“With the onset of COVID-19, the already strained mental health system was hit by a perfect storm of personal fear and anxiety, societal and political upheaval, forced isolation, loss of life, and an economic downturn,” according to a Blue Ridge Health District 2022 Mapp2Health report.
After delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the first Sentara Primary Care in Staunton is ready.

A former registered nurse who worked in the emergency department at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville pleaded guilty Monday to fraudulently obtaining fentanyl and hydromorphone.

The Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association elected the 2022-2023 slate of officers to its Board of Directors at its annual spring meeting this week.

Michael Elliott, Pharm.D., MSHA, FACHE, has been selected as the inaugural chief operations officer of VCU Health System, effective May 15.

Afton resident Kenneth R. White, PhD, APRN, FACHE, FAAN, has been appointed Dean of the School of Nursing at MGH Institute of Health Professions in Charlestown.
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