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Gov. Bob McDonnell sent a letter on Thursday to President Barak Obama and leaders in the Congress calling upon them to repeal provisions in the federal healthcare stimulus program that require states to maintain Medicaid eligibility levels at previous rates. The Maintenance of Eligibility provisions restrict Virginia and other states from reducing the number of…
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May is National Stroke Awareness Month, a time of the year when we reflect on the progress we’ve made in stroke prevention and recovery, and look for ways to continue improving stroke response in the future. Every 40 seconds, someone in the U.S. experiences a stroke, which is the third-leading cause of death in the…
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RMH officials announced today that the RMH Healthcare merger with Sentara Healthcare is finalized and the official closing date for the transaction is expected to be around May 1. “Routine filings need to take place, and we expect these to be completed around May 1,” said Jim Krauss, president of RMH Healthcare. “Then RMH will…
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For the second year, Augusta Health has been recognized as the only hospital in Virginia to be named a Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence by HealthGrades and also to receive the HealthGrades Patient Safety Excellence Award. Augusta Health placed among the top 5% of hospitals nationwide for clinical performance—only 268 hospitals of the nearly 5,000…
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It is safe to say that all of us will be patients at some time in our lives. It can be difficult to make health care decisions for yourself in the best of circumstances. If you are sick and unable to make and express your own health care decisions, your loved ones must step in…
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VHA, a nationwide cooperative of community hospitals, has recognized RMH Healthcare as a leader in preventing central line-associated bloodstream infections and has highlighted RMH’s clinical practices on its website as a Leading Practice Blueprint. “This is of huge significance for our organization,” said Becky Brubaker, RMH infection prevention and control preventionist. “It shows that we…
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Augusta Health has been recognized by the Healthcare Information Systems Society for a notable achievement—reaching the seventh of eight stages to complete implementation of an electronic medical record. “This is a significant achievement because, as of the end of 2010, only 3.2 percent of hospitals in the United States have achieved this level. That translates…
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Expectant moms will have a new option in prenatal care thanks to a grant awarded to Augusta Health Care for Women by the Piedmont/Shenandoah Valley Division of the March of Dimes. The grant of over $40,000 will be used to initiate and support a Centering Pregnancy® Program at AHCFW. This grant is one of many…
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Augusta Health was today named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® by Thomson Reuters, a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of healthcare. The 100 hospitals on the list demonstrate high-quality patient outcomes while improving efficiency. The objective, independent research evaluated nearly 3000 hospitals on measures of overall…
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RMH will offer free health screenings including cholesterol, glucose, skin cancer and blood pressure, along with colon cancer risk assessments, 9 a.m.-1p.m. March 26 in the RMH Outpatient Center on the RMH Healthcare campus. Guests also will have the opportunity to tour the moderate sedation unit, where endoscopies, colonoscopies and pain management techniques are performed,…
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