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Twins born early thrive at Inova Loudoun NICU
Best Start Inova Loudoun Hospital’s NICU provides expert care for babies in a family-friendly setting For parents-to-be Yana and Glenn Harshman, the Neonatal Intensive Care Unity (NICU) at Inova Loudoun Hospital provided the best possible start for their twin babies, Isabella and Kathrin. For seven months, Yana’s pregnancy had progressed without a hitch. But at…
Read MoreLoudoun County gets its first trauma center at Inova Loudoun Hospital’s ER
Taking Emergency Care to the Next Level Trauma services are now available at Inova Loudoun Hospital In the spring of 2017, Inova Loudoun Hospital (ILH) received Level III trauma center designation, making the Inova Virts Miller Family Emergency and Trauma Center the first trauma center in Loudoun County. “Achieving trauma designation reinforces our promise to…
Read MoreInova Loudoun’s new facility dog will help minimize kids’ stress in the ER
Four-Legged Caregiving In November 2017, Inova Loudoun Hospital is pleased to welcome a new, full-time furry staff member: Jeremiah, a 2.5-year-old golden retriever and the hospital’s first full-time facility dog. During his training, Jeremiah spends his days mainly visiting patients in the Children’s Emergency Room (ER) and Pediatric Inpatient Unit. “We are so excited to have…
Read MoreInova Fairfax Hospital improves service thanks to patient feedback surveys
We care about your your feedback Hospital HCAHPS surveys lead to positive changes in patient care Patients are pleased with the care they receive at Inova Fairfax Hospital (and the other units housed on the Inova Fairfax Medical Campus like the Heart and Vascular Institute, Women’s Hospital, and Inova Children’s Hospital), according to the Hospital…
Read MorePatient with epilepsy gets life-changing treatment at Inova Fairfax Hospital
Although Leila Ait Abdedaim was diagnosed with epilepsy at age 20, she’d already had a lifetime of struggles with the condition. Her symptoms began when she was just 3 months old. In her home country of Morocco, epilepsy is often left untreated, so it wasn’t until she came to the United States that all of…
Read MoreOrdinary citizens learn to help in a mass casualty event at Inova’s “Stop the Bleed” workshops
The Other First Responders After the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012, the Hartford Consensus was formed to evaluate emergency response processes and recommend changes in how quickly victims are treated. Recommendations call on those present at the time of an event to render care to stop life-threatening blood loss until help from police…
Read MoreInova installs world’s smallest pacemaker: First in Northern Virginia
Keeping Pace A pacemaker is a small device whose main purpose is to prevent the heart from beating too slowly. Recently, electrophysiologist Aysha Arshad, MD, and a team of experts at Inova Heart and Vascular Institute (IHVI), implanted what is believed to be the world’s smallest pacemaker. Inova is the first to implant such a…
Read MoreRick Gordon Named Director of Inova Personalized Health Accelerator
Tech Entrepreneur and Business Strategist to Co-lead Accelerator with Personalized Health Focus Fairfax, VA – October 18, 2017 – The Inova Personalized Health Accelerator (IPHA) announced today that area investor and business strategist Rick Gordon has been appointed Director. He is a proven leader with more than 25 years of experience in providing organizations with strategic…
Read MoreThe Society for Women’s Health Research Elects Roberta L. Gartside, MD, as Incoming Chair of Its Board of Directors
Washington, DC —The Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) announced the unanimous election of Roberta L. Gartside, MD, as the new Chair of its Board of Directors for 2018-2019. As a business leader with a strong commitment to nonprofit service, Dr. Gartside will lead the organization’s mission-based efforts to eliminate imbalances in care for women…
Read MoreInova’s heart team gives emergency lifesaving care to a young soldier from Walter Reed
Victory on the Home Front All the way from Kosovo: A U.S. Army specialist with rapidly declining heart function due to infection was transferred via Macedonia, then Germany, then Walter Reed Medical Center, and finally to Inova to receive life-saving care. The extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine took the burden off his heart and lungs…
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