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Patients, Families Find Relief Through ‘Life with Cancer’, Falls Church News-Press, January 7, 2016
Free classes ranging from zumba to knitting to writing are available in Fairfax County for adults, teens and young children who are cancer survivors, patients, family members, siblings or caregivers. Read more. TweetPinShare0 Shares
Read MoreUterine Cancer Rates on the Rise, Cancer Today, January 4, 2016
G. Larry Maxwell, a gynecologic oncologist at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Virginia, whose research includes studies on racial disparities, agrees that biology could be a factor. “The aggressive tumors seen in African-American women seem to be more resistant to chemotherapy,” says Maxwell, “and they appear to have differences in response to treatment.” He…
Read MoreHow complicated is precision medicine? Inova-GMU proteomics partnership gives us a glimpse, Washington Business Journal, December 21, 2015
When Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Inova Health System and George Mason University will partner on precision medicine, he revealed a major component of the deal would include $1 million toward a new joint center for studying proteomics. Read more. TweetPinShare0 Shares
Read MoreOpening date set for Inova’s new women and children’s hospital, Washington Business Journal, December 31, 2015
The $400 million Inova Health System Women and Children’s Hospital project is officially slotted to open in Fairfax in late January. Read more. TweetPinShare0 Shares
Read MoreInova Now Connected to Department of Defense to Share Health Records
FALLS CHURCH, VA – December 22, 2015 – Through its participation in the eHealth Exchange, a federal level health information exchange, Inova is now able to electronically exchange information with the Department of Defense. Launched in 2009, the eHealth Exchange has become a rapidly growing community of public and private organizations, representing thousands of providers and…
Read MoreAt McAuliffe’s urging, Inova and George Mason to team on personalized medicine,The Washington Post, December 22, 2015
Northern Virginia’s largest hospital system and one of its signature universities announced a strategic partnership Tuesday involving personalized medicine, considered one of the commonwealth’s most promising areas of medical research and economic growth. Read more. TweetPinShare0 Shares
Read MoreInova Dwight and Martha Schar Cancer Institute is First Cancer Center in the World to Achieve Four-year Accreditation for Radiation Oncology Services from ASTRO’s Accreditation Program for Excellence (APEx®)
FALLS CHURCH, VA – December 21, 2015—Inova Dwight and Martha Schar Cancer Institute has demonstrated compliance with the standards of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Accreditation Program for Excellence (APEx®), effective September 1, 2015, for a four-year accreditation of their radiation oncology services. They are the first Cancer Center in the world to…
Read MoreYear in Review 2015: Inova’s $180 million bet on a ‘personalized health’ campus (Video), Washington Business Journal, December 17, 2015
For months, rumors had swirled that Inova Health System planned to buy Exxon Mobil’s 117-acre campus in Merrifield. That made it no less newsworthy in February when officials finally announced they’d closed a $180 million deal to acquire the site across the street from the health system’s flagship Fairfax Hospital. Read more. TweetPinShare0 Shares
Read MoreInova Loudoun Hospital Master Plan Approved by Board of Supervisors
Leesburg, VA — December 9, 2015 — Today the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve Inova Loudoun Hospital’s Proffer Statement, “Master Plan,” for expansion at the main campus, 44045 Riverside Parkway, Lansdowne. Prior to the Board of Supervisors approval, at the November 5, 2015 Work Session, the Planning Commission voted 8-0-1 (Ryan…
Read MoreInova Loudoun Hospital’s $275 million expansion is set for final approval, Washington Business Journal, December 2, 2015
Inova Loudoun Hospital expects to receive county zoning approval Wednesday allowing it to move forward with a $275 million expansion plan, officials said this week. Read more. TweetPinShare0 Shares
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