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Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children Nurse Wins Award for Extraordinary Work
Nurse Wins DAISY Award After Caring for Infant in NICU Falls Church, VA – (December 19, 2007) — This week Inova Fairfax Hospital proudly presented its first ever DAISY Award For Extraordinary Nurses to a nurse who provides outstanding care for her patients. Katie Herold, RN, a nurse who works in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)…
Read MoreInova Fairfax Hospital and George Mason University Partner to Fight Breast Cancer
$750,000 Research Study Aimed at Developing New Types of Screenings and Treatments for Breast Cancer Falls Church, VA – (December 18, 2007) – Clinicians at Inova Fairfax Hospital Cancer Center and scientists at George Mason University’s Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine (CAPMM) are partnering to take a revolutionary step forward in breast cancer research. The…
Read MoreInova Fairfax Hospital Re-Verified as Level I Trauma Center
Hospital Passes Re-Verification with Zero Deficiencies Falls Church, VA – (December 13, 2007) — Inova Fairfax Hospital has been re-verified as a Level I Trauma Center by the Virginia Department of Health. State health officials conducted a standard three-year verification review, including a site visit, and found no deficiencies. The state review team reported that the hospital…
Read MoreInova Alexandria Hospital Celebrates 135 Years of Service
Serving the Region’s Health Care Needs as the Oldest Community Hospital in Virginia ALEXANDRIA, VA – (December 6, 2007) —Inova Alexandria Hospital will celebrate 135 years of serving the health care needs of the community on Wednesday, December 12. This event will also recognize more than 100 employees that have worked at the hospital for 25 years…
Read MoreInova Fairfax Hospital Receives Medal of Honor for High Organ Donation Rates
Hospital Achieves Donation Rate of 75 Percent, Contributes to National Increase In Organ Transplants Falls Church, VA – (November 29, 2007) — For the second year in a row, Inova Fairfax Hospital has been awarded the Medal of Honor for Organ Donation by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The award is given to…
Read MoreInova Fairfax Hospital Recognized Nationally for Excellence in Critical Care
Falls Church, VA – (November 26, 2007) — The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), the largest specialty nursing organization in the world, has recognized two critical care units at Inova Fairfax Hospital for providing excellent care. The Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit and the Trauma Intensive Care Unit have each won the prestigious Beacon Award for Critical…
Read MoreInova Survey Finds One-Fourth of Northern Virginia Children Obese, Overweight
Groups Recommend More Exercise, Less Screen Time Falls Church, Virginia – (November 14, 2007) – More than one in four children and nearly half of all parents in Northern Virginia are either overweight or obese, according to results from a new survey sponsored by Inova Health System. The survey, supported by a partnership of health care providers,…
Read MoreInova Fairfax Hospital Women’s Center Welcomes Olympic Gold Medalist Bonnie Blai
Blair to Speak About Incontinence, Affecting Half of Women Over 65 Falls Church, VA – (November 7, 2007) — Five-time Olympic gold medalist Bonnie Blair will speak at a breakfast event at Inova Fairfax Hospital on Nov. 14 to generate awareness about Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI) and the various treatment options. This mother of two, better known…
Read MoreInova Fairfax Hospital Performs 30,000 Heart Surgeries in 30 Years
Manassas Man Becomes 30,000th Heart Surgery Patient Falls Church, VA – (October 31, 2007) — This month cardiac surgeons at the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, located on the campus of Inova Fairfax Hospital, performed the 30,000th heart surgery in Inova’s history. On Tuesday, Oct. 16, a 67-year-old Manassas man received a coronary artery bypass grafting, a…
Read MoreInova Fairfax Hospital for Children Welcomes March of Dimes ‘Every Baby Story Tour’
Hospital is the First Stop of National Bus Tour Falls Church, VA – (October 16, 2007) — Come and share your special baby stories with the March of Dimes Every Baby Story Tour,” which will stop at Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children on Thursday, Oct. 18. The tour bus will crisscross the country on a 16-city, 28-day…
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