Inova Loudoun Hospital Undertakes Emergency Room Expansion Project Announces $500,000 Community Challenge

Leesburg, VA – April 23, 2015 – Inova Loudoun Hospital, recognized for providing world-class healthcare to meet the needs of our growing community, announces that it is fast-tracking a renovation and expansion of its award-winning Lansdowne Campus Emergency Room. The new facility will support the emergency medicine team and EMS transport units with a larger, more efficient design, faster connections to care for patients.

The Inova Loudoun Hospital Foundation is thrilled to announce an exciting challenge: Mike and Teresa Wheeler and Dr. Edward Puccio and his colleagues at Commonwealth Emergency Physicians have stepped forward to donate $250,000 each toward the ER project, for a total of $500,000 to support this critical initiative. They are challenging the community to contribute tax-deductible gifts up to $500,000 that they will match dollar for dollar. This million-dollar match will jumpstart the ER campaign, which has an overall fundraising goal of $1.5 million.

“The reality is most of us will need to visit the ER at some point, whether as a patient, a family member or a friend. We’ve been patients at Inova Loudoun Hospital and have total confidence in Dr. Puccio and his amazing colleagues, who provide excellent care to everyone who comes through the ER door. We are excited to join with them to challenge the community,” said Teresa Wheeler.

The new ER will increase the number of patient rooms, connecting the Adult and Pediatric Emergency Rooms while optimizing workflow to streamline emergency and critical care when every second counts. Triage will also be faster incorporating a new fast track suite; bedside registration and immediate bedding to convert wait time into diagnostic and treatment time. These enhancements will allow patients to receive care more quickly and spend less time in the ER.

“We are excited about this expansion project and thankful to Mike and Teresa Wheeler and Dr. Puccio and his colleagues for kicking off this campaign, and for inspiring others to join them in making a bigger, better, and faster ER a reality for our community. Our exceptional team of board-certified emergency care physicians, highly trained nurses and other skilled professionals looks forward to treating our patients in this new facility,” commented H. Patrick Walters, CEO, Inova Loudoun Hospital.

The Emergency Rooms at Inova Loudoun Hospital treat more than 68,000 patients each year—including nearly 20,000 children who visit the county’s only Children’s Emergency Room.

To learn more about the campaign or to make a gift, contact Suzy Quinn at Suzy.Quinn@Inova.org or 703.858.8803 or visit the web at inova.org/LoudounExpandsER

Media Contact: Reneé Brohard, APR, renee.brohard@inova.org

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Inova Loudoun Hospital, serving Loudoun County for over 100 years, is part of Inova, a not-for-profit healthcare system based in Northern Virginia that consists of hospitals and other health services, including emergency- and urgent-care centers, home care, nursing homes, mental health and blood donor services, and wellness classes. Governed by a voluntary board of community members, Inova’s mission is to improve the health of the diverse community it serves through excellence in patient care, education and research. Visit us on the web at www.inova.org/ilh. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/InovaLoudounHospital.