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Inova Alexandria: One of just four U.S. hospitals with Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center Certification
Certified hospitals must meet identified standards for surgical removal of blood clots in patients suffering a large vessel occlusive ischemic stroke Large Ischemic Strokes don’t stand a chance at Inova Alexandria Hospital. A newly awarded certification marks Inova Alexandria as a leader in mechanical endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) and early detection and treatment of large ischemic…
Read MoreInova Alexandria Hospital Receives Disability Awareness Award from Alexandria Chamber of Commerce
Hospital Honored for its Project Search Program to Provide On-the-Job Training Alexandria, VA – June 26, 2018 – Inova Alexandria Hospital recently received The Hiring Award from the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce and the Alexandria Commission on Persons with Disabilities. The award recognizes the hospital’s Project Search program, a community-minded initiative that helps students with…
Read MoreOpioid reduction success at Inova Alexandria Hospital
Prescription for Safety Addressing the opioid crisis: Inova’s new mindset for pain management We’ve all seen the grim statistics. Opioids kill more than 140 people every day in the United States. They cost our country tens of billions of dollars in treatment and lost productivity each year. Here in Virginia, 1,400 people died of opioid-related…
Read MorePulmonary Rehab helps patients regain lung function, strength and endurance
Breathe Easier It’s an all too-frequent dilemma. Those with an acute or chronic respiratory condition feel they should avoid physical activity because it can worsen their shortness of breath (also called dyspnea), characterized by difficult or labored breathing. However, as their activity level decreases, they become deconditioned. “That means you lose endurance to tolerate even…
Read MoreInova Reduces Opioid Prescribing in the ED
Martin Brown, MD, is board certified in Emergency Medicine and he serves as the Chief of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Inova Alexandria Hospital. Dr. Brown has served on the Inova System Opioid Task Force and on the Alexandria City Opioid Work Group. Since 2015, Dr. Brown and the Inova Alexandria Hospital Emergency Department…
Read MoreInova Alexandria Hospital donates 800 thermometers to keep schools healthy
Inova Alexandria Hospital has partnered with Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) to help keep local schools healthy by providing more than 800 digital thermometers free of charge to school nurses to distribute to our families in need. School nurses send students home who are ill with a fever with instructions to parents not to have…
Read MoreInova Alexandria’s all-female breast cancer team offers expert treatment and support at every step
Plan of Attack The expert, all-female breast care team at Inova Alexandria Hospital — from surgeons and radiologists to dieticians, a genetics counselor and nurse navigators — ensures that patients feel supported every step of the way. Receiving a diagnosis of breast cancer can be overwhelming, not to mention scary. That’s why the health professionals at…
Read MoreBuilding a strong support network helps one woman face down breast cancer
Surrounded by Hope For Roxana Guerra, the diagnosis came unexpectedly. Last October the legal assistant first noticed a dimpled area on her right breast, but didn’t think much of it. She was only 41 and no one in her family had ever had breast cancer. Still, a baseline mammogram at a nearby women’s clinic revealed…
Read MorePatient feels free again after undergoing procedure to end her incontinence
No Need for Accidents When JoAnn Hughes, a 46-year-old law firm manager from Springfield, Virginia, began feeling the symptoms of stress incontinence, she was surprised. “I thought I was too young to have that issue,” says JoAnn. However, the symptoms – incontinence when JoAnn jumped, laughed or coughed too hard, or sneezed, among other similar…
Read MoreInova Alexandria Hospital adds $4.5 million worth of new equipment and renovations
Smart Medicine Inova Alexandria Hospital is always working to improve facilities and make the patient experience better. This past year it has been proving that through equipment purchases and renovations that total more than $4.5 million. New purchases include: Laparoscopy towers used in minimally invasive laparoscopic procedures Ultrasound equipment to identify illnesses affecting the stomach…
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