Posts Tagged ‘Inova Alexandria Hospital’
Inova Alexandria Hospital Offers State-of-the-Art Surgical Table for Hip Replacement
Alexandria, VA – June 16, 2016 – Inova Alexandria Hospital now offers an exciting new option in surgical technology for total hip replacement patients: The Hana® Surgery Table – the only surgical table designed exclusively for hip and knee replacement. With its unique capability to position the leg, the Hana table enables orthopedic surgeons to…
Read MoreInova Alexandria Hospital Emergency Room Launches Opioid Initiative to Reduce Prescription Painkiller Abuse and Overdose
Martin H. Brown, MD, FACEP, is chairman of the department of emergency medicine at Inova Alexandria Hospital. He is board certified in emergency medicine and internal medicine. Read Dr. Brown’s profile. At the Inova Alexandria Hospital emergency department, we’ve recently launched the Opioid Initiative, a program to minimize the risks of prescription drug misuse and…
Read MoreInova Alexandria Hospital Temporarily Restricts Visitors Due to Increased Flu
Update: Visitations restrictions have been lifted as of May 7, 2016. FALLS CHURCH, VA– February 29, 2016 – Due to increased flu-like illness activity at Inova Alexandria Hospital, the hospital has instituted temporary changes to their visitation policy. The temporary measures apply to visitors until further notice: No visitors under the age of 16 No visitors with any…
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 MoreAll Five Inova Hospitals Earn ‘A’ Grades for Patient Safety in Leapfrog’s Fall 2015 Hospital Safety Score
FALLS CHURCH, VA – October 28, 2015 – The Leapfrog Group, an independent hospital watchdog, today announced that Inova Alexandria, Inova Fair Oaks, Inova Fairfax, Inova Loudoun and Inova Mount Vernon hospitals all earned ‘A’ grades in the national patient safety ratings. Leapfrog grades hospitals based on errors, injuries, accidents and infections. The Hospital Safety Score…
Read MoreInova Alexandria Hospital Earned an ‘A’ Grade for Patient Safety in Leapfrog’s Fall 2015 Hospital Safety Score
Alexandria, Virginia – October 28, 2015 – An announcement released nationally today by the independent hospital watchdog The Leapfrog Group, shows key shifts among many hospitals on the A, B, C, D and F grades rating them on errors, injuries, accidents, and infections. Inova Alexandria Hospital earned an A in this elite national ratings program, recognizing…
Read MoreAlexandria: Never a Slow Day in the ER, Gazette Packet, June 10, 2015
It is 11:10 a.m. and the emergency room is full with light blue curtains drawn across the patient rooms lining the long hallway. Tia Moffa, Emergency Room nurse at Inova Alexandria Hospital, is currently monitoring a critical patient who was brought in by ambulance and was unresponsive upon arrival. Moffa said, “we did lots of…
Read MoreInova Alexandria Hospital receives Get With The Guidelines Target Stroke Honor Roll-Elite Plus Award
Award demonstrates Hospital’s commitment to quality care for stroke patients Alexandria, VA ― March 20, 2015 ― Inova Alexandria Hospital has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®–Target: Stroke Honor Roll-Elite Plus Quality Achievement Award at the association’s International Stroke Conference 2015. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment and success ensuring that…
Read MoreThere’s No Place Like Home, Alexandria, Alexandria Gazette Packet, March 19, 2015
Meet Susan Carroll, Inova Alexandria Hospital CEO, she shares her home town ties to our community with Alexandria Gazette Packet, on March 19, 2015. Read more.
Read MoreInova’s Dr. Narian Rajan Shares Tips on How Reduce Risk for Heart Disease on WUSA 9, February 18, 2015
Inova’s Dr. Narian Rajan, Medical Director of the Cardiac Cath Lab at Inova Alexandria Hospital, spoke about ways to reduce risk of heart disease on WUSA 9 on February 18, 2015.
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