Posts Tagged ‘Inova Fairfax Hospital’
All 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’s ASTEC Earns Coveted Comprehensive Accredited Education Institute Status
Washington DC – August 11, 2015 – Inova’s Advanced Surgical Technology and Education Center (ASTEC) at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus (IFMC) has earned the American College of Surgeons’ (ACS) status as a “Comprehensive Accredited Education Institute” (AEI). Only 88 other facilities worldwide hold the AEI designation. The ACS AEI program was created in 2005 to uphold…
Read MoreHeart Transplant Recipient Gives Back to Inova
A Heartfelt Donation Accustomed to an active schedule, Rajesh Shah, a Fairfax businessman, philanthropist and father of three, could no longer get through the day without feeling tired and short of breath. Having lived with advanced heart failure for seven years, Shah faced a worsening progression of a disease that threatened to take his life.…
Read MoreU.S. News releases its hospital rankings. Here’s how your local hospital fared.
Inova Fairfax Hospital ranks first in the Washington region — topping MedStar Washington Hospital Center for the fourth straight year — in the latest U.S. News and World Report rankings released Tuesday. Read more.
Read MoreU.S. News & World Report Names Inova Fairfax Medical Campus #1 in D.C. Metro Area Four Years in a Row
Hospital earns national ranking in Gynecology (#30) Washington DC – July 21, 2015 – For the fourth consecutive year, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus has been ranked as the #1 Hospital in the Washington, DC metropolitan area by U.S. News & World Report. Inova Fairfax also earned national recognition in Gynecology, rising to #30 in the…
Read MoreDuring a stroke, every second counts, WUSA 9, June 23, 2015
Lieutenant Colonel Jim McDermott shared with Andrea Roane on WUSA 9 how after a severe stroke, his wife’s quick call to 911 and Dr. Edward Greenberg’s immediate treatment with clot-busting drugs and a stentriever not only saved his life, but allowed him to return back to his usual activities.
Read MoreInova’s Advanced Surgical Technology and Education Center Named Health & Life Sciences Innovator of the Year
FALLS CHURCH, VA ― April 29, 2015 ― The Advanced Surgical Technology and Education Center (ASTEC) on the Inova Fairfax Medical Campus has been named the Health & Life Sciences Innovator of the Year by the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce. Presented to a Greater Washington area organization exhibiting excellence in healthcare and life science…
Read MoreHeart devices save trainer from rare disease, WUSA 9 , February 13, 2015
Brian Stevens, a personal trainer in Bowie, MD, was diagnosed with sarcoidosis. He received two Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs) before receiving a heart transplant at Inova Heart and Vascular Institute at Inova Fairfax Hospital. He shared his story with WUSA 9 on February 13, 2015.
Read MoreInova’s Dr. Shalika Katugaha Spoke with NBC 4 about Performing Ebola Drills
Dr. Shalika Katugaha, from Inova Fairfax Hospital, spoke with NBC 4 about how Inova is preparing for Ebola cases.
Read More125 hospitals and health systems with great orthopedic programs
FALLS CHURCH, VA – September 16, 2014 – Inova Fairfax Hospital as been named on Becker’s Hospital Review’s 2014 125 hospitals and health systems with great orthopedic programs list. Inova Fairfax Hospital is the only hospital in the Washington DC metro area on the list. The organizations included on this list have orthopedic surgery departments, programs…
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