Congratulations Amanda Kidd on the ANCC Certified Nurse Award!!

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Congrats to Amanda Kidd for winning the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Certified Nurse Award!

Winners of this award demonstrate the value and impact that specialty certification has on nursing practice and patient outcomes. They demonstrate that, through certification, they can provide superior care to their patients and become even greater assets to the healthcare organizations at which they work.

Steve Arner Named Vice Chairman of Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association; Don Halliwill Honored With Meritorious Service Award

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The Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association elected officers during its annual meeting this week in Williamsburg. Steve Arner, COO of Carilion Clinic and CEO of Carilion Medical Center was named vice chairman.

Above and Beyond

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Orzallah Popal has been so helpful to our clinic! She will assist us with interpreting for extra patients who are in clinic while she is here. This is so helpful as the ipad and telephone are difficult to use with an office visit as it is slower and usually is difficult for the interpreter to understand what is going on in the room. Nothing can replace having a person sitting beside you to help interpret for you as they can see body language and provide a personal touch! She truly cares about the patient and makes sure they get the care they deserve.

Guest Services ION Goes Above & Beyond

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A non carilion patient arrived at the ION building for check in. He was under the impression he was here to complete a eye exam for the Department of Blind and Vision Impaired. After speaking with Shea at the north greeter station they figured out he was in the wrong location. The non carilion patient was dropped off by a family friend. Guest Services lead Tony was notified a non carilion patient was dropped off at the wrong location without transportation.

Public Health Hero Award

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Radford University Student Health was recently recognized for “Outstanding Public Health Services of the New River Valley” by the Virginia Department of Health and Dr. Noelle Bissell, Health Director. Radford University Student Health supports the New River Health District’s program and mission to have the healthiest state in the nation. For more information please visit the website: www.nphw.org.

 

Education & Organizational Development Ranks 53rd

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For the sixth consecutive year, Carilion’s Education and Organizational Development department has ranked amongst Training Magazine’s top training organizations.  At number 53, the team received recognition for their work with system initiatives to include CAUTI reduction and Access to Care education, physician PEP education linked with our 4th Aim, and ongoing support of the Nurse Residency program.   Carilion’s application also highlighted training initiatives that utilized new learning modalities/technologies and cost-saving strategies, such as virtual cl

Appreciate your support

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A huge shout out to Hunter Sharp for his support in assisting me with figuring out a way to best display bench-marking goals in a PowerBI project.

Due to the complexity of the NDNQI data, it took many attempts to best discover a way to visually display, with minimum wording, so that the client will understand.

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