A winter weather advisory has been issued for our region from midnight on Thursday, Dec. 4 through the evening hours on Friday, Dec. 5.  Be sure to review these important Carilion severe weather procedures.

1. Know the Inclement Weather Policy

Ask your manager if your job is considered an emergency personnel position and if you are required to come to work in inclement weather. If so, please be careful and have a plan in place so you can make it to and from work safely.

Around this time last year, we prepared to submit our proposed kidney transplant program’s Certificate of Public Need (COPN) application. We filed the application in January 2024 and gathered external support through our public campaign, which began last summer.

Like the holiday season, the start to a new year is also a time when busy people can become vulnerable to theft and other crime. We can never be too careful, too prepared or too aware.

Remember these safety tips from our Police and Security Services crime prevention specialist, and share them with your coworkers, family and friends!

Please report any suspicious activity to Carilion Police at 540-981-7911 (77911).

We are now offering Referral Rewards for approved open physician positions!    

The program provides a $20,000 referral bonus to employees—including physicians—who refer a physician who is hired for one of the approved positions. The payment is subject to taxes and withholdings and is paid in two installments.   

We've teamed up for the third consecutive year with Virginia Tech Athletics and Shoes4Hope, an organization that inspires hope and helps our youngest cancer patients. 

Meg Burrow, a long-time patient of Carilion Children's and a Children's Miracle Network child, passed away in August from complications of a very rare genetic disorder: CTBP1.

Please save your old electronics for a March 8 recycling event. We are partnering with River Acceptance, a local electronics recycler, to recycle electronics safely and securely. All funds from the recycled materials will be donated to the Carilion Clinic Foundation's Taubman Cancer Center Fund to support our new cancer center. During this season of giving, this is one great way to give back!

Santa Claus made quite an entrance yesterday at CRMH! With some help from Roanoke Fire EMS, he and two of his elves rappelled down the side of the building to say hello and bring smiles to our brave little patients in the pediatric ICU. Afterwards, Santa and a team from Roanoke Fire EMS visited children in the unit and distributed goodie bags. 

On Thursday Santa and one of his elves made another visit, this time at Carilion Children's Tanglewood. 

Our ADA Compliance Plan outlines information related to the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities.

The plan is available on the Resources page of the Compliance hub. It includes information about:

Jimmy Howe became an organ donor on the last day of his life, when his donation saved the lives of four others. His heart, liver, and kidneys went to individuals who were suffering from chronic illnesses and whose only chance at a long life rested in someone’s final act of selflessness.  

An honor walk is a way hospital staff pay respects to an organ donor if the patient and family opt for it. The video above tells Jimmy's story and shows the honor walk with hospital staff lining both sides of the hallway.