There are many things we can do to foster an environment where everyone feels welcomed, respected and valued—including addressing each other by our preferred names and personal pronouns.

Our LGBTQ+ Allies Employee Resource Group (ERG), in collaboration with other ERGs and the Inclusion Council, have worked to create some guidance on including preferred names and personal pronouns in our email signatures.

We’re working in a public-private partnership to develop biotechnology incubator labs in downtown Roanoke. The labs will help us continue our region’s transformation into a sophisticated health care and life sciences center.

Carilion and Virginia Tech Athletics recently teamed up with Shoes4Hope, an organization started to inspire hope and aid children with cancer. Each year, as part of the ongoing NCAA initiative Coaches vs. Cancer, collegiate basketball coaches and staff nationwide wear sneakers at designated games to raise awareness for the cause. Student-athletes and coaches from the Virginia Tech men’s and women’s basketball teams joined together with Shoes4Hope to fight Pediatric Cancer during the annual Coaches vs. Cancer week.

Our Human Factors Center of Excellence is a consultative service aimed at improving safety, efficiency and effectiveness of care delivery through proactive system design methods.

Cybercriminals constantly find new ways to trick people into giving up their personal information. Here are a few of the scams we have seen in recent weeks.

Job-Seeker Scams

Recently, scammers have been impersonating Carilion recruiters and posting fake Carilion jobs on career websites. Here are a few key things to keep in mind if you or someone you know is contacted about a job offer you weren't expecting:

Sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) information is used to communicate respectfully with our patients, support their health care needs and build trust.

Phase I of our efforts focused on SOGI data collection in inpatient and primary care settings. Thanks to our caring and dedicated staff, we’ve seen a significant increase in SOGI data collection over the past few months. We appreciate your partnership to help improve overall patient experience.

Regular physical exercise helps improve quality of life and overall health and can reduce the risk of chronic conditions such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease. It can also help prevent injuries, improve function post-surgery or injury and delay symptoms of some incurable conditions, like multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease.

Did you know that our Wellness team offers three medical membership programs to help improve health outcomes? The programs vary based on a patient's health condition.

Using YouTube to reach our community not only helps promote our services and share patient care successes, but can also let patients know what to expect—which can calm the anxieties that many feel about getting medical care.

We use the Imprivata ID app to verify your identity when you log in to Carilion applications—such as email, Epic Hyperspace and My Total Access—outside of work. This is called multi-factor authentication (MFA).

We recently created a Department of Anesthesiology to better serve our patients. Neil Macdonald, M.D., will serve as chair of the new department and Stephen Lovern, D.N.P., will serve as vice president in addition to his existing role as vice president of the Department of Surgery.