Our Graduate Medical Education (GME) residency and fellowship programs are gaining national recognition with ties to Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Franklin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC. These relationships offer a unique opportunity for mentorship between medical students, residents and fellows.
We have received a $50,000 grant from the Truist Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Truist Financial Corporation, to support our innovative YES (Your Efforts, Supported) Program.
A research study, also called a clinical trial, is how we get information on the best ways to prevent disease, diagnose illness and treat patients. We have many clinical trials going on at any given time, each designed to help answer specific questions about possible new treatments or new ways of using treatments that are already available.
Each year, the Commonwealth of Virginia Unclaimed Property List is published in Virginia newspapers. It was published in the Roanoke Times on Sunday, Aug. 4.
The Unclaimed Property program serves as a central "lost and found" of unclaimed money owed to people and businesses in Virginia.
Our solar panel field at CNRV supplies 17% of the hospital’s annual electrical requirements, resulting in a projected savings of $1.5 million in energy costs over the next 20 years.
In addition to generating clean energy, it also generates revenue; for every megawatt-hour that the solar panels produce, one Solar Renewable Energy Credit is generated, then sold to utility companies.
When we talk about well-being, most people think of physical wellness or health—but it is about far more than just the foods you eat or how often you move. Well-being actually has seven different parts! The following areas make up your total well-being:
Tracy Clouser has been hired as the vice president of the Communications, Marketing and Planning (CMP) department.
When there’s a cardiac arrest emergency, CPR is the patient’s last chance for survival. That’s why patients suffering a cardiac arrest must receive the highest quality CPR possible—and why we’ve been gradually rolling out a better way to learn CPR across our system.
Our Great Catch Awards recognize employees who identify and report potential errors or process issues before they can harm patients. Reporting these great catches helps us improve our systems and processes across Carilion to keep patients safe. We gave a number of Great Catch awards during the past few months:
Ashley Cates, R.N., CTCH, recognized that a patient with pneumonia, who was going to be roomed with another patient, did not have a CBC ordered.
Work is progressing at the site of the future Crystal Spring Tower.
A few weeks ago we shared a video tour inside the Crystal Spring Tower. Now we have two new videos that show the 7th and 8th floors within the tower. And these videos have a special feature—you can use your mouse to adjust the viewpoint of the camera, allowing you to see a full 360-degree view from the tour guide's perspective.
