If you haven’t taken the Self-Guided Gainsboro History Tour 5K, you may not be aware of the rich history of the Roanoke Valley’s oldest town.

Developed by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, the tour is built upon the work of Mignon Chubb Hale, Jordan Bell and other Roanoke historians.

When it comes to our patients’ health care needs, those who work one-on-one with our patients know best. That's why the MyChart steering committee is asking for input from our clinical departments to help update and create new patient questionnaires in MyChart. 

We use questionnaires to assess patients prior to visits, giving our care teams a better look at patient health before appointments. The questions that each patient receives vary based on the type of visit. 

Carilion's history goes back over 100 years. Below are all of our current history articles—stay tuned for more! Our history articles use materials that were previously published, including early hospital annual reports, newspaper articles from the time period and other historical books and documents from our organization.

Email is a quick and effective way to communicate. It’s also used by cybercriminals to trick people into giving away sensitive information. Here are some tips to use email safely.

Since the pandemic began, cybercriminals have used it to trick people into giving up information or money. Some new scams involve sending USB drives and gift cards to individuals and businesses. Here's what to watch out for.

Do you work remotely, or do you sometimes need to access Carilion apps from home? The Apps portal allows you to securely launch Carilion-specific applications such as Epic and My Total Access, and it provides you with a virtual desktop with access to Microsoft Office, your P: and S: drives and email. Using the Apps portal, you can access these sites from any internet-connected computer.

Beginning Jan. 31, you'll see a new and improved desktop on the Apps portal!

In the face of a record uptick in COVID-19 cases and community spread, our regional health systems are partnering to share a joint public service announcement featuring real voices from the frontlines. These are your providers, your neighbors, your friends.

Two years into this pandemic, COVID-19 is still a major threat to our community. We’re treating more hospitalized COVID-19 patients than we ever have—the vast majority of whom are unvaccinated. In addition to treating preventable illness, this takes beds and resources away from other sick patients who desperately need them.

Our Rewards of Research series features physician researchers and other notable members of the medical community who are enthusiastic about the impact research has on finding better treatments and developing better recommendations for patients.

Some research may immediately benefit patients, but often patient participation is the foundation for future breakthroughs and recommendations—a gift to the future of medicine.

Pretty soon, you’ll see the huge, red, lit-up heart back up on the Riverside Garage in Roanoke!

“Most of the community’s children believe it’s there for Valentine’s Day, and are so excited to see it,” said Debbie Daniel, director of CMC Engineering and Maintenance. “But we put it up to celebrate Heart Month, which is every February, and it is quite a job!”

We're actively working on collecting, identifying, digitizing and archiving thousands of photographs from Carilion’s history.

Preserving and maintaining our history is the best way to know where we’ve been and how far we’ve come and to appreciate all the health care workers who came before us.

But there are mysteries in our archives—and you can help us solve them!