by Justin Kirk | Dec 6, 2022
In 2012, Physicians at Sentara Heart Hospital began offering the Total Artificial Heart (TAH), for advanced heart failure patients and for patients awaiting a heart transplant. The TAH is the first device of its kind to receive FDA approval. It is a device that is...
by Justin Kirk | Dec 6, 2022
In 2012, RMH Healthcare demonstrated continued excellence in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart and vascular conditions. That year, RMH Healthcare became the first in Virginia to successfully implant a new type of heart pacing device that helps doctors...
by Justin Kirk | Dec 6, 2022
Optima Health begins providing Individual, Commercial, and Medicaid health plans in Southwest Virginia and expands to Roanoke.
by Justin Kirk | Dec 6, 2022
Improving patient safety and quality of care remained core values at Sentara into the 2010s. In 2011, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius visited Sentara Norfolk General Hospital to commend Sentara’s safety efforts and promote the Partnership for...
by Justin Kirk | Dec 6, 2022
The year 2011 saw several firsts for Sentara in the realm of medical innovations. Sentara Norfolk General Hospital performed its first paired kidney exchange, which matches two living donors with two recipients. Sentara Heart Hospital became the first in the nation to...
