by Justin Kirk | Nov 1, 2022
Norfolk General Hospital becomes a Level I Shock Trauma Center.
by Justin Kirk | Nov 1, 2022
Alliance Health System continued to diversify its offerings in 1984, establishing Optima Health Plan—the area’s first locally owned, not-for-profit Health Maintenance Organization (HMO). Offering its own health insurance plan allowed Alliance Health System to reduce...
by Justin Kirk | Nov 1, 2022
In 1983, the Medical Center Hospitals Board of Directors voted to form Alliance Healthcare System, a nonprofit holding company, transforming the organization from a hospital company into an integrated healthcare system. This new corporate structure allowed for more...
by Justin Kirk | Nov 1, 2022
Medical Center Hospitals continued to expand their services in the early 1980s. Nightingale air ambulance service became operational in February 1982, becoming the first hospital-based air ambulance in Virginia. The Nightingale helicopter served a 125-mile radius...
by Justin Kirk | Nov 1, 2022
Rockingham Memorial Hospital opens the first hospice program in the Harrisonburg-Rockingham County area.
