by Justin Kirk | Dec 5, 2022
In 2002, Williamsburg Community Hospital merged with Sentara. The hospital’s leaders knew that joining Sentara’s extensive network would enable them to provide better care at a lower cost. Joining Sentara’s network soon proved to be an advantage for the hospital and...
by Justin Kirk | Dec 5, 2022
IMS Health’s Top 100 IHN list recognizes the top 100 integrated healthcare networks (IHNs) in the country. In 2001, Sentara was named the nation’s top IHN out of over 500 systems nationwide. In 2012, with the ranking in its 15th year, Sentara remained the only IHN in...
by Justin Kirk | Dec 5, 2022
As Sentara entered the 2000s, the system focused on using new technologies to improve the quality of patient care. At the time, Intensive Care Units (ICUs) faced challenges—across the country, most ICUs were understaffed, expensive to run, and had high mortality...
by Justin Kirk | Dec 5, 2022
Patient safety has always been a top priority for Sentara, but in the early 2000s Sentara developed new programs and processes to acknowledge the importance of safety in a more high-profile way. The Sentara Safety Initiative changed the culture by promoting behaviors...
