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...
by Justin Kirk | Nov 1, 2022
In 1998, Sentara established the Sentara Health Foundation to further its not-for-profit mission of serving the community. “Sentara has always believed in giving back to the community,” said CEO David Bernd. “The creation of the foundation simply formalizes what we’ve...
