Nursing Tool Recognized as a Game-Changer

by Kristen Collier | Oct 7, 2025

After noticing that nursing workloads are often unbalanced, four Sentara nurses developed a solution: the Patient Acuity Nursing Tool (PANT). The homegrown algorithm analyzes over 280 factors that affect a nurse’s workload to distribute patient assignments evenly....

On the Cutting Edge of Cardiology

by Kristen Collier | Oct 7, 2025

Cardiologists at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital became one of 30 sites in the country to perform Trilogy transcatheter heart valve (THV) surgery. The procedure provides high-risk heart failure patients with life-saving care when they are ineligible for more...

First Sensory Inclusive Facility in Virginia

by Kristen Collier | Oct 7, 2025

Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center (SWRMC) became the first medical facility in Virginia to be accredited as sensory-inclusive. The hospital created two sensory rooms as well as mobile sensory stations to provide more accessible and calm environments to...

Food & Health Go Hand in Hand

by Kristen Collier | Oct 7, 2025

Sentara Home Care and the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank joined forces to deliver much-needed food boxes to vulnerable senior citizens in Hampton, Newport News, and Williamsburg. The program uses Sentara’s already established home care network to provide non-perishables...

Velocity Joins Sentara

by Kristen Collier | Apr 8, 2025

Sentara expands and improves its access to the community by becoming sole owner of Velocity Urgent Care. Velocity Urgent Care employs 200 employees at 17 urgent care locations.