Sentara Provides Care Through Ongoing Pandemic

by Justin Kirk | Jan 4, 2023

As the COVID-19 pandemic continued into 2021, Sentara continued its efforts to help its communities navigate the public health emergency safely. In 2021, Sentara cared for nearly 20,000 COVID patients, with a mortality rate 20 percent lower than the national average....

Sentara Invests in Communities

by Justin Kirk | Jan 4, 2023

Sentara invested a total of $254 million in its communities in 2021, including $23 million in health education and prevention programs, $48 million in training opportunities for healthcare professionals, $16 million in community giving, and $167 million in...

Sentara Life Care

by Justin Kirk | Jan 4, 2023

In 2020, Sentara divested its Life Care division to Saber Healthcare Group, an Ohio-based long-term care company that operates over 100 assisted living facilities across the country.

Sentara Administers First COVID-19 Vaccines

by Justin Kirk | Jan 4, 2023

Sentara received its first COVID-19 vaccine shipment in December 2020. Employee vaccination clinics were set up within 24 hours of FDA approval of the vaccine. Within a few weeks, every Sentara employee with a high risk of COVID-19 exposure had the opportunity to get...

Sentara Adapts to Address the Pandemic

by Justin Kirk | Jan 4, 2023

Sentara continued its efforts to respond to the challenges posed by COVID-19 throughout 2020. By year’s end, Sentara had provided COVID tests for over 14,000 people from vulnerable populations at free health equity events in Virginia and North Carolina—in addition to...