The following are
news releases and announcements from Valley Health
and its affiliates.
March 9, 2007
-Winchester Medical Center Only
Virginia Hospital Named to Solucient's Top 100
List
The results of
the Solucient 100 Top Hospitals®: National
Benchmarks for Success study were released
earlier this month, and Winchester Medical
Center found its name on the list for the second
straight year. In fact, the medical center was
the only hospital in Virginia to make this
year’s top 100.
February 2,
2007
-Warren Memorial Hospital
Foundation Plans 14th Annual Fund Raiser
The Warren
Memorial Hospital Foundation is planning an
evening of fun and fundraising to benefit the
hospital at the fourteenth annual Casino Royale
on Saturday, March 31, 7-11 p.m., at Shenandoah
Valley Golf Club.
January 30,
2007
-Valley
Health Offers New Heart Aware Program to Prevent
Heart Disease
Patients at high
risk for heart disease will receive free
screening.
January 29, 2007
-Winchester Medical Center
Honored by HealthGrades
For the third
straight year, Winchester Medical Center has
received the Distinguished Hospital Award for
Clinical Excellence™ from HealthGrades.
January 16,
2007
- Warren Memorial Hospital
Breaks Ground on New Ambulatory Care Center
Once completed, the
two-story building will be home to Warren’s
Occupational Health, Physical Therapy, and
Occupational Therapy departments.
November 2, 2006
- Halseth Receives State
Award
Valley Health
President and CEO Michael Halseth was honored
earlier this month with the 2006 Distinguished
Service Award presented by the Virginia Hospital
& Healthcare Association.
July 10, 2006
- Eight Straight: Valley
Health Named to Most Wired List for the Eighth
Year Running
Valley Health
can count itself among the nation’s 100 Most
Wired Hospitals and Health Systems, according to
the results of the 2006 Most Wired Survey and
Benchmarking Study released in the July issue of
Hospitals & Health Networks magazine.
March 28,
2006
-
WMC Adds IMRT To Enhance
Cancer Treatment
Winchester Medical
Center has introduced Intensity Modulated
Radiation Therapy, or IMRT, which offers one of
the most precise forms of external beam
radiation therapy available
February 29, 2006
- Patient Safety Record Among Nation’s Best
HealthGrades,
the country’s leading source of healthcare
quality information, announced last month that
Winchester Medical Center has been awarded the
2006 Distinguished Hospital Award for Patient
Safety
February 1, 2006
-
Breaking New
Ground
Construction of New
Ambulatory Surgical Unit Underway
November 23, 2005
-
STAMINA
New program helps
area kids build STAMINA
September 14, 2005
-
After the Storm
Valley Health Offers
Support for Victims of Hurricane Katrina
-July 12, 2005
-
Valley Health
Makes Most Wired List
For the seventh
time in as many years, Valley Health has been
named one of the 100 Most Wired Hospitals and
Health Systems.
June 8, 2005
-
WMC Named Top Healthcare
Provider
Premier Award for
Quality Recognizes Care & Operational Efficiency
- Presidential Praise
Two
WMC nurses thanked personally by President Bush
at the White House.
May 11, 2005
-
HealthGrades
Ranks WMC Among Nations Best
Winchester
Medical Center has received the 2005 Distinguished
Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence from
HealthGrades, a national quality ratings firm with a
long history of analyzing the quality of care at
more than 5,000 hospitals across the country.
April 13, 2005
-
Valley
Health Joins National Patient Safety Campaign
Valley Health, along
with more than 1,700 other hospitals and health
systems across the country, has joined the
Save 100,000 Lives Campaign.
March 16, 2005
-
State Makes WMC Trauma
Designation Official
The Virginia
Department of Health, Office of Emergency
Medical Services, designated Winchester Medical
Center as a Level II Trauma Center in a ceremony
on Tuesday morning in WMC’s Emergency
Department.
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