Sentara Health System
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Sentara Healthcare is a regional hospital system that currently manages eight hospitals in the Southeastern Virginia area known as Hampton Roads and its surrounding areas with a total of more than 1,800 beds. Sentara boasts some of the best and highest ranked hospitals in the country and has ranked in the top ten integrated healthcare networks consistently for the past eight years.
Sentara is one of the largest employers in the Hampton Roads area employing more than 17,000 people and expanding every day. Locals often joke that there are only two employers to work for in Hampton Roads, the military and Sentara.
In addition to offering hospital services, Sentara also manages eight-seven other care-giving sites. These sites include four (soon to be five with the completion of the construction of the Sentara Princess Anne Health Campus) outpatient care facilities, eighteen physical rehabilitation centers (and is associated with four others), two fitness centers, three schools, an Adult Day Health Care Center, several assisted living facilities, long term nursing care facilities, urgent care centers, and dozens of physician practices.
Sentara is a major competitor to Riverside Health System.
[edit] Sentara History
Unofficially, Sentara dates itself back to 1888 with the founding of the 25 bed Retreat for the Sick. The hospital was moved in 1896 and its capacity expanded to 100 beds, just a short two years later, the Retreat for the Sick was renamed Norfolk Protestant Hospital. In 1904 a new facility was built and then renamed to reflect a non-sectarian mission in 1936 to Norfolk General Hospital. Officially, Sentara dates back to 1972 and the merger of two Norfolk, VA hospitals, Norfolk General Hospital and Leigh Hospital. It was through this merger that the Sentara family of hospitals was formed and would eventually become linked and integrated.
[edit] Pioneers in Healthcare
Sentara has led the way in many advances in the medical field over its long history. Sentara was the first in the region to offer many advanced procedures such as electrophysiology, angioplasty, laser surgery, stents, and several others. Sentara was also the first in the region to use the da Vinci Surgical System and launched the first eICU in the country. Sentara continues to stay on the leading edge of healthcare with bre
[edit] Optima Health
In 1984 Sentara began offering the region's first managed-care plan, Optima Health Plan. Currently Optima boasts a network of more than 400,000 physicians and international health coverage. Optima's Family Care program is nationally ranked among the top 25 Medicaid managed care programs by US News & World Report.
[edit] Nightingale
Sentara's Nightingale, named for Florence Nightingale, is the Southeastern Virginia's only air ambulance and the only privately funded air ambulance in the state of Virginia. The Nightingale program was begun in late-February 1982 as one of the first air medical programs in the country serving an area within a 125 mile radius.
[edit] List of Sentara Hospitals
- SBH- Sentara Bayside Hospital (Virginia Beach, VA)
- SCH- Sentara Careplex Hospital (Hampton, VA)
- SHH- Sentara Heart Hospital (Norfolk, VA)
- SLH- Sentara Leigh Hospital (Norfolk, VA)
- SNGH- Sentara Norfolk General Hospital (Norfolk, VA)
- SLOH- Sentara Louise Obici Hospital (Suffolk, VA)
- SVBGH- Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital (Virginia Beach, VA)
- SWRMC- Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center (Williamsburg, VA)
[edit] List of Sentara Outpatient Care Facilities (Excluding Hospitals)
- Greenbrier Healthplex (Chesapeake, VA)
- Geddy Outpatient Care Center (Williamsburg, VA)
- Sentara Port Warwick (Newport News)
- Sentara Port Warwick II (Newport News)
- Sentara Princess Anne Health Campus (Virginia Beach) -- Coming in Late Summer 2006
[edit] List of Sentara Rehabilitation Centers (Excluding Hospitals)
- Battlefield Therapy Center (Chesapeake, VA)
- Sentara Currituck Outpatient Therapy Center (Barco, NC)
- ExploreHealth with Sentara Center (Virginia Beach, VA)
- Fitness and Therapy Works Sentara Hampton Health & Fitness Center (Hampton, VA)
- Great Bridge Therapy Center (Chesapeake, VA)
- Hand Therapy Center (Norfolk, VA)
- Hilltop Therapy Center (Virginia Beach, VA)
- Indian River Therapy Center (Virginia Beach, VA)
- Sentara Nursing and Rehabilitation Center - Hampton (Hampton, VA)
- Portsmouth Therapy Center (Portsmouth, VA)
- The Therapy Center (Norfolk, VA)
- Work Rehabilitation Center (Norfolk, VA)
[edit] List of Sentara Schools
- School of Health Professions
- School of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)
- Suffolk Public Schools/Sentara Obici Hospital School of Practical Nursing
[edit] Other Information
- CEO David L. Bernd
- President and COO Howard Kern
[edit] External links
[edit] Other Eastern Virginia Health Systems
Children's Health System
Bon Secours Health System
