St. Mary’s is building a $4 million guesthouse next year where people can stay while visiting a sick relative or friend.
Hospital invests in hospitality
Health care
$30M emergency center set to open in Chesterfield
Bon Secours is set to open the first phase of its $30 million free standing emergency center next week.
Hospitals keep expanding
Bon Secours broke ground recently on a $30 million facility in Chesterfield, which the company says will bring 150 new jobs to the area.
The doctor will see you…eventually
The average wait time at Virginia emergency rooms was more than 4 hours, according to a recent study. Virginia had the 13th highest average ER wait time in the nation in 2009, according to the Emergency Department Pulse Report: Patients Perspectives on American Health Care released late last month by Press Ganey Associates, a health… Read more »
The doctor will see you in 18 minutes
A digital counter shows how long you’ll wait if you have to go to the emergency room at Henrico Doctor’s Hospital, and all you have to do is drive by. And it’s the latest — and maybe most clever — move in an increasing battle of local hospitals for market share.
VCU, Children’s Hospital to talk more about joint operations
Virginia Commonwealth University said today that VCU Health System and Children’s Hospital will meet with employees of the two organizations Wednesday to discuss the possibility of merging their operations. The two sides announced in March that they were in formal talks to explore the prospect of joint operations under the VCU Health System umbrella. The… Read more »
Owens & Minor cuts jobs in Philly
The locally-based medical supply company lost its contract with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia last week.
Health monitoring company is well aware of Richmond’s benefits
A Charlottesville health monitoring startup has moved to Innsbrook to be closer to Richmond’s airport and to tap a larger pool of employees.
Latest hospital financials look healthy
Treating sick patients is a healthy business, or at least it was in 2008, the most recent year for which audited hospital financials are available. BizSense has the profits and margins at area hospitals, plus a brief salary list of some of the higher paid employees at Bon Secours.
Richmond leads country in one slice of job growth
Health-care and education jobs in Richmond have increased by 10 percent, the highest percentage growth in the country. The region added 8,000 jobs in those sectors since last year.