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Sentara Promotes Health Equity

WEBThrough the Health Anchor Network, Sentara joined other healthcare networks across the country to design and foster strategies to address economic and racial inequities that …

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Sentara Medical Group

WEBIn 1995, 63 physicians joined Sentara to create the Sentara Medical Group (SMG). Sentara took over many of the physicians’ administrative and financial duties, allowing them to …

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Research and Clinical Trials

WEBIn 2021, Sentara launched the Sentara Health Research Center to provide support for research conducted across the system and in the community. By 2022, more than 85 …

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A New Name for a New Era

WEBAs Alliance Health System expanded its scope of services, the need arose for a distinctive new name that would capture the organization’s identity. Out of dozens of possibilities, …

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Virginia Beach’s First Hospital

WEBVirginia Beach gained popularity as a vacation spot in the 20th century, becoming a bustling community by the 1940s. With the nearest hospitals over 20 miles away in Norfolk, two …

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Optima Health Plan

WEBAlliance Health System continued to diversify its offerings in 1984, establishing Optima Health Plan—the area’s first locally owned, not-for-profit Health Maintenance …

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Sentara Named Top Integrated Healthcare Network

WEBIMS Health’s Top 100 IHN list recognizes the top 100 integrated healthcare networks (IHNs) in the country. In 2001, Sentara was named the nation’s top IHN out of over 500 …

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Sentara’s New Name and Logo Reflect Company Values

WEBFollowing the merger with Tidewater Health Care, Sentara adopted a new name and logo. “Sentara Health System” changed to “Sentara Healthcare,” a name that better reflected …

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Sentara Expands Its Hospital Network

WEBSentara’s leaders recognized that for the organization to continue to thrive and further its mission, it needed to continue growing. The merger between Leigh Memorial and …

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Sentara Establishes new roles for Chief Diversity Officer and …

WEBSentara creates two new positions—chief diversity officer and director of health equity—to further reflect its commitment to both.

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Sentara Brock Cancer Center Opens

WEBThe Sentara Brock Cancer Center opens for patient care. The new patient-centered facility brings together expert care teams, community organizations, and holistic cancer …

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Dennis Matheis Becomes Sentara President and CEO

WEBIn September 2022, Dennis Matheis became president and CEO of Sentara Healthcare. Matheis has spent the past 30 years in leadership roles within the healthcare industry, …

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New Facilities and Home Care Programs

WEBSentara opened several new facilities and expanded its Home Care programs in 2012. In Northern Virginia, a new outpatient healthcare campus, Sentara Lake Ridge, opened to …

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Sentara Brock Cancer Center Makes Advancements

WEBSentara Brock Cancer Center made significant advancements in research opportunities and therapeutic care in 2022. After receiving $3 million from the Hillier Ignite Foundation, …

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Martha Jefferson Hospital Merges with Sentara

WEBMartha Jefferson Hospital thrived in the early 2000s, receiving $50 million in donations from the community to build a new hospital. Construction on the new building began in 2008 …

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Sentara Acquires AvMed, Inc.

WEBSentara's health insurance division continued to expand in 2022 with the acquisition of AvMed, Inc., a not-for-profit health plan in Florida serving over 200,000 members. …

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Sentara Princess Anne Hospital Opens

WEBSentara Princess Anne Hospital opens. The opening of the hospital realized the vision of former Sentara CEO Glenn Mitchell and earlier community leaders, who predicted the …

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