In 2011, 8 new students successfully completed the program, earning their high school diplomas as well as vocational skills.

Project Search is a national program focused on helping young people with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD). ASD describes people who are challenged with normal social interactions and interests. People with ASD often have trouble finding employment and being self sufficient. Nationally, as few as 40% of young people with ASD finish high school and find a job. Nationally, Project Search Students are successful more than 80% of the time.

The mission of Project Search In Richmond Virginia is to help young people with ASD gain professional and vocational skills with the end goal of finding meaningful employment.

In Richmond, Project Search is supported academically and structurally by Virginia Commonwealth University’s department of rehabilitation services, the Commonwealth of Virginia and local school districts.

Bon Secours Virginia Health System – specifically St. Mary’s Hospital – serves as the vocational sponsor. Accepted students agree to leave the school system and join the Project Search curriculum. In the Project, they spend their days at St. Mary’s, splitting their time equally between classroom work and internships in various departments.

In 2010, Bon Secours participated in the first year of Richmond’s Project Search program. You can watch that graduation video here.

Please join us in congratulating the 2011 class of Project Search!

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Dr. Roberts, currently accepting new patients, is located at St. Francis Family Medicine Center. He attended Mary Washington College for his undergraduate degree. Dr. Roberts received his medical degree from Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia and completed a Family Practice residency and Sports Medicine Fellowship at Duke University Medical Center, where he worked in the Sports Medicine Department and Urgent Care. Dr. Roberts is board certified by the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American Medical Society of Sports Medicine.

For additional questions or to schedule an appointment, call 804-739-6142.

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“Bon Secours is something different,” said Morales who is an hourly worker at St. Francis Medical Center. “It’s amazing. I really enjoy working for the hospital.”

Morales, a native of Bolivia who has been in the U.S. for 21 years, works in the St. Francis café and helps with the delivery of patient meals. Her mother, Elsa Barrientos, works in St. Francis housekeeping/environmental services and encouraged Morales to leave employment at Willow Oaks Country Club and join Bon Secours.

“Working here is different,” said Morales, who is a single mother to a 3-year-old daughter. “Bon Secours is giving me the opportunity to reach my own personal goals.”

Enrolled in Bon Secours’ School at Work, Morales is sharpening her skills through the program that helps entry- level employees prepare for more advanced studies and a career in health care. After completing School at Work, Morales wants to further her education and one day become a social worker.

“I want to teach my daughter that I can be a single mom and work and get an education and be a good example for her,” Morales said. “Bon Secours is giving me the chance to grow up as a person. I can get an education for me that will also help my daughter.”

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Ms. Lumpkin, currently accepting new patients, is located at Commonwealth Internal Medicine Associates. She received her undergraduate degree from Old Dominion University located in Norfolk, Va., and her Physician Assistant degree at the Jefferson College of Health Sciences located in Roanoke, Va. Ms. Lumpkin maintains current certification with the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants and is licensed as a Physician Assistant in the state of Virginia. Prior to joining Bon Secours Medical Group, Ms. Lumpkin has been working as a licensed physician assistant for the past 6 years.

For addition questions or to schedule an appointment, call 804-560-8838.

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Bon Secours has the pleasure of welcoming General Surgery at St. Francis to the Bon Secours Medical Group!

Bon Secours General Surgery at St. Francis, currently accepting new patients, is located on the campus of St. Francis Medical Center. The practice specialize in general surgery and provides the highest quality of surgical care to their patients and services to our colleagues.

To schedule an appointment or for additional questions, call 804-423-8467.

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Bon Secours has the pleasure of welcoming Surgical Dermatology Center to the Bon Secours Medical Group!

Bon Secours Surgical Dermatology Center, currently accepting new patients, is located at 5207 Hickory Park Drive, Suite A, Glen Allen, VA.  Julia K. Padgett, M.D. provides the most advanced and effective treatment for skin cancer.  As a fellowship-trained Mohs Micrographic surgeon, Dr. Padgett knows the importance of education and early detection in the treatment of skin cancer.  By partnering with area dermatologists and physicians, Dr. Padgett is able to provide the most advanced and effective treatment for skin cancer to her patients.

For more information or to schedule a appointment, call 804-977-8938.

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Bon Secours wishes to thank, honor and celebrate each of its employees for their hard work, dedication and commitment to providing “good help to those in need.”

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Bon Secours has the pleasure of welcoming Behavioral Health Group to the Bon Secours Medical Group!

Behavioral Health Group, currently accepting new patients, is located on the campus of Richmond Community Hospital and practices at each of Bon Secours Richmond Health System’s four hospitals.  The practice offers a wide array of services focused on the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. Providers are Sultan Lakhani, MD, MPH, and nurse practitioner Paula Allocca, PhD, PMHNP.

To schedule an appointment with the Behavioral Health Group, call 804-371-1670.

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Associated Internists, currently accepting new patients, is located on the campus of St. Mary’s Hospital, and offers Dexa and heel scans, and concierge medicine. Providers are Michael D. Mandel, MD, Stanley A. Goldman, MD, Amy C. McConnell, MD, Joy P. Rowe, MD, Beth S. Du, MD, Genny Gatmaitan-Logie, MD and Donna S. East, BSN, RN, ANP-BC.

To schedule an appointment with the Associated Internists, call 804-288-3079.

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Robinson has serious allergies to 16 common medications. If she takes one of them, she could end up fighting for her life.

But a few months ago, Robinson learned firsthand that ConnectCare, Bon Secours’ new electronic medical records system, can help make an emergency just a little less frightening.

Robinson rushed to the emergency department at St. Mary’s with angiodema, an allergic reaction that causes oral obstruction to the airway.

She knew she had to tell the emergency team about her list of medication allergies,
which she keeps safely in her ever-present mobile phone. But her phone malfunctioned,
and she couldn’t access the list.

“I was afraid that without the information, or being able to recall the information, the
clinical team wouldn’t know what they could or couldn’t treat me with,” she said.

Thankfully, three weeks earlier Robinson had sent her doctor a message with her allergy list using MyChart, the patient portal to ConnectCare.

That simple action paid off at Robinson’s emergency department visit in November 2010.

Robinson’s MyChart account had linked her allergy list to her electronic medical record,
which listed all 16 of the medications.

“I was so relieved,” Robinson said. “It was just a few weeks after the St. Mary’s go-live of ConnectCare, so I was ecstatic to see working results. This really showed me just how valuable electronic medical records can be to the efficiency and quality of the health care provided.”

However, she added, the quality of her care still came down to the Bon Secours doctors, nurses and staffers who cared for her.

“The combination of technology, innovation and utter compassion had revealed its power,” Robinson said. “And that’s why I remain a faithful patient and employee of Bon Secours; they sure take care of their own.”

Whitney has generously agreed to share her experiences with our online community.

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