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Bon Secours’ new nicotine-free hiring policy (video)

As part of the Great American Smokeout, this week we announced our new nicotine-free hiring policy. In this special message for our Facebook Page, some of our leaders and team members discuss the policy and our mission of wellness. What do you think? Join the conversation in our blog comments on this post, or Facebook … Read More

Bon Secours Virginia Health System Adopts Nicotine-Free Hiring Policy

Part of  our commitment to employee wellness As part of Bon Secours Virginia’s investment in employee health and commitment to accountable care, we are initiating a nicotine-free hiring policy. Effective Nov. 30, 2011, nicotine users will not be eligible for employment within Bon Secours Virginia Health System. The policy is an extension of our mission … Read More

The Healing & Community Garden at
Memorial Regional Medical Center

Throughout history, gardens have been designed for the restoration of body, mind and spirit. In more recent history, research has given evidence of the therapeutic benefit of gardens. Memorial Regional Medical Center is building a Healing and Community Garden designed to raise awareness of the importance of environment and provide a place of healing to … Read More

System-Wide Stroke Certification Benefits All

When every second counts, Bon Secours Virginia Neurosciences Institute is ready with the largest certified stroke center network in the state. Now with nearly all Bon Secours Virginia hospitals certified through the Joint Commission’s Primary Stroke Center program, staff and physicians can more quickly identify and treat patients with acute stroke symptoms. That’s essential, because … Read More

Bon Secours Watkins Centre: Making Health Easy

Life’s complicated. Today’s patients need easy-to-use, high-quality health care provided with customer service standards — convenience, location, selection, free parking, same-day service — that make good health simple to maintain. We know that the Bon Secours St. Francis Watkins Centre will be this for the 18,000-20,000 patient visits that are expected in the first year … Read More

Your medical records, there’s an app for that

Gone are the days of doctors carrying armfuls of paper charts. Today, our entire Richmond health system is up and running on a state-of-the-art secure electronic medical record. We call it ConnectCare. The idea is pretty simple, no matter where you are in our system, your doctors and nurses have the information at their finger tips to provide you … Read More

Nation’s First Rider Alert Cards for Motorcyclists

Listen! Richmond Ambulance Authority (RAA) and Bon Secours Virginia Health System, in partnership with Motorcycle Virginia, Inc., today launched a new program designed to save the lives of injured motorcyclists. The program provides free identification data cards that will help first responders provide rapid and accurate medical assistance to riders involved in accidents. The data … Read More

Rappahannock General Hospital and Bon Secours Virginia Sign Letter of Intent

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Casey Kopcsak 804.435.8662 Melissa Jones for Bon Secours Virginia Health System 804.762.9400 Rappahannock General Hospital and Bon Secours Virginia Sign Letter of Intent Goal is to affiliate and enhance patient services Kilmarnock, VA (April 4, 2011) – Rappahannock General Hospital and Bon Secours Virginia Health System have signed a letter of … Read More

Bon Secours’ Employee Wellness Featured

“We offer a wide variety of things,” said Cindy Stutts, Bon Secours’ administrative director for employee wellness and employee assistance. “We offer everything from Weight Watchers at work to an incentive plan in which employees keep track of their preventive screenings. We have exercise classes at various sites.” Bon Secours Richmond was recently featured by … Read More