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LewisGale Hospital Montgomery names new CEO
Alan Fabian has been named the new chief executive officer of LewisGale Hospital Montgomery. Fabian most recently served as CEO of Dautervie Hospital in Louisiana for six years. “Alan brings a wealth of senior executive leadership and...
Tags: Corporate Officers, Hospitals and Clinics
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OUR HEALTH: Local Healthcare Organizations Work Together to Address Meningitis Outbreak
In early September, an alert healthcare worker in Tennessee discovered that her ill patient had fungus in their spinal fluid. Within a matter of days, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) were involved, and an...
Tags: Vaccines, Health, Viral Diseases and Infections, Food and Drug Administration, Chemical Industry
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Local lawmakers react to Gov. McDonnell's State of the Commonwealth address
WDBJ7 ReporterWednesday night, Governor McDonnell laid out his plans for Virginia. His fourth State of the Commonwealth address touched on recurring themes, more jobs, better education, improved roads. Speaking to the General Assembly in Richmond, McDonnell also...Tags: Government Health Care, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Politics, Parties and Movements
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Governor McDonnell offers modest spending increase in budget speech
Live Video app for Facebook by UstreamGov. Bob McDonnell's cautious revisions to Virginia's two-year budget target modest spending increases for indigent health care, conditional raises for teachers and a $128 million deposit into the state's rainy day...
Tags: Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Labor Markets, Regional Authority, Bob McDonnell, Executive Branch
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McDonnell: Virginia to use federal health care exchange
Gov. Bob McDonnell says Virginia will default to a federal health insurance exchange to meet its obligations under the federal health care overhaul. McDonnell had been holding out in hopes that President Barack Obama would be defeated and the reforms...
Tags: Bob McDonnell, Medicaid, Barack Obama, Private Health Care
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WDBJ7 goes one on one with Anthony Flaccavento
This week's Election 2012 candidate profile focuses on the 9th District Congressional race. The 9th district is located in the southwest portion of the state and includes Montgomery, Pulaski, Giles, Floyd, Craig, Carroll, and Grayson Counties, along with...
Tags: Government Health Care, Abortion Issue, Prescription Drugs, Biofuels, Ethanol
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Site in Richmond selected for Redskins camp
The city of Richmond is teaming up with a Roman Catholic health system to bring the Washington Redskins' training camp to 17 acres west of downtown. The announcement was made Monday by Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones and Bon Secours Richmond Health Systems....
Tags: Bon Secours
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WDBJ7 goes one-on-one with Congressman Morgan Griffith
In our Election 2012 coverage, we focus on the 9th Congressional District. It is located in the southwestern portion of the state and it includes Montgomery, Pulaski, Giles, Floyd and Craig Counties and parts of Henry and Roanoke Counties. Incumbent 9th...
Tags: Government Health Care, Ethanol, Biofuels, Elections, Salem (Salem, Virginia)
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Halifax Regional Health System merges with Sentara Healthcare
WDBJ7 ReporterA long time non-profit health system in Southern Virginia will soon have a new owner. Friday the 59 year old Halifax Regional Health System announced it's plans to merge with Sentara Healthcare out of Norfolk, Virginia. The health system's CEO says this...Tags: Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Sentara, Hospitals and Clinics
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OUR HEALTH: ER's and Urgent Care: When You Should Go Where
Dr. Burton agrees that cost issues are a major difference between ER treatment and urgent care options. “There is a substantial price difference, but it depends upon the medical problem and what level of treatment is required before you can make...
Tags: Radiology, X-rays, Vomiting, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Abdominal Pain
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Supreme Court upholds individual health care mandate
The individual mandate survives. The Supreme Court has upheld the heart of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul -- ruling in favor of the requirement that most Americans can be required to have health insurance, or else pay a penalty. The...
Tags: Government Health Care, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elections, Health, Religion and Belief
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Faces of health care: Medicaid recipient on life filled with pain and money headaches
WDBJ7 ReporterThursday's decision shot down the provision that allowed individual states to give more money to Medicaid recipients. Catherine Fitzgerald a current Medicaid recipient and Danville resident, has been around the health care block so to speak. She's...Tags: Cancer, Government Health Care, Colonoscopy, Health, Mammogram
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