If you have a new baby – or even a grandchild – on the way, Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center is now offering FREE online childbirth, parenting and grandparenting education until January 2024.
Each class contains high-quality videos and animations to help explain concepts easily. Classes cover topics such as pregnancy, labor, childbirth, breastfeeding, baby care, postpartum health, parenting and more.
All classes are available in both English and Spanish at injoyonline.com. Use redemption code “sentara” (all lowercase). Simply create an account to get started: injoyonline.com.
Sentara will no longer force most employees, patients, and visitors to wear facemasks.
The healthcare provider says the coronavirus and flu cases are falling after a spike during Fall 2022. Starting today, March 21, 2023, only those who think they have the coronavirus or flu or those treating coronavirus and flu patients should continue to wear a mask.
Sentara operates the largest medical facility in eastern Prince William County, Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center in Woodbridge. The medical provider also operates a series of health clinics throughout the region.
More in a press release:
The Sentara COVID-19 Task Force has closely monitored COVID-19 activity for the past three years across our communities, using scientific data and the highest safety standards to guide our decisions throughout the pandemic.
Currently, health systems across the country are seeing a steady decrease in COVID-19, RSV, and flu patients – the three respiratory viruses that triggered a surge in emergency department visits and hospitalizations last fall.
After much consideration, we believe it is safe and appropriate to relax masking requirements across our healthcare facilities.
Effective tomorrow March 21, 2023, patients, visitors, and team members will no longer be required to wear a mask at all times within our healthcare facilities. Exceptions include:
- Patients who are seeking treatment for a viral illness such as COVID-19 or the flu should continue to wear a mask to prevent spreading the virus to others.
- Healthcare workers treating patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 must still wear the appropriate level of personal protective equipment (PPE) required.
All healthcare professionals will continue to follow infection prevention protocols. Health systems will continue to monitor respiratory illness activity within our communities.
While we continue to evolve our COVID-19 policies, our priority remains the safety of our team members, patients, and community. Masks will continue to be an important tool, along with vaccinations, to keep people healthy and safe. Masks will still be available to patients and visitors who enter our facilities. Additionally, our healthcare colleagues can still wear a mask if they choose to do so.
We are grateful to our healthcare colleagues, patients, and visitors for their cooperation in following important public health measures during the pandemic to protect one another.
A convenient, new outpatient imaging center is now open in Woodbridge. Sentara Advanced Imaging Center is now open in the Century Medical Building on the campus of Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center.
If you’re coming to Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center for outpatient imaging, you will now come to Sentara Advanced Imaging Center in the Century Building.
This is the first building on your right as you enter the main campus of the hospital from Opitz Boulevard at 2280 Opitz Boulevard in Suite 100.
This new advanced imaging site offers 3D Mammography, Ultrasound, Bone Density Scans, CT Scans, PET CT Scans and walk-in X-Ray.
Sentara Advanced Imaging Center is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Complimentary valet parking is available for your convenience. To schedule an appointment, call 703-523-1560.
Stress is normal for everyone, but extreme stress can harm your physical and mental well-being. When your body is under too much stress, your brain sees it as a threat.
This reaction causes your cortisol levels to spike, triggering your body’s “fight or flight” response.
Finding coping methods to manage stress will improve your quality of life and overall health, including heart health.
So, who has your heart? Send this stress-less guide to them today so they know just how much you support them.
Download this FREE Sentara 7-day guide to learn the best tips for reducing stress!
The Neurosurgery team at Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center is using the latest treatments and technologies to provide a high level of care close to home.
Curveā¢ Image-Guided Surgery is being used for advanced neurosurgery procedures. Curveā¢, by BrainLab, provides surgeons with better guidance and control during surgery to enable less invasive, more precise and safer procedures, giving patients better outcomes and a faster recovery. Ā
“Spinal navigation is primarily offered at large hospitals, which limits patient access,” says Dr. John P. Lynes. “Having this technology locally allows us to provide our patients with a higher level of care closer to home. With better visualization of the surgical site, incisions can be minimized, critical structures, such as blood vessels and nerves, are better protected, and overall outcomes improve.”Ā
Curveā¢ Image-Guided Surgery displays 3D images of the patient’s anatomy based on CT, MRI, and other types of scans. Utilizing touch-screen monitors and two infrared cameras, surgeons are able to track the patient’s exact position on the operating table relative to the surgeon’s instruments.Ā
“Like a GPS for the spine, this technology lets us [surgeons] know exactly where we are at all times. It’s an incredibly powerful ‘surgical sixth sense,’ allowing us to reliably place and double check screws during procedures, such as lumbar fusions. This precise tracking helps us keep the patient safer and makes surgery more efficient,” says Dr. David A. Weiner.
“There are many ways we work to improve the health of our community,” says Julie Billingsley, Director, Patient Care Services, Orthopedics & Neurosciences at Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center. “That’s why we continue to add new, advanced technologies that help our surgeons offer less invasive, better coordinated and safer care.”
To learn more go to sentara.com/medicalservices/services/neurosciences/neurosurgery
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The first baby born at Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center in Woodbridge was to Farida Badakhsk and Safiullah Safa of Alexandria.
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Becky, from Triangle, lost 162 pounds during her weight loss surgery journey with Sentara Weight Loss Surgery Center in Woodbridge.Ā
At Sentara, our center is nationally accredited by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP). We partner with hundreds of patients just like Becky, offering a multi-disciplinary team including specialty-trained surgeons, dietitians, exercise and behavioral health specialists, and a bariatric nurse navigator to help walk you through the entire process. Our program also works closely with you and your insurance carrier to determine if you have coverage for bariatric surgery.Ā
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Sentara Healthcare recently announced an additional $5 million in funding to support nearly 100 partner organizations throughout Virginia and North Carolina - $290,000 of which has been committed to eight local community partners through its Fall 2022 Sentara Cares grant cycle.
These investments expand on Sentara's longstanding commitment to address social determinants of health and promote equitable access to care in traditionally underserved communities - efforts that are strengthened through numerous grassroots partnerships with community and faith-based organizations.
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Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center in Woodbridge is celebrating 50 years of serving Eastern Prince William County and surrounding areas.
The hospital opened as Potomac Hospital and operated under the name until 2012. Dr. Carol ShapiroĀ recalls being part of the hospital's opening day ceremonies on November 7, 1972.
