WARRENTON, Va., May 22, 2019 – Novant Health UVA Health System is pleased to announce Douglas J. Markert, MD, will serve as Chief Clinical Officer for Novant Health UVA Health System Prince William Medical Center and Haymarket Medical Center.
CULPEPER, Va., May 21, 2019 – Novant Health UVA Health System is pleased to announce the addition of a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) machine at Culpeper Medical Center, a Novant Health UVA Health System facility, for use in testing mineral deficiency in patients at risk for osteopenia (thin bones) or osteoporosis (brittle bones).
WARRENTON, Va., May 16, 2019 – Novant Health UVA Health System Haymarket Medical Center, Novant Health UVA Health System Prince William Medical Center and Culpeper Medical Center, a Novant Health UVA Health System facility, were all awarded ‘A’ grades from The Leapfrog Group’s spring 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. The designation recognizes the medical centers’ efforts in protecting patients from harm and providing safer health care. The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization committed to improving health care quality and safety for consumers and purchasers. The Safety Grade assigns an ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’ or ‘F’ grade to hospitals across the country based on their performance in preventing medical errors, injuries, accidents, infections and other harms to patients in their care.
CULPEPER, Va., May 13, 2019 – The Culpeper area’s new women’s center, UVA Obstetrics and Gynecology, a department of Culpeper Medical Center, is officially accepting patients. Housed adjacent to Culpeper Medical Center at 633 Sunset Lane, the new women’s center offers a convenient location and increased access to obstetric and gynecological services for the community.
CULPEPER, Va., May 1, 2019 – Culpeper Medical Center, a Novant Health UVA Health System facility, will host a community farmers market featuring produce and goods from local vendors every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to noon beginning May 8 and running through October. The farmers market will be located near the main entrance of the medical center and encourages healthy eating for a healthier Culpeper.