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Pilot program could help uninsured - The Riverside Foundation donated $1 million
One million Virginians — 15 percent of the state's population — don't have health insurance. A proposed pilot program funded partly by a Riverside Foundation donation will attempt to insure the uninsured in Hampton Roads.
(Daily Press, 4/15/2008)

Two more Riverside patients test positive for hepatitis C - The medical center is still trying to reach 23 people to schedule screenings.
Two more former Riverside patients have tested positive for hepatitis C, bringing the total to three, a Riverside spokesman said Monday. Riverside Regional Medical Center is providing precautionary screenings to about 300 patients who may have come in contact with a nurse anesthetist who worked there July 9 through Dec. 22.
(Daily Press, 4/8/2008)

One Riverside patient tests positive for hepatitis C
Riverside started screening patients last week, after officials learned that a nurse anesthetist who worked there last year was suspected of infecting up to 15 patients in Texas in 2004. "We do not have any reason to believe this one case is linked to the nurse anesthetist," said Peter Glagola, public relations director. The patient who tested positive has been contacted, he said.
(Daily Press, 4/2/2008)

First 120 test negative for hepatitis C - Riverside hospital is still trying to reach some people who might have been infected by a former employee.
Test results are in for 120 Riverside patients screened for hepatitis C, and they all came back negative. Riverside Regional Medical Center started screening patients last week after officials discovered that a man who'd worked there last year was suspected of infecting up to 15 patients in Texas in 2004.
(Daily Press, 4/1/2008)

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Riverside making progress on hepatitis screenings - Eighty have had the blood test, but the hospital needs to reach another 160 former patients.
(Daily Press, 3/29/2008)

Another try for new hospital - Riverside's first two proposals for Doctor's Hospital were rejected by the state.
(Daily Press, 3/29/2008)

Riverside Medical Group Receives National Preeminence Award
(Press Release, 3/19/2008)

Riverside StatMD and Dr. John Janousek now providing walk-in care at Hayes Medical Center
(Press Release, 2/4/2008)

Riverside Recognized For Exemplary Efforts To Serve The Community - Selected as Finalist for the 2007 Foster G. McGaw Prize
(Press Release, 1/10/2008)

Riverside Medical Group and Warwick Forest Retirement Community Recognized as an Employer of Choice
(Press Release, 12/21/2007)

Riverside Medical Group Physicians Earn Elite Heart/Stroke Recognition - Twenty-six of Twenty-seven Physicians Recognized in the Commonwealth of Virginia are Riverside Medical Group Physicians
(Press Release, 12/17/2007)

Riverside Regional Medical Center Receives 2007 Hospital of Choice Award - Only hospital in Virginia to receive award
(Press Release, 10/12/2007)

Riverside Diagnostic Center - Oyster Point Named Among Top in Nation
(Press Release, 10/5/2007)

Riverside Named Among Most Wired Hospitals in America - The only hospital or health system in Virginia to receive the honor in 2007
(Press Release, 7/20/2007)

Riverside & University of Virginia RadioSurgery Center can now treat tumors non-surgically anywhere on the body with the addition of Synergy S™
(Press Release, 6/7/2007)