Awards and Recognitions

Riverside’s Williamsburg Memory Café Earns 2018 Best Practices Award from the Southern Gerontological Society
The award, which honors significant contributions to the field of aging and the development of gerontology in the South, was presented to the Williamsburg Memory Café at SGS’ Annual Meeting in April in Georgia.
(Press Release, 5/24/2018)
Riverside’s Center for Excellence in Aging and Lifelong Health Noted by the Commonwealth Council on Aging for Microlearning Program
Riverside CEALH earned an Honorable Mention in the Commonwealth Council on Aging’s Best Practices Awards for its “Microlearning: Little Message with a Big Impact” program.
(Press Release, 5/22/2018)
Riverside Walter Reed Hospital on the Middle Peninsula Earns American Nurses Credentialing Center Pathway to Excellence Designation
“At the end of the day, the Pathway designation says we are really an excellent hospital and that we are taking care of our patients.”
(Press Release, 5/2/2018)
Riverside Shore Nurse Earns DAISY Recognition for Outstanding Care
Riverside Shore Nurse Earns DAISY Recognition for Outstanding Care
(Press Release, 4/10/2018)
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Three Riverside Health System Home Health Practices are Named Top Agencies of the 2017 ABILITY | HomeCare Elite
(Press Release, 4/3/2018)

Riverside Honored with 2018 Readers' Choice Awards from Northern Neck News
(Press Release, 3/8/2018)

Riverside Health System President and CEO William B. Downey Honored with Peninsula Humanitarian Award
(Press Release, 2/26/2018)

Two Riverside Nursing Facilities Recognized as Top Performers by the American College of Health Care Administrators
(Press Release, 2/21/2018)

Riverside Mathews Convalescent Center Recognized Among Nation’s Best
(Press Release, 2/16/2018)

The Orchard Recognized Among Nation’s Best
(Press Release, 2/14/2018)

What does it take to deliver excellent health care to the residents and visitors of the Tappahannock and Northern Neck region for just one year? Riverside is counting the ways.
(Press Release, 2/6/2018)

Resident of The Orchard Healthy Living Community Celebrates Being 105 Years Young at Heart
(Press Release, 1/26/2018)

Riverside Convalescent Center in Saluda Achieves Five-Star Rating from CMS
(Press Release, 1/16/2018)

Riverside Shore ICU Nurse Recognized for Extraordinary Care
(Press Release, 1/16/2018)

Riverside’s Hugh Bryan, M.D. Receives Clarence A. Holland Award from the Medical Society of Virginia
(Press Release, 12/15/2017)

Riverside Shore Nurse Named Nurse of the Year by March of Dimes
(Press Release, 11/29/2017)

State affirms The Orchard with 3-year licensure extension
(Press Release, 11/17/2017)

Accomplished Riverside Gerontological Nurse Kathleen Fletcher Honored with National Industry Award
(Press Release, 11/10/2017)

Riverside Shore Nurse Named Finalist for March of Dimes Nurse of the Year Award
(Press Release, 11/6/2017)

Riverside Shore Nurses Named Finalists for Virginia Nurses Association Leadership Excellence Awards
(Press Release, 10/10/2017)

New Riverside Physical Therapy Sports Residency Program Raises Bar for Local Specialized Care - Accredited Program is One of Only Three Sports Residencies in Virginia, Showcasing Expertise and Vision of Riverside Sports Medicine
(Press Release, 8/24/2017)

The Orchard Earns National Recognition as a Top Care Facility
(Press Release, 8/10/2017)

The Orchard Earns National Recognition as a Top Care Facility
(Press Release, 8/4/2017)

The Riverside Rehabilitation Center in Hampton Improves to Five-Star Ranking from CMS
(Press Release, 8/4/2017)

Most Wired for 13 Years - Longest in Virginia - Implementation of Epic Electronic Health Record a success. New technology means improvements for collaboration, integration and patient care.
(Press Release, 7/10/2017)

Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital Earns Echocardiography Accreditation
(Press Release, 6/19/2017)

Riverside Convalescent Center West Point earns national honor for work to improve residents’ pain management
(Press Release, 6/8/2017)

Riverside Shore Memorial Earns the Outstanding Achievement Award from the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer
(Press Release, 3/6/2017)

Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital Among Top 100 in the U.S.
(Press Release, 2/28/2017)

Riverside Physician Selected For The Practice Change Leaders Program
(Press Release, 12/21/2016)

Riverside Shore Cancer Center Earns National Accreditation with Commendation for Excellence
(Press Release, 12/8/2016)

Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital Accredited by DNV GL
(Press Release, 12/5/2016)

Riverside Shore Rehabilitation Center Earns 2016 Bronze National Quality Award
(Press Release, 11/1/2016)

Three Riverside Shore Nurses Named Finalists for March of Dimes Nurse of the Year Award
(Press Release, 10/25/2016)

Big Benefits for Little Babies - Riverside Regional Medical Center recognized as a Gold Safe Sleep Champion
(Press Release, 10/4/2016)

Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital Nurses are Finalists for Leadership Excellence Award
(Press Release, 10/3/2016)

Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital Earns Primary Stroke Center Certification
(Press Release, 9/20/2016)

Orchard Wins National Quality Award
(Press Release, 8/31/2016)

Top Companies for Leadership Excellence - Taffi Simone, Program Coordinator Workforce Development, Receives Top Corporate Leader Award.
(Press Release, 8/8/2016)

Supply Chain Management National Recognition
(Press Release, 8/8/2016)

Riverside Named 2016 Most Wired for 12th Year
(Press Release, 7/29/2016)

Riverside Walter Reed Hospital Earns Blue Distinction Center Designation for Quality in Knee and Hip Replacement Surgeries
(Press Release, 7/27/2016)

Achieving the Pathway to Excellence® Redesignation
(Press Release, 7/25/2016)

Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital Recognizes Excellence in Nursing
(Press Release, 6/13/2016)

Riverside Recognized for Patient Privacy
(Press Release, 1/28/2016)

Riverside Celebrates Team Members 900 Years of Service To The Communities of the Middle Peninsula
(Press Release, 1/27/2016)

New Smithfield nursing home third in state to embrace 'household model'
(Daily Press, 12/14/2015)

Six Riverside hospitals have been named a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission
(Press Release, 11/18/2015)

Riverside designated a comprehensive stroke center - Hospital is one of only three certified centers in Virginia
(Press Release, 10/14/2015)

Riverside Brings Military Caregiver Support Program to Virginia
(Press Release, 9/25/2015)

Riverside Health System named "Most Wired" for eleventh consecutive year
(Press Release, 8/7/2015)

Riverside Health System named Healthcare Purchasing news' 2015 Supply Chain Department of the Year
(Press Release, 7/23/2015)

Riverside Tappahannock Hospital nationally recognized for third year in a row for excellence in providing safe, effective care
(Press Release, 7/3/2015)

The Gardens at Warwick Forest Receives National Award for Improving Quality of Care
(Press Release, 6/18/2015)

Riverside Received Resolution from Virginia General Assembly for 100 Years of Care
(Press Release, 5/21/2015)

Riverside’s Christine Jensen Recognized For Innovation and Leadership In Field of Aging
(Press Release, 4/22/2015)

Riverside Middle Peninsula Cancer Program Earns National Recognition
(Press Release, 4/2/2015)

Riverside Tappahannock Hospital Lowers Readmission Rates For COPD Patients
(Press Release, 4/1/2015)

Riverside Convalescent Center at West Point earns national recognition as a top performing nursing home
(Press Release, 3/30/2015)

Riverside Health System's dementia programs cited as 'best practices'
(Daily Press, 2/3/2015)

Riverside Celebrates Team Members’ 1,040 Years of Service to Communities of the Middle Peninsula
(Press Release, 2/3/2015)

Riverside Celebrates Middle Peninsula Years of Service and Retirees
(Press Release, 1/27/2015)

Riverside Rehabilitation Institute is first acute rehab hospital to earn Specialty Certification for Stroke Rehabilitation in Hampton Roads region
(Press Release, 12/19/2014)

Riverside Tappahannock Hospital Earns “Top Performer” Recognition
(Press Release, 12/4/2014)

Riverside Tappahannock Hospital Awarded an “A” Hospital Safety Score
(Press Release, 11/24/2014)

Riverside Health System’s Joanne Skinner Named 2014 March of Dimes Nurse of the Year in Geriatric and Long Term Care
(Press Release, 11/10/2014)

Nurses Leading the Way
(Press Release, 9/30/2014)

The Golden Paw Award Goes to Riverside
(Press Release, 9/25/2014)

Volunteering has no age limit
(Press Release, 9/17/2014)

Riverside Tappahannock Hospital Laboratory Passes Back to Back Inspections with “Flying Colors”
(Press Release, 9/12/2014)

Riverside Walter Reed Hospital Announces American Nurses Credentialing Center Pathway to Excellence ® Designation
(Press Release, 8/21/2014)

Riverside Health System Recognized as one of the nation’s top twenty “Most Wired - Advanced” health care systems
(Press Release, 7/9/2014)

Riverside Tappahannock Hospital excels in patient safety
(Press Release, 6/25/2014)

Riverside Tappahannock Hospital nationally recognized for excellence
(Press Release, 6/11/2014)

Extraordinary Nurse Recognized at Riverside Walter Reed Hospital
(Press Release, 6/5/2014)

Riverside School of Health Careers Congratulates the First Class of Physical Therapist Assistants
(Press Release, 6/3/2014)

Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital’s Cancer Program Receives Outstanding Achievement Award - Hospital is among only 74 programs in the nation to receive this honor in 2013
(Press Release, 5/28/2014)

Riverside Regional Medical Center Named Best Hospital in the Region
(Press Release, 5/20/2014)

Riverside was recently named to the Hepatitis B Birth Dose Honor Roll by the Immunization Action Coalition
(Press Release, 5/20/2014)

Riverside Experts in Older Adult Care Named to Institute for Innovations in Caregiving Advisory Board
(Press Release, 4/15/2014)

Patriots Colony Earns Place Among the Best in the Commonwealth
(Press Release, 3/4/2014)

Riverside's Jean Raines Scholarship winner is ES native Kaylyn Chandler
(Press Release, 1/14/2014)

Riverside Health System earns STAR Program® Certification for rehabilitation for cancer survivors
(Press Release, 12/20/2013)

Digital mammography at Metompkin clinic receives highest rating from FDA
(Press Release, 11/23/2013)

Veterans supporting veterans - Fort Eustis soldiers spend day with World War II, Korea and Vietnam veterans at Williamsburg's Patriots Colony
(Press Release, 11/9/2013)

Riverside Walter Reed Hospital Earns “Top Performer on Key Quality Measures®” Recognition from The Joint Commission
(Press Release, 11/4/2013)

Riverside Shore Cancer Center Earns Accreditation with Commendation
(Press Release, 11/1/2013)

Four Riverside Facilities recognized as Top Performers in Quality
(Press Release, 10/30/2013)

Riverside Health System Named a Leader in Computer Integration
(Press Release, 8/28/2013)

Riverside Tappahannock Hospital nationally recognized for excellence in providing safe, effective and efficient care
(Press Release, 7/5/2013)

RTH earns an “A” grade in hospital safety report
(Press Release, 7/5/2013)

New administrators take the helm at Riverside Regional Medical Center
(Press Release, 6/27/2013)

Riverside Health System and Bay Aging Earn 2013 Virginia Healthcare Innovators Award - Eastern Virginia Care Transitions Partnership program helps transitions to home reduced re-hospitalizations and will now expand across the region.
(Press Release, 6/10/2013)

Riverside Health System receives Health and Wellbeing Award for employee health initiatives
(Press Release, 6/6/2013)

RTH hospitalist physician earns senior fellow designation
(Press Release, 6/4/2013)

Riverside's Center for Excellence in Aging and Lifelong Health Earns Best Practices Award
(Press Release, 5/14/2013)

Hugh M. Bryan III, M.D. recognized for his service
(Press Release, 5/10/2013)

Dr. Joseph Ward Earns Medical Director Certification - American Medical Directors Association – Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine, only awards certifications twice per year.
(Press Release, 4/11/2013)

Riverside Health System’s Four Hospitals Receive
(Press Release, 4/4/2013)

Dr. Fred Arnold Recognized in Medical Society of Virginia Facebook Campaign
(Press Release, 4/1/2013)

Riverside Walter Reed Hospital's Cancer Program Receives National Achievement Award
(Press Release, 4/4/2012)

Riverside Walter Reed Hospital Authorized for Second CT Scanner
(Press Release, 3/13/2012)

Riverside Nurses selected as Top Nurses in First Annual Excellence in Nursing Competition
(Press Release, 3/1/2012)

Riverside Diagnostic Center Achieves ACR Breast MRI Accreditation
(Press Release, 2/22/2012)

Riverside Regional Medical Center's Trauma Program Receives State Recertification
(Press Release, 1/25/2012)

Riverside Regional Medical Center First on the Peninsula to Achieves New Status as Accredited Chest-Pain Center
(Press Release, 12/23/2011)

Riverside Tappahannock Hospital Named as 1 of only 2 Top Performing Hospitals in Virginia
(Press Release, 11/10/2011)

Riverside Health System Recognized for Quality Patient Care
(Press Release, 11/10/2011)

Riverside Inpatient Diabetes first in Virginia to be awarded gold seal of Approval from the Joint Commission
(Press Release, 10/14/2011)

Riverside Health System Nurses Recognized by the Virginia Nurses Foundation for Outstanding Contributions to Healthcare
(Press Release, 9/16/2011)

Riverside Earns "Top Performer on Key Quality Measures" Recognition from the Joint Commission
(Press Release, 9/14/2011)

Riverside Regional Medical Center’s Cardio Vascular Telemetry Unit Earns Silver Beacon Award for Acute and Critical Care Excellence
(Press Release, 9/12/2011)

Riverside Health System Doctor Receives Cancer Liaison Outstanding Performance Award
(Press Release, 9/8/2011)

Riverside's Most Wired Designation Highlights the Importance of Using Electronic Medical Records in Patient Care
(Press Release, 7/18/2011)