Inova Health System

Inova Health Care Services
Inova Health System
Formerly called
 Fairfax Hospital Association
Not-for-profit corporation
Industry Hospitals and health care services
Founded 1956 in Fairfax County, Virginia
Key people
  • J. Knox Singleton (CEO)
  • Mark S. Stauder (President and COO)
Revenue $2,699 million[1] (2014)
Number of employees
 17,396[1] (2014)
Website inova.org

Inova Health System is a non-profit health organization based in Falls Church, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. The system is a network of hospitals, outpatient services, assisted living and long-term care facilities, and healthcare centers.[2][3]

The system's hospitals provide much of the healthcare needs for citizens in Northern Virginia, including the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax and Falls Church and Fairfax County and Loudoun County. The flagship hospital, Inova Fairfax Hospital, has been recognized as one of the best hospitals in the nation by HealthGrades[4] and U.S. News & World Report (2009).[5]

History

In the early 1950s, residents of Fairfax County, Virginia perceived a need for a community hospital, as county residents were forced to travel to Arlington, Alexandria, or Washington D.C., to obtain hospital services and care.[6][7] The Fairfax County Hospital Commission incorporated the Fairfax Hospital Association (FHA) in February 1956.

Five months after Franklin P. Iams took on the role of administrator in July 1958, construction of the $6 million Fairfax Hospital began in November, and the hospital opened in February 1961.[8][9][10] In 1976, the sssociation took over the lease of Commonwealth Doctors Hospital in the City of Fairfax and opened Mount Vernon Hospital in the southeastern portion of the county.[11] The following year, the association opened an emergency care center, ACCESS (Ambulatory Care Center- Emergency Services System) in Reston.[12]

Following the retirement of Franklin P. Iams, J. Knox Singleton became president of the Fairfax Hospital Association in 1984.[13] The association took the Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Alexandria in August 1985, [14] and opened the $27 million Fair Oaks Hospital in June 1987, replacing Commonwealth Doctors Hospital, which was converted into a long-term care center.[15][16]

The Fairfax Hospital Association began operating under the Inova name in 1987, but did not formally take on the Inova name until 1991, when its successor corporation Fairfax Hospital System became Inova Hospitals.

In March 1988, Inova opened the Cameron Glen Care Center nursing home in Reston;[17] and merged with the nearly 125-year-old Alexandria Hospital in July 1996.[18] Inova opened the Inova HealthPlex, an ambulatory care center, in the Franconia/Springfield area in April 2001.[19]

In 2003, Inova laid off 113 of its 14,000 employees and considered moving Inova Mount Vernon Hospital in an attempt to cut costs.[20]

In October 2004, the system merged with Loudoun Healthcare, adding the Loudoun Hospital Center to its portfolio.[21]

Mark S. Stauder became the chief operating officer of Inova Health Systems in September 2006.[22]

Inova in June 2008 dropped its plans to merge with Prince William Health System, which ran the Prince William Hospital, following a legal challenge by the Federal Trade Commission.[23] Prince William Health System instead merged with North Carolina-based Novant Health the following year.[24]

In 2010, Inova sold its Cameron Glen Care Center and Commonwealth Care Center nursing homes[25] to Northern Virginia Health Investors, a joint venture of Commonwealth Care of Roanoke and Smith/Packett Med-Com, which operated the facilities for a few years before building new ones in Sterling and Oakton.[26]

Inova opened its second HealthPlex in the Lorton area in March 2013.[27]

For a few years previous, health care provider Kaiser Permanente had been moving away from referring its subscribers to Inova facilities, instead fostering relationships with Reston Hospital Center in western Fairfax County and Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington.[28] Inova joined with Aetna to form a jointly owned health insurance company, Innovation Health Plans, in 2012.[29] In 2013, Inova and Keiser completely broke ties .[30][31]

After several years of planning to expand into the field of genomic medicine, Inova announced in February 2015 that it had signed a 99-year lease with an option to buy for ExxonMobil's 117-acre campus in Merrifield, intending to use the property as the site for the Inova Center for Personalized Health, a facility to provide research, education and patient treatment through therapies tailored to the individual patient based on their genetics.[32][33]

In 2016, Inova and the University of Virginia Health System announced an agreement to form a partnership between the two systems. This includes a regional campus of UVA at Inova Fairfax, the development of a Global Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Institute at the Inova Center for Personalized Health, and a research partnership between the cancer centers of the two facilities.[34]

References

  1. 1 2 "Inova Health System - Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare - Deals and Alliances Profile". GlobalData Company Deals and Alliances Profiles. July 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015 – via Proquest. (subscription required (help)).
  2. ↑ Galewitz, Phil (September 19, 2012). "Urgent Care Centers Booming, Docs Worried". Med Page Today. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Amerigroup Corp. To Sell Virginia Operations". Virginia Business Magazine. October 1, 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  4. ↑ America's 50 Best Hospitals - 2007-2010
  5. ↑ U.S. New & World Report (2009) Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, Va. Retrieved 2010-07-14
  6. ↑ Smith, Marie D. (1 August 1955). "Fairfax Hospital Need Cited". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 October 2015 – via Proquest. (subscription required (help)).
  7. ↑ Smith, Marie D. (30 August 1955). "Fairfax Hospital Lack Felt in Adjacent Areas". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 October 2015 – via Proquest. (subscription required (help)).
  8. ↑ "Fairfax Hospital Names Manager". The Washington Post. 26 April 1958. Retrieved 4 October 2015 – via Proquest. (subscription required (help)).
  9. ↑ Guinn, Muriel P. (22 November 1958). "Couple Breaks Soil For Fairfax Hospital". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 October 2015 – via Proquest. (subscription required (help)).
  10. ↑ O'Neill, Jeff (7 February 1961). "New Fairfax Hospital Opens to Stir Of Flowers, Beeps, Waiting Stork". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 October 2015 – via Proquest. (subscription required (help)).
  11. ↑ Rosenfeld, Megan (9 January 1976). "Fairfax Association Signs Doctors Hospital Lease". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 October 2015 – via Proquest. (subscription required (help)).
  12. ↑ Locke, Maggie (12 May 1977). "Hospital association opens emergency center in Reston". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 October 2015 – via Proquest. (subscription required (help)).
  13. ↑ "Around the Region: Fairfax Hospitals Pick Leader". The Washington Post. 24 March 1984. Retrieved 4 October 2015 – via Proquest. (subscription required (help)).
  14. ↑ Hockstader, Lee (2 August 1985). "Fairfax Group to Run Hospital in Alexandria". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  15. ↑ Gregg, Sandra R. (6 June 1987). "2 New Hospitals in Fairfax Face Admissions Test". The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  16. ↑ Thomas, Pierre (7 June 1987). "An Impatient Patient Hastens the Opening Of Fair Oaks Hospital". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  17. ↑ Bohn, John (11 August 1988). "Reston Nursing Home Correcting Problems". The Washington Post. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  18. ↑ Goldstein, Amy (3 July 1996). "In Era of Mergers, Alexandria Hospital Decides to Join Inova Health System". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  19. ↑ Smith, Leef (2001-04-19). "New Medical Center Offers Range of Care". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
  20. ↑ Smith, Leef (2003-07-01). "Inova Cuts 113 Staffers, Reduces Work Hours". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
  21. ↑ Taylor, Mark (28 February 2005). "Merger in Va. passes muster". Modern Healthcare. 35 (9). Retrieved 3 October 2015 – via Proquest. (subscription required (help)).
  22. ↑ "Inova Health System Names Mark Stauder Chief Operating Officer". Inova Newsroom. Inova Health System. 18 October 2006. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  23. ↑ Mack, Kristen (2008-06-07). "FTC Challenge Blocks Inova Merger". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
  24. ↑ Plumb, Tierney (28 March 2009). "Prince William Hospital to merge with Novant". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  25. ↑ MacDonald, Gregg (9 June 2010). "Inova Health System puts two nursing centers up for sale". FairfaxTimes.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  26. ↑ Fischer, Ben (13 May 2011). "New owner to relocate 2 Inova nursing homes". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  27. ↑ Cullum, James (1 March 2013). "Inova Lorton Healthplex to Hold Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony Friday". Lorton Patch. Patch.com. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  28. ↑ Fischer, Ben (15 February 2011). "Inova, Kaiser: A study in payback". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  29. ↑ Fischer, Ben (21 June 2012). "Inova, Aetna to form insurance joint venture". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  30. ↑ Fischer, Ben (24 September 2013). "Inova, Kaiser Permanente to cut ties". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  31. ↑ Halzack, Sarah (24 September 2013). "Inova ends contract with Kaiser Permanente". The Washington Post. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  32. ↑ Sernovitz, Daniel J. (9 February 2015). "Inova to lease Exxon Mobil campus to boost personalized medicine effort". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  33. ↑ Loughran, Tim (30 April 2015). "A breakthrough for Inova?". Virginia Business. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  34. ↑ http://www.virginiabusiness.com/news/article/u.va.-inova-to-develop-research-institute-in-northern-virginia

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