Sentara Healthcare is an acknowledged leader in patient safety and quality innovation. Founded in 1888 as the Retreat for the Sick in Norfolk, Virginia, Sentara has ranked for more than a decade among the nation's top integrated healthcare systems by Modern Healthcare magazine and is the #1 most integrated health care system for the last two years.
Sentara, a not-for-profit health system, operates more than 100 sites of care serving residents across Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. The system is comprised of 10 acute care hospitals, including seven in Hampton Roads, one in Northern Virginia, and two in the Blue Ridge region, advanced imaging centers, nursing and assisted-living centers, outpatient campuses, two home health and hospice agencies, a 3,680-provider medical staff, and three medical groups with 618 providers.
Sentara also offers medical transport ambulances and Nightingale, the first air ambulance serving Hampton Roads. Optima Health, an award winning Sentara owned health plan, serves 433,000 members in Virginia.
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Measuring Quality Healthcare
Patient Safety
Commitment to the Community
Our Commitment to Improving Health Every Day
Mission
We improve health every day.
Vision
Be the healthcare choice of the communities we serve.
Looking Ahead
To assure this, we constantly seek ways to expand and enhance our services. It’s why we aggressively recruit physicians and staff with exceptional skills and standards. It means pursuing research and clinical trials, so the latest methods will be available to our patients first. Maintaining superior results also requires new facilities, which we build, as need dictates.
Delivering Quality Clinical Outcomes
Sentara has a commitment to grow as one of the nation’s leading healthcare organizations by creating innovative systems of care that help people achieve and maintain their best possible state of health. We will focus, plan and act on our commitments to our community mission, to our customers and to the highest quality standards of healthcare to achieve our vision for the future.
Building for the Future
The next decade will be characterized by inspiring growth and change – all dedicated to improving the health of our community and our patients. Read more about Upcoming Facilities online.