Awards and Recognitions

In 2024, Forbes named Sentara Health one of America’s Best-In-State Employers, recognizing the organization as a preferred place to work based on evaluations from employees and community members.

America's Best-In-State Employer, Forbes (2024)

Best Employer for Veterans, Forbes (2022, 2023)

Best Employer for New Grads, Forbes (2022)

Best Employer for Women, Forbes (2020)

America's Best Employers, Forbes (2018)

Health Quality Innovators named Sentara Health a 2024 Health Quality Innovator of the Year. This prestigious annual award program recognizes and celebrates organizations that are using successful, evidence-based approaches to improve health care quality and outcomes.

Sentara was selected as the winner in the Population Health category for its efforts to improve health equity and expand access to care through its innovative care delivery model, Sentara Community Care. Learn more about Sentara's award and accomplishments here.

Through the work of Sentara’s Diversity & Inclusion department, all of our hospitals have received the High Performer designation for 2024 from the Human Rights Campaign, a nationwide organization working to achieve quality and inclusion for the LGBTQ+ community.

'High Performer' in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality, Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) (2024, 2022)

10 Sentara hospitals have earned Magnet Recognition Program®️ designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

You can learn more about our nursing awards here.

Named in "America's Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion/Diversity 2025," "America's Greatest Workplaces for Women 2025," and "America's Greatest Workplaces for Mental Wellbeing 2025." Additionally, five Sentara hospitals have earned recognition in Newsweek's Best-in-State Hospitals 2025 rankings, highlighting the leading hospitals in every state.

U.S. News & World Report has ranked Sentara hospitals in multiple “Best Hospital” categories, and received recognition as “High Performing” in several specialties, procedures, and conditions.

Sentara has consistently earned recognition from U.S. News for more than 20 consecutive years.

We are proud to be a certified V3 employer since 2013, which demonstrates our exceptional efforts in recruiting, hiring, training, and retaining military veterans.