Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Hospitals

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, Va.

  • Sentara Norfolk General Hospital-Sentara Heart Hospital, Norfolk, Va.

600 Gresham Drive
Norfolk, VA 23507
(757) 388-3000
www.sentara.com
This hospital is one of nearly 5,000 that U.S.News evaluated for the latest America's Best Hospitals rankings. See the complete hospital rankings

The following information was provided by American Hospital Association

At a glance

Hospital type: General medical and surgical
Operated by: Not-for-profit
Total beds: 464
Administrator:
Parent system: Sentara Healthcare
Selected accreditations/memberships: Accredited, Joint Commission (JC)||Member, Council of Teaching Hospitals

Services Provided

Inpatient:
  • Birthing room
  • Burn care
  • Heart catheterization—diagnostic (adult)
  • Elderly/disabled:
    • Acute long-term care*
    • Skilled nursing care*
    • Intermediate nursing care*
  • End-of-life services:
    • Hospice*
    • Pain management
    • Palliative care
  • Heart surgery (adult)
  • Hospitalists
  • Infection isolation room
  • Heart catheterization—treatment (adult)
  • Neonatal intensive care*
  • Neonatal intermediate care*
  • Cancer services
  • Psychiatric care:
    • Partial hospitalization
    • Psychiatric emergency services
Outpatient:
  • Alzheimer center*
  • Arthritis center
  • Bariatric/weight control services
  • Breast cancer screening/mammograms
  • Certified trauma center
  • Cancer services
  • Complementary/alternative medicine
  • Dental services
  • Heart catheterization—diagnostic (adult)
  • Extracorporeal shock lithotripter
  • Fitness center*
  • Genetic testing/counseling*
  • Geriatric services
  • HIV-AIDS services
  • Home health services*
  • Heart catheterization—treatment (adult)
  • Kidney dialysis
  • Cancer services
  • Physical rehabilitation
  • Psychiatric services:
    • Child/adolescent services*
    • Consultation
    • Geriatric services
    • Outpatient care
  • Radiation therapy
  • Sleep center
  • Stop-smoking program
  • Sports medicine
  • Urgent-care center
  • Women's health center
  • Wound management services
Patient/family support services:
  • Alzheimer center*
  • Ambulance services
  • Help with government services
  • Chaplaincy/pastoral care services
  • Cancer services
  • Patient support groups
  • Patient representative/ombusdman
  • Transportation for elderly/handicapped*
  • Translation services
Community outreach:
  • Health fairs
  • Health screenings
  • Meals on wheels*
Radiology--diagnosis and treatment:
  • CT scanner
  • Diagnostic radioisotope facility
  • Electron beam CT
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Multislice spiral CT
  • Single photon emission CT
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 24,742
Inpatient surgeries: 8,944
Outpatient visits: 472,249
Outpatient surgeries: 8,506
Emergency room visits: 52,686
Births: 2,829
Beds: 464

Staffing (employed, on payroll):

Full-time physicians and dentists:
N/A
Part-time physicians and dentists:
0
Full-time registered nurses:
N/A
Part-time registered nurses:
297
Full-time licensed practical nurses:
N/A
Part-time licensed practical nurses:
21
Total full-time faculty:
N/A
Total part-time faculty:
N/A

Notes

* At another location in healthcare system or through arrangement with another provider.

Find out more about AHA data products at www.ahadata.com.

Data provided by American Hospital Association. Last updated June 2009.

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