Thursday, March 28, 2013
Fairfax County Police continue to investigate the crash. Man suffered non-life threatening injuries.
A McLean cyclist remains hospitalized after he collided with an SUV in Falls Church Wednesday night. The 33-year-old man was riding his bicycle along Peabody Drive heading into oncoming traffic around 9:30 p.m. when collided with a 2004 Chevy Tahoe driven by 49-year-old Falls Church man, Fairfax County Police said. The two made contact when the SUV made a right hand turn onto Peabody Drive from Griffith Road. The cyclist was transported to Inova Fairfax Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Police continue to investigate the crash. The cyclist was not wearing a reflective vest and his bicycle did not have lights. Charges have not yet been filed in the case. Police said collisions between vehicles and cyclists in Fairfax County …
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
A federal study of hospitals shows Inova Fairfax Hospital is better than the national average at effective pneumonia care, and slightly better than average at timely and effective surgical care.
If you go to the emergency room at Inova Fairfax Hospital with a broken bone, how long will it take before you get pain medicine? The federal government says 50 minutes on average—that’s faster than the national average of 62 minutes, according to hospital comparison statistics available through Medicare.gov. If you go to Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, that same wait could be just 40 minutes. At Inova Mount Vernon, the wait could be 73 minutes, and at Inova Alexandria the wait could be 56 minutes. That’s just one new key measure of ER efficiency that has been posted online from hospitals taking part in this data initiative,according to a report by former Union-Tribune writer Cheryl Clark, now senior quality editor for …
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Police say they found skimmer devices and cameras were found in the Falls Church home where the suspect reportedly lived.
Fairfax County Police have arrested a Falls Church man they believe to be behind putting skimmers on ATM machines in local hospitals. Ioan Cicio, 39, was charged Monday with three counts of possession of credit card forgery devices (skimmers), three counts of credit card theft, two counts of credit card fraud and one count of money laundering. Police said the investigation is ongoing. “Detectives did an outstanding job of putting together extensive documents, numerous tips and video in this complex investigation; it was a tremendous amount of work,” Lt. Tony Matos, supervisor of the Fairfax County Police Financial Crimes Unit, said in a written statement. In August and again in November a skimmer device was found on the same ATM machine at…
Saturday, December 29, 2012
The new tower is part of a multi-year expansion project for the Inova medical campus.
Construction on the new South Tower at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church is now complete. The tower is phase one of a multi-year expansion project for the Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, which also includes planned renovations for a 12-story replacement tower for Inova Women’s Hospital and Inova Children’s Hospital in 2016. According to a news release, the 11-story South Tower, which cost an estimated $160 million, has added an additional 216,000 square feet of space to the medical campus. “The addition of the South Tower to our medical campus is yet another example of how we are serving the complex needs of the community through high-quality care in a patient-friendly environment,” Patrick Christiansen, CEO of Inova Fairfax Medical …
Monday, December 3, 2012
Busy week at Mount Daniel Elementary after two utility lines break in one day.
Before long, a new six-story hotel will join the skyline along West Broad Street in Falls Church. Last week, the developers of the project and city officials broke ground at the future location of a Hilton Garden Inn that’s expected to open early 2014. The biggest talker of the week, however, was the estimated $550 million jackpot in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing. Unfortunately, no winning ticket was sold in Falls Church this time. The closest winning ticket, worth $1 million, was sold in Arlington. Mount Daniel Elementary had a very rough Thursday having a water main break, causing the school to dismiss at 10:30 a.m. Later in the day, while crews worked to repair the break, they accidentally cut an adjacent gas line. All is well at the …
Friday, November 30, 2012
Fairfax County police found a similar device on the same ATM machine at Inova Fairfax in August.
For the second time this year Fairfax County Police have found a skimmer device on an ATM at Inova Fairfax Hospital. The ATM machine, near the gift shop at the hospital, was found to have a skimmer device on it on Tuesday. A hospital employee noticed that the input slot for the card was loose and wobbly, and when she inserted her bankcard, the device fell off. Police believe the device may have been on the machine for weeks. In August, a similar device was found on the same machine. Lucy Caldwell, a spokeswoman for Fairfax County police, said it’s possible the two incidents could be related. “We wouldn’t be surprised if we got reports of more fraudulent charges from people’s accounts,” Caldwell said. “Hopefully people will pay close …
Friday, November 16, 2012
Construction of the cancer research center will begin in 2014 at Inova’s Falls Church campus.
The Inova Governance Board that runs the five hospital medical system has approved the establishment of the Comprehensive Cancer and Research Institute. The institute will work in conjunction with the Inova Translational Medicine Institute and the clinical staff to provide unique, patient-targeted therapies, according to a news release from Inova. The new cancer research institute will coordinate current cancer services provided across medical system’s hospitals. Once construction is completed, the cancer institute will be a seven-story, freestanding facility on the Inova Fairfax Hospital campus in Falls Church. Construction will begin in 2014. “We have a mission that the patient comes first at Inova," said its CEO Knox Singleton, in a …
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Fairfax County police are still investigating a reported skimmed ATM machine but still no arrests.
Fairfax County police still haven’t arrested anyone involved with placing a skimmer on an ATM at the Inova Fairfax Hospital Cardiac Care Center in August but they have been plenty busy investigating similar cases. Over the last 18 months, Lucy Caldwell, spokeswoman for the agency, said detectives have investigated about 600 cases in the “skimmed cards” category and the number is climbing. “When we say skimmed, we include cases where skimmings occurred at ATMs as well as where the skimming took place at other venues,” she said. In late August, police say a skimming device was placed on an ATM inside the hospital. Caldwell said thousands of dollars were stolen from accounts that were breached because of the device. It’s unknown exactly how …
Monday, September 10, 2012
The building will be the second phase in the Fairfax Medical Campus expansion project.
On Monday, Inova Health System senior leaders, elected officials, government representatives and generous donors gathered to lay the building blocks on a $400 million building that will house Inova Women’s Hospital and Inova Children’s Hospital. The 665,000-square-foot, 12-story space will house both the women’s and children’s hospitals and will be the second phase of the Fairfax Medical Campus expansion project. “Today we are one step closer to achieving Vision 2015, and reinventing the way we deliver care in our hospitals,” said Knox Singleton, CEO of Inova Health System. The Inova Women’s Hospital will include 192 private rooms, eight women’s operating rooms, six Cesarean-section operating rooms and will be connected to the new patient …
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Friday, August 19, 2011
Inova Health System officials donned chef uniforms and displayed their favorite recipes featuring local produce Wednesday afternoon.
The Inova Fairfax Hospital was transformed into a sea of media personalities, two competing chefs and hungry Inova employees Thursday during the battle of the CEO celebrity chefs. Inova Health System CEO Knox Singleton and hospital CEO Dr. Reuven Pasternak whipped up a squash casserole and stuffed peppers respectively. The event highlighted the benefits of fresh local produce and the impact it has both on the economy and environment. The two high-ranking men engaged in friendly banter with the people who run the day-to-day operations that they oversee at the Fairfax hospital. It was an excellent chance for the employees to have a shot at judging their bosses for once. It was a tight competition, with Pasternak ultimately winning by a small…
John Strother
9:49 pm on Friday, April 5, 2013
Speeding or not, the bicycle rider failed to have proper clothing, lights or any other way to be seen. I don't know, but it also sounds like he was riding on the wrong side of the road. When you look at all these facts, The bicycle rider apparently failed to become visible to traffic. Without facts to prove the driver was driving over the speed limit, could be taken as slander on someone's part. more ›