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| Company type | Non-profit organization |
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| Industry | Health care |
| Founded | 1915 |
| Headquarters | Newport News, Virginia, United States |
Key people | Michael J. Dacey, M.D. President/CEO Thomas M. Kayrouz, M.D. EVP/CCO Frankye Myers, MSN, RN, NE-BC SVP/CNO W. William (Bill) Austin Jr., CPA EVP/CFO [1] |
Number of employees | 9,500 [2] |
| Website | Riverside Health |
Riverside Health is a health network operating in Eastern Virginia since 1915. It offers services and programs involving prevention, primary care, diagnostics, neurosciences, oncology, orthopedics, aging-related services, rehabilitation, medical education, home care, and hospice.
Riverside Health operates acute care hospitals, as well as behavioral health, physical rehabilitation, and critical illness recovery hospitals (the former in partnership with Select Medical). Riverside Lifelong Health operates six nursing home facilities and three continuing care retirement communities, as well as home health and hospice services. Additionally, Riverside operates the College of Health Careers and four medical residency programs. [3]
Riverside operates eight facilities: four acute care hospitals, and four specialty hospitals: [4]
Riverside Medical Group, which comprises more than 700 providers, is among the largest multi-specialty group practices in the state of Virginia. [5] It operates at 132 locations across Eastern Virginia. Riverside Medical Group was among the first provider groups to use electronic medical records [6] and follows a multidisciplinary approach to care.
Riverside Health College of Health Sciences offers accredited programs in Nurse Aide, Practical Nursing, Professional Nursing and the RN-to-Bachelor of Science in Nursing programs. All graduates are eligible to sit for their respective licensing exams. [7]
The Riverside Foundation stewards investments in health and well-being, supporting programs in cancer care, education, lifelong health and beyond. [8]