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The SBA Richmond District Office Announces Virginia’s
2015 Small Business Person of the Year
The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Richmond
District Office proudly announces P. Tulane Patterson,
the CEO and Owner of Generation Solutions Holdings,
Inc. located in Lynchburg and Roanoke, as Virginia’s 2015
Small Business Person of the Year.
“We are very excited to have Tulane Patterson as Virginia’s
Small Business Person of the Year. He is the embodiment
of an exceptional small business owner,” said SBA
Richmond District Office’s District Director Carl Knoblock.
“His leadership and drive have helped Generation
Solutions to grow during some of the most challenging
economic times. He has never lost sight of his most
important asset - his employees - which in turn, give great
care to the customers.”
Lynchburg headquarters. A year later, they opened
their Roanoke office enabling services to be provided
throughout the Shenandoah and Roanoke Valleys.
Generation Solutions was chosen through a competitive
selection process. Judging criteria include: staying power,
growth in the number of employees, increase in sales,
financial performance, innovativeness of products and
services offered, response to adversity, and contributions
to the community.
Generation Solutions was founded in 1998 at their current
Jefferson College of Health Sciences, Radford University and Virginia Tech Carilion
School of Medicine Celebrate Opening of the New Virginia Intercollegiate Anatomy Lab
Jefferson College of Health Sciences, Radford University
and the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine recently
hosted a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for the
new Virginia Intercollegiate Anatomy Lab (VIAL) at Carilion
Roanoke Community Hospital (CRCH) in downtown
Roanoke. VIAL is located on the eighth floor of the hospital.
The event commemorated the completion of a $2.5 million,
year-long collaboration between the three institutions that
was notable for its unique private-public partnership.
The finished VIAL space is approximately 8,000 square
feet of laboratory, classroom and storage space, including
a 2,816 square foot laboratory that accommodates 15
separate stations, which can be used to teach large anatomy
laboratory sections of up to 60 students (four students
per cadaver) or multiple small sections. The space includes
a cadaveric dissection laboratory, a state-of-the-art
classroom/briefing room, and a cool-temperature storage
facility.
The prime feature of the classroom is an Anatomage table, which will be connected to five large-screen monitors
strategically located throughout the room. The classroom monitors can also display images from the laboratory camera
and the laboratory digital storage server. Students will be able to connect their laptops or tablets to the monitors to form
localized study groups within the classroom. This will allow images of interest at one station to be displayed to all the
students in the room simultaneously.
VIAL supports the three institutions’ individual Interprofessional Education programs, which allow healthcare students
to learn to work collaboratively in clinical settings before entering their professions.
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Carilion New River Valley Medical Center and Carilion Giles Community
Hospital receive four-star ratings from the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS) under new rating system
“Our doctors and nurses are focused on delivering the best care for our patients and our community,”
says Terry Tilley, chief nursing officer at Carilion New River Valley Medical Center. “This is a strong
endorsement that we’re offering the care our patients expect and need,” adds Veronica Stump, chief
nursing officer for Carilion Giles Community Hospital.
Jefferson College of
Health Sciences Hosts
Inaugural Education
Foundation Luncheon
Jefferson College of Health Sciences recently
held its inaugural Education Foundation
Luncheon with world-renowned poet, author,
and Virginia Tech Distinguished Professor
Nikki Giovanni.
CMS created the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Star
Ratings in order to provide patients quick and easy access to information via the Hospital Compare
website about the care hospitals provide. The assessment comes from a hospital rating system based on
11 publicly reported measures of patient experience. The HCAHPS, a survey given to patients following
their experience with a hospital, forms the basis of those measures. April’s star ratings are based on
patient experience data from July 2013 to June 2014.
“It’s clear to me that Carilion New River Valley Medical Center and Carilion Giles Community Hospital
mean a lot to our communities,” says Bill Flattery, Vice President for Carilion Clinic’s Western Region.
“These ratings illustrate a story about neighbors helping neighbors. Our doctors and nurses are focused
on providing the best quality health care to our patients, and often enough, those patients are our
neighbors.”
For more information about the patient satisfaction star ratings, visit the HCAHPS website at
www.hcahpsonline.org
The most prestigious award given by the
Jefferson College of Health Sciences Alumni
Association, the Distinguished Alumni Award
is given to a member of Jefferson College’s
alumni body who has achieved national,
regional, statewide, or local prominence either
in their professional fields or through their
involvement in civic, cultural, or charitable
activities. Mr. David Hoback, Chief of the
City of Roanoke Fire/EMS Department, and
Mr. E.W. Tibbs, President and CEO of Centra
Health were named the 2015 recipients of the
Distinguished Alumni Award. Chief Hoback
is a graduate of the College’s Emergency
Services program, and Mr. Tibbs is a two time
graduate of the College’s Nursing program.
For more information on these recipients and the
Alumni Awards Program, visit www.jchs.edu/
alumni.
Kevin Dye, MD, Roanoke
gastroenterologist joins Carilion
Clinic in June.
“Today’s changing medical climate has encouraged many
physicians to seek new practice models that improve
communication and collaboration,” says Kevin Dye, MD
“Joining with Carilion Clinic offers me an excellent opportunity
to accomplish these goals.”
Incorporating Dr. Dye’s gastroenterology practice into Carilion
Clinic’s group of physicians will offer several benefits to the
practice’s patients, including greater collaboration across health
care providers and access to Carilion’s MyChart online patient
portal, which allows them to access their medical records at any
time and exchange secure messages with their doctors.
“Dr. Dye is no stranger to Carilion,” says Nancy Howell Agee,
president and CEO of Carilion Clinic. “We’re excited to continue
our long-standing partnership with him and his team to improve
the health of the communities we serve.”
Dr. Dye currently operates from his clinic at 1201 Franklin Road
in Roanoke and will continue to see patients at that location
when the transaction is finalized in June. For the practice’s
patients, the transition should be seamless. For more information visit www.CarilionClinic.org.
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