Riverside Health System
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| Company type | Non-profit |
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| Industry | Health care |
| Founded | 1916 |
| Headquarters | Newport News, Virginia, USA |
Number of employees | 7,000 |
| Website | riversideonline.com |
Founded in 1916, Riverside Health System has evolved from a small hospital in Newport News, Virginia into one of the most progressive and comprehensive nonprofit healthcare organizations in the nation. Each major facility in the organization is governed by a voluntary Board of Trustees of community leaders.
Riverside Hospitals
Riverside operates 931 acute inpatient beds in three acute care hospitals, a psychiatric hospital and Virginia’s largest physical rehabilitation hospital.
- Riverside Regional Medical Center (Newport News, VA)
- Riverside Walter Reed Regional Hospital, (Gloucester, VA)
- Riverside Tappahannock Hospital (Tappahannock, VA)
- Riverside Rehabilitation Institute (Hampton, VA)
- Riverside Behavioral Health Hospital (Hampton, VA)
The flagship of the organization is Riverside Regional Medical Center (RRMC) in Newport News, Va. RRMC provides a regional cancer treatment center, a regional radiosurgery center in partnership with the University of Virginia Health System and the area’s only Open Heart surgery program and the region’s Level II Trauma Center. The hospital is also the Center for Medical Education on the Virginia Peninsula, providing physician training with the Riverside Family Practice and OB/GYN residency program, the Riverside School of Health Careers, which was established in 1916.
Riverside Medical Group
Riverside is evolving into a physician-led organization, having grown the Riverside Medical Group to over 325 physicians and providers connected to one of the most advanced electronic medical records in America. Riverside was the only hospital in Virginia to be recognized with the Most Wired award in 2007.[1]
Riverside Medical Group is the 2008 winner of the American Medical Group Association Preeminence Award care for exceptional leadership, innovation and vision, contributions to the advancement of quality, effective health care delivery practices and structure, and outstanding contributions to the local public community in which the healthcare organization is located.[2]
Long-term Care Facilities
Riverside’s network also provides nine long-term care facilities throughout eastern Virginia, totaling 1,028 beds with skilled, intermediate and home-for-adult services.
- The Gardens at Warwick Forest (Newport News, VA)
- Riverside Continuing Care - Hampton (Hampton, VA)
- Riverside Continuing Care - Mathews (Mathews, VA)
- Riverside Continuing Care - Saluda (Saluda, VA)
- Riverside Continuing Care - West Point (West Point, VA)
- Riverside Continuing Care - Smithfield (Smithfield, VA)
- Dogwood Manor at The Orchard (Warsaw, VA)
- Convalescent Center at Patriots Colony (Williamsburg, VA)
- Convalescent Center at Sanders (Gloucester, VA)
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Other Eastern Virginia Health Systems
- Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System
- Chesapeake General Hospital
- Sentara Health System