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• Adventist HealthCare Awarded Avon Foundation Grant to Expand Breast Cancer Programs May 5, 2008 Adventist HealthCare has been awarded a $500,000 grant over two years to fund the Adventist HealthCare Navigate to Health Program designed to ensure the most vulnerable populations in the Washington metropolitan area are not lost unnecessarily to breast cancer.
• Adventist HealthCare Executive Named a Director of HealthCare Financial Management Association April 21, 2008 James G. Lee, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Adventist HealthCare in Rockville, Md., has been named as a Director of the HealthCare Financial Management Association (HFMA) board.
• Important Information for Patients: New Cholesterol Drug Findings and Recommendations April 1, 2008 New information on two commonly prescribed cholesterol drugs - Vytorin and Zetia - may result in questions and concerns among patients who take these medications.
• James Venza, Ph.D., Appointed Associate Executive Director of the Reginald S. Lourie Center for Infants and Young Children March 20, 2008 The Reginald S. Lourie Center for Infants and Young Children is pleased to announce the appointment of James Venza, Ph.D., as its new associate executive director.
• Adventist Home Health Ranked Among Top 25 Percent of Home Health Providers in Country for 2007 February 21, 2008 Adventist Home Health today announced that it has been named to the 2007 HomeCare Elite, a compilation of the most successful Medicare-certified home health care providers in the United States.
• Widerlite Named Chair of Lourie Center Governing Board February 6, 2008 Paula S. Widerlite of Bethesda has been named Chair of the Governing Board for the Reginald S. Lourie Center for Infants and Young Children, located in Rockville, Md.
• Adventist HealthCare Forms Partnership to Help Employers Improve Their Employees’ Health and Curb Rising Health-care Costs January 24, 2008 Adventist HealthCare has partnered with a leading health-care technology company to form LifeWork Strategies, which will provide employers in the Mid-Atlantic region a range of cost-effective services designed to improve existing health plans and their employees’ health.
• Hospitals to be Honored at Washington Wizards Game Against Memphis Grizzlies January 24, 2008 Sister to Sister’s founder, Mrs. Irene Pollin, will present officials from Shady Grove Adventist Hospital and Washington Adventist Hospital an award recognizing their unparalleled support for the organization.
• Adventist HealthCare Creates Scholarship to Help Top Students in Health Care Majors at the Universities at Shady Grove January 7, 2008 Adventist HealthCare, Inc. has established an endowed scholarship for students majoring in health care-related fields at the Universities of Shady Grove (USG).
• Adventist HealthCare Names Health Care Industry Alliance Executive to Board of Trustees January 3, 2008 Adventist HealthCare of Rockville recently named Robin J. Thomashauer, executive director of CAQH (the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare), to its Board of Trustees.