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The Republican Standard
- July 4, 2022
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The Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association (VHAA) launched a new dashboard showing inpatient psychiatric admissions at both state-run and private hospitals in Virginia. “As we work to strengthen and enhance the behavioral health care system, while also confronting workforce shortages and strong demand for psychiatric treatment services being experienced by public and private Virginia hospitals, having verified […]

Eric Burk is a reporter at The Virginia Star and The Star News Network. ...
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The Republican Standard
- May 17, 2022
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Virginia’s hospital network is second in the nation for safety, according to Leapfrog’s Spring 2022 ranking — down one place since fall 2021. North Carolina moved up from second in the fall 2021 ranking. The Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association noted that Virginia is still improving, with 59.2 percent of the Commonwealth’s hospitals receiving an […]

Eric Burk is a reporter at The Virginia Star and The Star News Network. ...
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The Republican Standard
- May 28, 2018
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For terminally-ill patients, even if the new legislation leads to just one patient being saved from a previously incurable disease, it is worth it.

Alex Lemieux is a Richmond-based editor with The Republican Standard. ...