Inova Health Care Services

IHCS'S MISSION IS TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE HOSPITALS THAT PROVIDE QUALITY CARE TO THE COMMUNITY.

INOVA HEALTH CARE SERVICES (IHCS) IS PART OF THE INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM WHOSE MISSION IS TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY BY ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING, AND OPERATING HOSPITAL FACILITIES, PROGRAMS, AND OTHER SHARED SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS; CARRYING ON HEALTH-RELATED EDUCATION ACTIVITIES; PROMOTING AND CONDUCTING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH; AND ENGAGING IN ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE THE GENERAL HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY. ALL FIVE OF INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM'S HOSPITALS HAVE BEEN RATED WITH 5 OUT OF 5 STARS IN THE MOST RECENT CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES (CMS) FIVE-STAR QUALITY RATING SYSTEM REPORT. INOVA IS THE ONLY HEALTH SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY COMPRISED OF MORE THAN THREE HOSPITALS WHERE ALL ARE 5-STAR RATED. A CMS FIVE-STAR QUALITY RATING IS BASED ON EXTENSIVE DATA THAT MEASURES PATIENT EXPERIENCE, INFECTION RATES, READMISSIONS AND MORTALITY.IHCS INCLUDES A CENTRALIZED SYSTEM OFFICE AND THE VARIOUS UNINCORPORATED AND INCORPORATED SUBSIDIARIES. THE UNINCORPORATED SUBSIDIARIES OF IHCS INCLUDE: INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL, INOVA MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL, INOVA FAIR OAKS HOSPITAL, INOVA ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL, INOVA LOUDOUN HOSPITAL, ACCESS OF RESTON, ACCESS OF FAIRFAX, INOVA RESEARCH CENTER, ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES, INOVA PHYSICAL REHABILITATION SERVICES, INOVA URGENT CARE CENTERS, INOVA EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE, AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION TREATMENT.PROGRAM SERVICESACUTE CARE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON THREE CAMPUSES IN FAIRFAX COUNTY, ONE CAMPUS IN LOUDOUN COUNTY, AND ONE CAMPUS IN THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA IN VIRGINIA. SERVICES PROVIDED INCLUDE EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA FACILITIES, INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SERVICES, AND A VARIETY OF ANCILLARY AND SPECIALIZED SERVICES. DURING 2021, IHCS ADMISSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS CASES TOTALED 128,353, OUTPATIENT VISITS TOTALED 645,946, EMERGENCY VISITS TOTALED 389,308 (25,060 OF THE TOTAL ER VISITS WERE AT THE SPRINGFIELD HEALTHPLEX, 17,211 AT THE LORTON HEALTHPLEX, AND 12,912 AT THE ASHBURN HEALTHPLEX) AND DELIVERIES TOTALED 19,022. THE ACUTE CARE PROGRAM SERVICES PROVIDED BY THESE HOSPITALS ARE DESCRIBED MORE FULLY BELOW.INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL (IFH) INCLUDES THE INOVA HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE, INOVA WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN, AND THE INOVA SCHAR CANCER INSTITUTE. THE HOSPITAL, LOCATED IN CENTRAL FAIRFAX COUNTY IS A 928-LICENSED BED TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SERVICES WHICH INCLUDE EMERGENCY/TRAUMA, CARDIAC, TRANSPLANT, CANCER, OBSTETRIC, PEDIATRIC, NEONATAL, STROKE, AND EXTENSIVE OUTPATIENT SERVICES. DURING 2020, AS PART OF THE "PANDEMIC RESPONSE EXECUTIVE ORDER 52", IFH SHIFTED 20 BEDS FROM IFH TO ILH. INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL IS THE HOME OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA'S ONLY LEVEL 1 EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA CENTER AND THE STATE-OF-THE-ART WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S CENTER. IN ADDITION, INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL IS A TEACHING HOSPITAL PROVIDING CLINICAL TRAINING THROUGH MEDICAL RESIDENCY, NURSING, AND PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.INOVA MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL (IMVH) IS A 249-LICENSED BED ACUTE-CARE HOSPITAL SERVING SOUTHEASTERN FAIRFAX COUNTY. INOVA MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL PROVIDES A FULL-SERVICE, 24-HOUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; BROAD RANGE OF DIAGNOSTIC, MEDICAL, AND SURGICAL SERVICES; INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES; THE DOROTHEA R. FISCHER WOUND HEALING CENTER, AND A SPECIALIZED HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY PROGRAM USED TO TREAT CONDITIONS REQUIRING INCREASED OXYGEN FLOW TO BODY TISSUES (SUCH AS GRAFTS AND CERTAIN TYPES OF BURNS). DURING 2020, AS PART OF THE "PANDEMIC RESPONSE EXECUTIVE ORDER 52", THE ALLOTMENT TO INOVA MT. VERNON HOSPITAL WAS 12 BEDS. THESE ARE ADDED TO OUR LICENSED BEDS TO BRING THE TOTAL FROM 237 TO 249. INOVA MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL ALSO OPERATES THE LORTON HEALTHPLEX, A 24-HOUR FREE STANDING EMERGENCY FACILITY AND THE INOVA CENTER FOR REHABILITATION, A NATIONALLY-KNOWN ACCREDITED PROGRAM PROVIDING INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT REHABILITATIVE SERVICES.INOVA FAIR OAKS HOSPITAL (IFOH) IS A TOP-RANKED 174-BED ACUTE CARE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL SERVING THE RAPIDLY GROWING SUBURBS OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA. SIGNATURE SERVICE LINES INCLUDE SPINE, WEIGHT LOSS, JOINT REPLACEMENT, AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY. DURING 2020, AS PART OF THE "PANDEMIC RESPONSE EXECUTIVE ORDER 52", IFOH SHIFTED 8 BEDS FROM IFOH TO ILH. STATE-OF-THE-ART CANCER CARE AND MATERNITY SERVICES ARE ALSO SIGNATURE OFFERINGS. INOVA FAIR OAKS HOSPITAL IS A FULLY ACCREDITED COMPREHENSIVE CENTER FOR BARIATRIC SURGERY. INOVA ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL (IAH) IS A 302-LICENSED BED GENERAL ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL, WHICH OPENED ON JANUARY 23, 1873. INOVA ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL PROVIDES A SPECTRUM OF DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES, INCLUDING FULL-BODY CT SCANNING, MRI, AND A CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LABORATORY; A VARIETY OF INPATIENT MEDICAL, SURGICAL, AND ORTHOPEDIC SERVICES; COMPREHENSIVE OUTPATIENT SERVICES, INCLUDING OUTPATIENT SURGERY, PHYSICAL MEDICINE, AND REHABILITATION; AND A 24-HOUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE SPRINGFIELD HEALTHPLEX, A FREE STANDING EMERGENCY FACILITY. IN ADDITION, SPECIALIZED OBSTETRIC AND PEDIATRIC SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY THE HOSPITAL'S MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH CENTER AND A CHILDREN'S UNIT. INOVA LOUDOUN HOSPITAL (ILH) IS A 183-LICENSED BED GENERAL ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL, WHICH FIRST OPENED ITS DOORS IN 1912. DURING 2020, AS PART OF THE "PANDEMIC RESPONSE EXECUTIVE ORDER 52", ILH RECEIVED 20 BEDS FROM IFH AND 8 BEDS FROM IFOH. THESE WERE ADDED TO BRING THE TOTAL LICENSED-BEDS FROM 183 TO 211. ILH PROVIDES A FULL-SERVICE 24-HOUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS TWO FREESTANDING EMERGENCY ROOMS; 23 INTENSIVE CARE BEDS; A SPECTRUM OF DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES, INCLUDING FULL-BODY CT SCANNING, MRI, AND A CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LABORATORY; A VARIETY OF INPATIENT MEDICAL, SURGICAL, AND ORTHOPEDIC SERVICES, AND COMPREHENSIVE OUTPATIENT SERVICES INCLUDING OUTPATIENT SURGERY, PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION SERVICES, AND RADIATION THERAPY. IN ADDITION, OBSTETRICAL AND PEDIATRIC SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY ILH'S LADIES' BOARD BIRTHING INN, A PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND AN INPATIENT PEDIATRIC UNIT. SPECIFIC ACUTE CARE PROGRAMS INCLUDE:CARDIOVASCULAR CARE: INOVA HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE ("IHVI") OFFERS A VARIETY OF SERVICES AT ALL FIVE INOVA HOSPITALS AND IN NEARLY 60 OUTPATIENT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE NORTHERN VIRGINIA REGION. INOVA FAIRFAX MEDICAL CAMPUS IS HOME TO IHVI'S DEDICATED HEART HOSPITAL, WHICH SERVES AS THE HUB OF THE SYSTEM'S CARDIAC, VASCULAR AND PULMONARY SERVICES. IHVI'S CLINICAL CAPABILITIES COVER THE FULL SPECTRUM OF COMPLEX CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY CARE FROM MEDICAL EVALUATION AND DIAGNOSTIC TESTING THROUGH THE MOST INNOVATIVE MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL TECHNIQUES AND COMPLEX OPEN SURGERIES, INCLUDING HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION. IHVI'S OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY MANY MEASURES, INCLUDING U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT (2021-2022) RANKINGS AS "HIGH PERFORMING" IN SEVEN CARDIAC SPECIALTIES: ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM (AAA) REPAIR, AORTIC VALVE SURGERY, CARDIOLOGY, HEART ATTACK, HEART BYPASS SURGERY, HEART FAILURE AND TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT (TAVR). IHVI HAS ALSO ACHIEVED RECOGNITION FROM THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY AS A "PROVEN QUALITY PROGRAM" FOR ITS PARTICIPATION AND PERFORMANCE IN THE NATIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR DATA REGISTRY (NCDR) DATABASE, 3-STAR RATINGS (THE HIGHEST RATING) FROM THE SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS, AND RATINGS FROM HEALTHGRADES AS ONE OF "AMERICA'S 100 BEST HOSPITALS FOR CARDIAC CARE", "AMERICA'S 50 BEST HOSPITALS FOR CARDIAC SURGERY AND "PULMONARY CARE EXCELLENCE AWARD". THE AHA RECOGNIZED IHVI AS A MITRAL VALVE REPAIR REFERENCE CENTER AWARD AND EXTRACORPOREAL LIFE SUPPORT ORGANIZATION (ELSO) AWARDED IHVI AS A GOLD AWARD OF EXCELLENCE. IHVI IS RANKED AMONG THE NATION'S TOP PERFORMING HOSPITALS FOR PATIENT SAFETY, PATIENT SATISFACTION AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES.IHVI IS ALSO A LEADER IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE HEART VALVE REPAIR AND SURGERY. INOVA HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE OPERATES ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S BUSIEST STRUCTURAL HEART PROGRAMS (13TH IN THE COUNTRY), PERFORMING MINIMALLY INVASIVE TRANSCATHETER PROCEDURES TO TREAT VALVULAR HEART DISEASE AND OTHER HEART DEFECTS. ADDITIONALLY, IHVI IS 14TH IN THE NATION IN NUMBER OF HEART TRANSPLANTS AND WITH EXCELLENT OUTCOMES, MAKING INOVA ONE OF THE TOP HEART TRANSPLANT PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY. THE IHVI MULTIDISCIPLINARY CARDIOGENIC SHOCK TEAM IS A MODEL OF EXCELLENCE HAVING SET A NEW STANDARD FOR PATIENT SURVIVAL RATES. THE ROBUST CARDIOLOGY AND ADVANCED LUNG RESEARCH PROGRAMS PROVIDE INNOVATIVE RESEARCH TO KEEP IHVI ON THE LEADING EDGE OF DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

INOVA RESEARCH CENTER - MEDICAL STUDENTS THE INOVA RESEARCH CENTER (IRC), INCLUDING RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES, IS CENTERED AT THE INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL. IN 2021, THE INOVA CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HAD A TOTAL OF 36 THIRD YEAR AND 36 FOURTH YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS WHO SPENT THEIR CLERKSHIP AND FOURTH YEAR AT INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL. IN ADDITION, 180 STUDENTS CAME TO INOVA HOSPITALS FOR A FOUR-WEEK ROTATION IN 2021.PHARMACY STUDENTS AND RESIDENTSALSO LOCATED ON THE INOVA CAMPUS IS THE VCU SCHOOL OF PHARMACY WHICH PARTNERS WITH CLINICIANS AND PRACTITIONERS ACROSS INOVA AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA TO HELP EDUCATE AND TRAIN AN INCREASING NUMBER OF PHARMACY STUDENTS EACH YEAR. IN 2021, 53 THIRD AND FOURTH YEAR PHARMACY STUDENTS COMPLETED DIDACTIC AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING EXPERIENCES ACROSS NORTHERN VIRGINIA WITH THE INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM. PHARMACY PRACTITIONERS PRECEPTED 196 INTRODUCTORY PHARMACY PRACTICE EXPERIENCES (IPPES) AND ADVANCED PHARMACY PRACTICE EXPERIENCES (APPES), WITH ALL STUDENTS FROM THE VCU SCHOOL OF PHARMACY. WITH THE ADVENT OF THE SHENANDOAH SCHOOL OF PHARMACY AT THE INOVA CENTER FOR PERSONALIZED HEALTH BEGINNING IN 2017, SYSTEM WIDE, INOVA PRECEPTED 44 IPPE'S, 84 APPE'S BY SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY FACULTY DURING 2021.IN ADDITION, THERE ARE PHARMACY POST-GRADUATE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED AT THREE INOVA INSTITUTIONS. INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL OFFERS 4 PGY-1 PHARMACY PRACTICE RESIDENCY POSITONS, AS WELL AS A PGY-2 EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHARMACY RESIDENCY POSITION AND A PGY-2 CRITICAL CARE RESIDENCY POSITION. INOVA ALEXANDRIA AND INOVA MOUNT VERNON HOSPITALS EACH OFFER 2 PGY-1 PHARMACY PRACTICE RESIDENCY POSITIONS, AS WELL AS ONE PGY-2 AMBULATORY CARE RESIDENCY POSITION FOR A TOTAL OF 11 POST-GRADUATE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM. THE CLAUDE MOORE HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERTHE CLAUDE MOORE HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER ON THE CAMPUS OF INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL FEATURES 11,000 SQUARE FEET OF SPACE DEDICATED TO THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF MEDICAL AND NURSING STUDENTS AS WELL AS RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS. THIS STATE-OF-THE-ART CENTER INCLUDES BOTH MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SIMULATION CENTERS, ENABLING STUDENTS TO LEARN THROUGH HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE. THE CENTER FEATURES TWO DEDICATED RESEARCH FLOORS TO SUPPORT THE EXTENSIVE ACTIVITIES OF THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH AT INOVA WHERE NUMEROUS ACTIVE CLINICAL TRIALS AND ONGOING OUTCOMES AND LABORATORY RESEARCH PROJECTS ARE CONDUCTED. MANY OF THESE CLINICAL AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES ARE CONDUCTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER RESEARCH ENTITIES. THE UNREIMBURSED COST OF THESE PROGRAMS IN 2021 WAS $17.8 MILLION. RESIDENTS/FELLOWSINOVA SPONSORS ACCREDITED RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAMS IN: FAMILY MEDICINE, PEDIATRICS, GENERAL SURGERY, INTERNAL MEDICINE, OB/GYN, NEUROSURGERY AND PODIATRY. IN ADDITION, INOVA ALSO SPONSORS ACCREDITED FELLOWSHIPS IN SURGICAL CRITICAL CARE, PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE, PEDIATRIC HOSPITALIST MEDICINE, CARDIOLOGY, HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY, ORTHOPEDIC SPORTS MEDICINE, FAMILY SPORTS MEDICINE, BREAST SURGERY, AND BARIATRIC SURGERY. INOVA SUPPORTS TRAINING PROGRAMS FROM AFFILIATES IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE, PSYCHIATRY, ORTHOPEDICS, OPHTHALMOLOGY, FAMILY PRACTICE, CRITICAL CARE, ANESTHESIA, PM&R AND A NUMBER OF OTHER MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SPECIALTIES. INOVA ALSO SUPPORTS INTEGRATED FELLOWSHIPS WITH NATIONAL CAPITAL CONSORTIUM IN VASCULAR SURGERY, FEMALE PELVIC MEDICINE AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, AND GYNECOLOGY/ONCOLOGY. IN ALL, INOVA TRAINED 734 INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS/FELLOWS (200 FTES) FROM 34 SPECIALTIES IN 2021. AS A TEACHING FACILITY, INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL INCURS TYPICAL, ADDITIONAL EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH TEACHING FACILITIES INCLUDING PHYSICIAN TEACHING COSTS AND RESIDENT SALARIES, THE COST OF MAINTAINING HIGHER LEVELS OF TECHNOLOGY REQUIRED TO SUPPORT A TEACHING PROGRAM AND CHARGES RESULTING FROM EXTRA TESTS ORDERED FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES. THE DIRECT COST OF THESE PROGRAMS IN 2021 WAS APPROXIMATELY $18.7 MILLION.

EACH YEAR, IHCS DESIGNATES FUNDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUATION OF IDENTIFIED, ACCESSIBLE DIRECT CARE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES BENEFITING THOSE MOST IN NEED IN THE COMMUNITY. MANY OF THESE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ARE NOT BILLED TO THE PATIENT OR ARE PROVIDED AT A FEE STRUCTURE BELOW THE ACTUAL COST OF THE SERVICE. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING THE DIRECT CARE SUBSIDIZED SERVICE, INOVA ALSO PROVIDES DISEASE-PREVENTION PROGRAMS, HEALTH AND EXERCISE CLASSES, HEALTH EDUCATION AND HEALTH SCREENINGS AND OTHER PROGRAMS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY IN SUPPORT OF THE IHCS MISSION. IN 2021, INOVA PROVIDED OVER 250,000 PEOPLE WITH HEALTH EDUCATION, PREVENTION AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS, HEALTH FAIRS AND SCREENINGS, AND CLINICALLY RELATED SERVICES RESULTING IN OVER 130,000 VISITS FOR DIRECT HEALTH CARE SERVICES AT AN UNREIMBURSED COST OF APPROXIMATELY $36.0 MILLION. THESE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS ARE DESCRIBED BELOW. INOVA CARES CLINIC FOR WOMEN AND CHILDRENTHE INOVA CARES CLINIC FOR WOMEN (ICCW) WAS CREATED IN 1960 TO SERVE THE UNINSURED WOMEN OF FAIRFAX COUNTY, OFFERING A WIDE RANGE OF OB/GYN SERVICES FOR THOSE IN NEED. THIS PROGRAM IS A SERVICE OFFERED TO THE COMMUNITY IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, SERVING UNINSURED AND LOW-INCOME PATIENTS UP TO 400% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES (FPG). THE CLINICS WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FAIRFAX AND LOUDOUN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, IFH, AND ILH TO PROMOTE EARLY AND CONTINUOUS PRENATAL CARE FOR THE CULTURALLY DIVERSE POPULATION WHO ARE ITS PATIENTS. INOVA CARES CLINIC FOR WOMEN PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE OUTPATIENT OBSTETRICAL SERVICES AND GYNECOLOGICAL CARE AS WELL AS NON-STRESS TESTING, AND LEEP AND COLPOSCOPY PROCEDURES AT LITTLE TO NO COST TO THE PATIENT. THE CLINIC PROVIDES SPECIALTY GYNECOLOGICAL CARE SERVICE AS WELL, INCLUDING MATERNAL FETAL MEDICINE, GYN/ONC, AND URO/GYN. IN ADDITION TO MEDICAL SERVICES, THE CLINIC ALSO PROVIDES SUPPORT SERVICES INCLUDING RADIOLOGY, LABORATORY, GENETIC TESTING, DIABETES MANAGEMENT, CASE MANAGEMENT, SOCIAL WORK, FAMILY PLANNING, AND NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING. IN 2021, ICCW PROVIDED OVER 32,374 PATIENT ENCOUNTERS FOR OVER 4,472 PATIENTS, 3,142 NEWLY ESTABLISHED. ADDITIONALLY, ICCW SUPPORTED OVER 1,783 DELIVERIES AT INOVA MEDICAL CAMPUSES. THE INOVA CARES CLINIC FOR CHILDREN (ICCC) WAS CREATED IN 1993 AS A RESPONSE TO THE INABILITY OF UNINSURED OR MEDICAID MOTHERS TO SECURE AN AFFORDABLE MEDICAL HOME FOR THEIR CHILDREN. ICCC IS RECOGNIZED AS AN ACCREDITED PATIENT CENTERED MEDICAL HOME BY THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE, AND SERVES AS A MEDICAL HOME FOR NEWBORNS UP TO 21 YEARS OF AGE. THE INOVA CARES CLINIC FOR CHILDREN PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE PEDIATRIC SERVICES THAT INCLUDES WELL-CHILD CARE, IMMUNIZATIONS, EPISODIC CARE (SICK VISITS), AND SCHOOL/SPORTS PHYSICALS, IMMUNIZATIONS, AND NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING. IN 2021, THE INOVA CARES CLINIC FOR CHILDREN PROVIDED 23,305 CLINICAL SERVICES TO OVER 7,517 PATIENTS AND 2,956 NEWLY ESTABLISHED PATIENTS.INOVA ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL (IAH) OB CLINICIAH DONATES SPACE ON THE CAMPUS TO THE CASEY CLINIC, A COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER CURRENTLY RUN BY NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH, A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER THAT IS FUNDED BY THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, ALEXANDRIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA TO PROVIDE PRIMARY HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME AND UNINSURED CHILDREN AND ADULTS THAT ARE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA. IAH FUNDS THE CLINIC PHYSICIANS WHO PROVIDE OB PATIENT PRENATAL EXAMINATIONS AND DELIVERY AT INOVA ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL. INOVA JUNIPER PROGRAM, HIV CLINICAL AND EDUCATION SERVICESINOVA JUNIPER PROGRAM (IJP) PROVIDES OUTPATIENT PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, MENTAL HEALTH THERAPY, SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELING, PHARMACEUTICAL ASSISTANCE, AND MEDICAL CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO 1,638 RYAN WHITE FUNDED PERSONS LIVING WITH HIV DISEASE IN THE SUBURBAN VIRGINIA REGION. TO MAXIMIZE ACCESSIBILITY FOR CLIENTS, SERVICES ARE PROVIDED AT THE MAIN LOCATION IN FAIRFAX, AS WELL AS SIX SATELLITE CLINICS (DUMFRIES, MANASSAS, MT. VERNON, FALLS CHURCH, LEESBURG, AND HERNDON), HOSPITALS, HOMES, AND OTHER COMMUNITY LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF IJP FOR 2021 INCLUDE:SERVED 1,638 PATIENTS LIVING WITH HIV, PROVIDING 40,783 SERVICES.PROVIDED 6,714 MEDICAL CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO 833 RYAN WHITE FUNDED CLIENTS LIVING WITH HIV. PROVIDED 349 CLIENTS WITH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND 10 CLIENTS WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE OUTPATIENT CARE.CONDUCTED 101 HOURS OF EDUCATION REACHING 615 PARTICIPANTS.CONDUCTED 104 HIV TESTS (PRIMARILY AT-HOME TESTS DUE TO COVID-19) WITH KNOWN SEROPREVALENCE OF 3.8% ACROSS NORTHERN VIRGINIA.SUCCESSFULLY ADAPTED TO PRIMARILY VIRTUAL PREVENTION AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT, MOTIVATE AND EDUCATE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, THE PUBLIC, AND PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV. PROGRAMS ARE TARGETED TO INCARCERATED MEN AND WOMEN, MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN, YOUTH, AND THE GENERAL POPULATION. HIV TESTING, OUTREACH GROUPS, AND PATIENT NAVIGATION SERVICES ARE ALSO PROVIDED.LIFE WITH CANCER LIFE WITH CANCER, PART OF THE OF THE INOVA DWIGHT AND MARTHA SCHAR CANCER INSTITUTE, HAS BECOME NORTHERN VIRGINIA'S PREMIER CANCER EDUCATION, WELLNESS, AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT ORGANIZATION. A VARIETY OF INTEGRATIVE THERAPIES, WELLNESS PROGRAMS, GROUPS AND CLASSES ARE OFFERED TO PATIENTS (ADULTS AND CHILDREN), SURVIVORS, FAMILY MEMBERS (ADULTS AND CHILDREN), FRIENDS AND STAFF AS WELL AS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. PROGRAMS ARE EVIDENCE-BASED [SUPPORTED BY SOCIETY OF INTEGRATIVE ONCOLOGY (SIO), THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY (ASCO) AND THE NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER NETWORK (NCCN)] AND DESIGNED TO HELP INDIVIDUALS AND THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND CANCER, CANCER TREATMENTS, SURVIVORSHIP, GRIEF AND BEREAVEMENT AND HOW TO MAINTAIN PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH. LIFE WITH CANCER'S FACILITIES ARE STRATEGICALLY LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE NORTHERN VIRGINIA AREA WITH THE CENTERPIECE OF OUTPATIENT CARE PROVIDED AT THE LIFE WITH CANCER FAMILY CENTER, ADJACENT TO THE INOVA FAIRFAX MEDICAL CAMPUS. AT THE NEWEST LOCATION, INOVA SCHAR CANCER INSTITUTE (ISCI) - FAIRFAX, LIFE WITH CANCER CLINICAL STAFF ARE FULLY INTEGRATED IN ALL 7 CLINICS TO PROVIDE THE BEST PATIENT EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE. LIFE WITH CANCER IS PRIMARILY SUPPORTED BY GENEROUS DONATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND THEREFORE, ALL SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE WITH MINIMAL EXCEPTIONS, NO MATTER WHERE THE PATIENT'S CANCER TREATMENT IS RECEIVED. THOSE EXCEPTIONS INCLUDE PSYCHIATRY, WHICH IS BILLED TO INSURANCE, AND ONCOLOGY MASSAGE AND ACUPUNCTURE, FOR WHICH PATIENTS MAY PAY FOR ADDITIONAL SESSIONS BEYOND WHAT IS OFFERED FOR FREE. IN 2021, PHILANTHROPIC FUNDS ALLOWED LIFE WITH CANCER TO OFFER 3 FREE ONCOLOGY MASSAGE SESSIONS AND 6 FREE ACUPUNCTURE SESSIONS TO CANCER PATIENTS. BY THE CLOSE OF 2021, LIFE WITH CANCER HAD PROVIDED 23,791 CLINICAL PATIENT ENCOUNTERS, IN-PERSON AND VIA TELEHEALTH, WHICH INCLUDED 1,671 EDUCATIONAL CLASSES, GROUPS AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS, CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH 22,921 PARTICIPANTS. 15,536 INDIVIDUALS ALONE PARTICIPATED IN EXERCISE/ACTIVITY PROGRAMS AND LIFE WITH CANCER EXPERT DIETITIANS PROVIDED 2,549 NUTRITION COUNSELING APPOINTMENTS TO ADULTS AND CHILDREN WITH CANCER AS WELL AS CAREGIVERS. THE PEDIATRIC PROGRAM, LED BY A PEDIATRIC CHIEF PSYCHOLOGIST, PROVIDED THE HIGHEST QUALITY PEDIATRIC CARE, EDUCATION, AND SUPPORT FOR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES THROUGH MORE THAN 3,695 CLINICAL ENCOUNTERS. LIFE WITH CANCER PSYCHO-ONCOLOGIST, WHO PROVIDES WHOLE-PERSON, HUMANISTIC, AND PATIENT-CENTERED CARE CONDUCTED 1,169 PATIENT CONSULTATIONS.INOVA LIONS EYE CLINICADMINISTERED BY INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM (IHS), THE OPHTHALMOLOGY CLINIC PROVIDES OPHTHALMIC SPECIALTY SERVICES TO THE INDIGENT INCLUDING TREATMENT OF GLAUCOMA, RETINA, AND CATARACTS. INOVA LIONS EYE CLINIC PROVIDES A PART-TIME OPHTHALMOLOGIST, AN OPHTHALMIC TECHNICIAN, AND A RECEPTIONIST FOR THE CLINIC. THE REMAINING PHYSICIANS VOLUNTEER THEIR SERVICES. IN 2021, INOVA LIONS EYE CLINIC WAS ABLE TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATIONS AND INCREASED THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS SERVED FOLLOWING THE SIGNIFICANT DROP THAT RESULTED FROM THE COVID-19 IMPACT IN 2020. THE NUMBER OF UNIQUE PATIENTS SERVED IN 2021 INCREASED TO 1,345 AND TOTAL VISITS INCREASED TO 4,786.