Inova Fairfax Medical Campus is the largest hospital campus in

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and the flagship hospital of Inova Health System. Located in Woodburn in

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, Inova Fairfax Hospital is one of the largest employers in the county. Inova Fairfax Hospital is also home to a

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, and a dedicated

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unit, an

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unit, an

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unit, and centers for

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and

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. The Inova Fairfax Hospital can be more accurately described as a campus encompassing three hospitals: the Inova Fairfax Hospital proper, which includes the original building, the Inova Children's Hospital, and the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute.

Capability

Inova Fairfax Hospital (IFH) is a 923-bed

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campus providing most medical and surgical specialties and houses Northern Virginia's only

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and the nation's fifth-busiest

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program (with nearly 12,000 live births in 2006). It is one of only six

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s in the nation offering the full spectrum of

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. It has been named among the top 50 hospitals for gastrointestinal disorders, gynecology, and heart surgery by U.S. News & World Report. In 2016, Inova Fairfax and

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announced a partnership involving a $112 million research institute and a

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regional campus at Inova. The plan involves developing a Global Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Institute at the Inova Center for Personalized Health, which will be funded by UVA, Inova, and the

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. They also intend to collaborate on research between the Inova Schar Cancer Institute and the University of Virginia Cancer Research Center. Inova Fairfax Hospital is also a satellite clinical campus for students from the University of Virginia School of Medicine and hosts residents from other universities in the area. The hospital also houses the

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’s Inova Campus in which students can complete their third and fourth years of training.

Size

The following were statistics at the end of the year ending June 30, 2009: *Admissions: 54,361 *

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surgeries: 19,349 *

Outpatient A patient is any recipient of health care services that are performed by healthcare professionals. The patient is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a physician, nurse, optometrist, dentist, veterinarian, or other health care ...

visits: 392,405 *Emergency room visits: 98,317 *Births: 11,182 *Number of beds: 833

Awards

*Best Hospitals, U.S. News & World Report: 2021, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000 *Best Hospitals, U.S. News & World Report: 2014 Gynecology Nationally Ranked #19 *Best Hospitals, Heart and Heart Surgery, U.S. News & World Report: #21 (2007) *Magnet Nursing Status: American Nurses Association *America's 50 Best Hospitals: 2007-2012 by HealthGrades *50 Best Hospitals in America: February 23, 2011, by Becker's Hospital Review * The hospital has received numerous other awards as well.

Hospital rating data

The HealthGrades website contains the clinical quality data for Inova Fairfax Hospital, as of 2017. For this rating section three different types of data from HealthGrades are presented: clinical quality ratings for thirty-eight inpatient conditions and procedures, thirteen patient safety indicators and the percentage of patients giving the hospital as a 9 or 10 (the two highest possible ratings). For inpatient conditions and procedures, there are three possible ratings: worse than expected, as expected, better than expected. For this hospital the data for this category is: *Worse than expected - 5 *As expected - 24 *Better than expected - 9 For patient safety indicators, there are the same three possible ratings. For this hospital safety indicators were rated as: *Worse than expected - 1 *As expected - 10 *Better than expected - 2 Percentage of patients rating this hospital as a 9 or 10 - 76% Percentage of patients who on average rank hospitals as a 9 or 10 - 69%

References

External links

INOVA Fairfax Hospital , INOVA Health System
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