Inova Alexandria Hospital

Inova Alexandria Hospital is a 318-bed, Magnet community hospital and regionally ranked as the #9 best hospital in northern Virginia, among several other national recognitions for healthcare excellence. The hospital offers a full range of healthcare services and is dedicated to continually expanding programs and services. The hospital offers: 

• General surgery
• Orthopedic
• Urology
• Plastic surgery

Alexandria, VA, is a city on the Potomac River just south of Washington, D.C. It’s known for its Old Town with brick sidewalks and well-preserved 18th- and 19th-century buildings. King Street is lined with boutiques and specialty shops. Founding fathers dined at Gadsby’s Tavern, now a museum with period objects and photographs, and the renowned Carlyle House Historic Park features a beautifully restored Georgian mansion with an exquisite garden. Alexandria is affluent and filled with young urban professionals.

• ED Volume:  61,000
• 45 Beds
• EPIC Documentation
• 21% Admission rate
• Second largest ED in Northern Virginia
• Coverage: 17 full-time physicians; 10 full-time APPs
• Radiology suite in the ED
• CT suite in the ED
• Excellent lab turn around times
• Point-of-care testing
• PACS film reading system
• 24/7 in-house: Ultrasound, CT, OB-GYN, Anesthesiology, Hospitalist, NICU
• In-house Radiology coverage until 11:00 p.m.; teleradiology at night
• In-house translators and AT&T translator phones
• Two MRI machines
• Interventional Cardiac Cath Lab
• The hospital is a Stroke Center with Stroke RNs
•  Transfer:
  • Psychiatric
  • PICU
  • Trauma and burns

The patient population is diverse racially and economically, with 124 different languages and international patients from Central and South America, West Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. The hospital receives patients in need of EMS from Reagan Airport, and the surrounding cities of Alexandria, Arlington, and Fairfax.

• 16 patient encounters per physician
• 22 FT physician team 
• No procedures 
• Double coverage at night
• Closed ICU
• Nursing/Case Management excellence
• Collaborative clinical environment
• APP Schedule: 12-hour shifts (7 days per week)
• HM rounding with a focus on observation status patients