“Positive Parenting”, a one hour special on Blue Ridge PBS is intended to provide parents with support and information they need to give their children a solid start in life. The broadcast includes a great interview with Carilion Clinic pediatrician Colleen Kraft, MD. Watch Positive Parenting February 2nd at 7:00 p.m. on Blue Ridge PBS.
Dr. Colleen Kraft tapes a segment for Blue Ridge PBS's Positive Parenting broadcast
Carilion Urgent Care – Westlake at 13205 Booker T Washington Highway in Hardy is closed today, Sunday January 31 due to heavy snow. If you have a medical emergency, call 911, or go to closest hospital emergency department . The Emergency Department at Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital is located in Rocky Mount at 180 Floyd Avenue.
The announcement of Carilion Labs’ pending merger with Spectrum generated local and national news media coverage.
from Modern Healthcare…
Carilion laboratory subsidiary merging with Spectrum
By Vince GalloroPosted: January 28, 2010 – 11:00 am ETNot-for-profit Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, Va., said it will merge its clinical laboratory subsidiary with Spectrum Laboratory Network, Greensboro, N.C., creating a laboratory company serving 37 hospitals and 14,000 physicians in eight states and with more than $300 million in annual revenue.The deal requires Federal Trade Commission approval, and the parties hope to conclude it by the end of February, according to Carilion. The hospital system would own 33% of the new company and would appoint three members to its board. Novant Health, Winston-Salem, N.C., is a minority partner in Carilion Laboratory, and under the merger agreement, it would hold a stake in the new company and have the right to appoint one board member.Private-equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe purchased Spectrum for $230 million in December 2009, according to Apax Partners, the firm that advised Spectrum’s investors on the sale and also when they acquired Spectrum in 2005. Spectrum was founded as a joint venture of High Point (N.C.) Regional Medical Center and Moses Cone Health System, Greensboro.
Merger of Spectrum Laboratory Network and Carilion Labs Creates Big Clinical Laboratory CompanyDARKDaily.com – Laboratory News – ?Jan 28, 2010?It was big news in the clinical laboratory industry yesterday when Spectrum Laboratory Network of Greensboro, North Carolina announced a merger with …Carilion, NC firm to merge their labsRoanoke Times – Sarah Bruyn Jones – ?Jan 27, 2010?Carilion Clinic’s subsidiary for-profit lab business has entered an agreement to merge with a larger North Carolina lab company to form …from WDBJ7…
ROANOKE, Va. — Carilion Labs has entered into an agreement to merge with Greensboro, North Carolina-based Spectrum Laboratory Network to form a major laboratory company offering comprehensive clinical, anatomic pathology and esoteric testing services.
The merger will create a new and stronger regional hospital laboratory company, serving 37 hospitals and 14,000 physicians in eight states, with more than 2,600 employees and annual revenues above $300 million. Carilion Clinic will own 33 percent of the new company. Carilion’s President and CEO, Edward G. Murphy, M.D., and two other Carilion appointees will sit on the board. Novant Health, a minority owner in Carilion Labs, will remain an equity owner in the new company and will also hold a seat on the board. The company will be jointly headquartered in Roanoke, Va. and Greensboro, N.C. The pending merger, which was facilitated by Carilion Labs’ financial advisor Lazard Middle Market LLC, follows the purchase of Spectrum by Welsh, Carson, Anderson and Stowe (WCAS), a private equity firm with experience in the health care and laboratory industry.“A new company that combines the strengths and shared values of Carilion and Spectrum with a focus on hospital laboratory services will significantly improve services to our customers and their patients, and provides a strong platform for further expansion within the region and across the nation,” said Dr. Murphy.David Weavil, a 30-year veteran of the laboratory industry will serve as the new company’s Chief Executive Officer.”We are excited to be partnering with the Carilion Clinic and David Weavil, a long time lab industry executive. We have a proven track record of partnering with not-for-profit health care systems to help them expand their delivery systems and reach within their medical community. Carilion Labs and Spectrum Laboratories each have an excellent reputation with clinicians for providing excellent clinical and anatomic pathology services and we hope to continue to build on that reputation and bring the approach to other communities,” said WCAS General Partner Sean M. Traynor.Following regulatory approval, the merger is expected to close by the end of February, 2010.
Carilion Clinic is a multi-specialty healthcare organization with more than 600 doctors and eight hospitals, based in Roanoke, Va. Led by physicians, Carilion Clinic is committed to clinical excellence, education and research. Carilion Clinic is dedicated to providing care that is centered on the patient’s needs, supported by an ongoing commitment to quality and service. With nationally recognized specialists, award-winning nurses, the latest technology and state-of-the-art facilities, Carilion Clinic is bringing tomorrow’s healthcare into focus today. For more information, please visit www.CarilionClinic.org.
Spectrum Laboratory is a regional medical laboratory network supporting over 7,000 physicians by performing over 30,000 individual tests each day. Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, Spectrum provides hospital quality testing to five states including North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and the DC area. Service, integrity and commitment are the hallmarks of Spectrum Laboratory Network. For more information, visit www.spectrumlab.org.
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe is one of the largest and most successful private equity firms focused on investing in the information/business services and healthcare sectors. Established in 1979, WCAS manages total capital of over $20 billion and specializes in buying growth businesses in its target industries and building value through both internal growth and acquisitions, resulting in superior returns for its investors.
In the wake of the Roanoke Times’ article in the past Sunday’s paper — Giving patients a ‘medical home’: Carilion’s Vinton clinic model garners national attention for patient coordination — there’s been a lot of positive chatter about our patient-centered Medical Home model among healthcare social media writers.Our Parkway Vinton practice was the first of Carilion’s primary care facilities to employee the Medical Home model, with a planned rollout to other practices underway.Here’s an excerpt from the Times’ article:
The changes being made at the Vinton practice are attracting some national attention and being hailed as a model for improving care and lowering costs.After enduring an onslaught of negative publicity surrounding Carilion’s conversion to a clinic system, Carilion executives are welcoming the positive attention. They say the changes to primary care represent just one step in the process of transforming care to a clinic model.”This is about moving away from the fragmentation of care,” said Dr. Mark Werner, Carilion’s chief medical officer.By developing these primary care medical homes, Carilion has revamped how doctors, nurses and others in the office work to keep patients healthy. They’re doing it through a variety of methods, including allowing patients to communicate with doctors through e-mail and emphasizing communication among practice staffs.Earlier this month, two well-known figures in national health care came to Roanoke to see how Carilion has begun to implement its clinic model. Both said the trip was only the beginning of an ongoing relationship with Carilion.”I’m really impressed with the leadership of Carilion,” said Peggy O’Kane, president of the National Committee for Quality Assurance, a nonprofit that has been working since 1990 to move health care quality to the top of the national agenda.
Read the full story at roanoke.com >Read about Carilion’s Family Medicine practices >
The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine has been utilizing a unique approach during its interview days with applicants: Members of the Roanoke Valley community are conducting the interviews. Some 80 people have been trained on how to interview students vying for 42 spots in the inaugural class, which arrives this August. As the Roanoke Times wrote in a Jan. 25 article:
“We were looking for people who have a sense of what Roanoke is as a community and can bring that flavor to the admissions process,” said Steve Workman, the school’s director of admissions. “So they help select people who they think will be happy here in Roanoke.”For those involved it was a chance to show the potential students how the community is supporting the new school.”I think first and foremost it sends the right message to our prospective students that this is Roanoke’s medical school,” said Bill Flattery, who is president of Carilion’s Bedford Memorial Hospital and one of the interviewers. “And it tells the community how important this medical school endeavor is to Roanoke, Virginia.”
Edward was born at 1:43 a.m. at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital to proud parents Jennifer and Mark Schilke. He is 7 pounds, 8 ounces, and looks especially dashing in his new sweater.
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