Innovative health-care efforts recognized

Published June 6, 2013 by Robert Powell, III

Four groups received awards Thursday recognizing innovations in health care.

The winners of the 2013 Virginia Healthcare Innovator Awards are:

Employee Health: Bon Secours Virginia Health System in Richmond and Hampton Roads for its employee wellness program.

Health Information Technology: Brily Innovations LLC in Abingdon for its Radiation Reconciliation program, which reduces the number of avoidable CT scans.

Medical Product or Device: CW Optics Inc. in Seaford for its WoundImager that provides noninvasive blood-flow images of tissues, including wounds, ulcers and bruises.

Patient Care. Bay Aging and Riverside Health System for their partnership in rural areas of Eastern Virginia in a hospital-to-home coaching program aimed at reducing hospital readmissions for Medicare patients with chronic illnesses.

Other nominees for the awards were:

Employee health: Carilion Clinic, Henrico County Public Schools, Markel Corp. and the Richmond Ambulance Authority.

Health IT: eHealthObjects Inc., Kaiser Permanente of the Mid Atlantic States, Lift Caregiving, MedCPU Inc., Mirixa Corp. and Virginia HIT.

Medical Product or Device: Biovista, Cupron and Phthisis Diagnostics.

Patient Care: Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center, Fredericksburg Counseling Services Inc., Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, Johnston Memorial Hospital, University of Virginia Health System, VCU Health System, VCU Health System-Virginia Coordinated Care Program and Virginia Spine Institute.