WVU Medicine Children's is proud to offer an 8 bed _____ at Berkeley Medical Center for infants born prematurely or in need of more specialized care.
What is NICU?
During the pandemic, this type of appointment quickly became the preferred method for many patients looking to check in with their medical providers without risking exposure to COVID-19.
What are video visits?
Berkeley Medical Center is a designated ____-friendly hospital, meaning the center has implemented rigorous standards of care that have been shown to increase breastfeeding initiation and duration for newborns.
What is baby?
1,283 happy new additions.
The number of ____ at Berkeley Medical Center and Jefferson Medical Center in 2021.
What are births?
Dean Thomas joined WVU Medicine Berkeley & Jefferson Medical Centers in October 2020 as _____ following Anthony Zelenka's retirement.
What is President & CEO?
The _______ Screening Program was introduced at The WVU Cancer Institute at Berkeley Medical Center in 2020 to increase early detection of the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States.
What is lung cancer?
Using state-of-the-art technology, The Pediatric Subspecialty & Telemedicine Clinic in Martinsburg allows patients and providers to interact in real-time with pediatric subspecialists at WVU Medicine Children's in _______.
What is Morgantown?
Both Berkeley and Jefferson Medical Centers have received Gold Seals of Approval from this major accrediting organization. Most recently, JMC earned reaccreditation in October 2021.
What is The Joint Commission?
Not quite an emergency.
There were 43,154 visits to our ____ in 2021.
What are Urgent Care Centers?
Our newest Medical Office Building, located in _____, offers primary care and specialty care services including cardiology, endocrinology, orthopedics, podiatry, behavioral health and more for patients in Jefferson County.
What is Shepherdstown?
The Neurosurgery and Pain Management teams at Berkeley Medical Center officially joined the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute in 2021, expanding local treatment options for patients suffering with a condition of the brain or ______.
What is spine?
As part of our commitment to being a leader in minimally invasive treatment options, we have four types of these, including the da Vinci, the ROSA Knee System, the Mazor X, and the Ion Endoluminal System.
What are surgical robots?
Last week, Berkeley Medical Center announced that the Emergency Department was reverified as a Level III _____ Center by the American College of Surgeons. BMC first received this designation in 2004 and was one of only three hospitals in WV to achieve this designation.
What is trauma?
24,027
The number of ______ visits in 2021 for patients confined to one location and unable to travel due to an illness or injury.
What is home health?
WVU Medicine has approximately _____ employees in the Eastern Panhandle. Closest guess wins the points.
2,500
This new specialty added to the Martinsburg location of the WVU Heart & Vascular Institute in 2021 includes the diagnosis, management, and surgical treatment of the arterial, venous, and lymphatic system.
What is vascular surgery?
Introduced at BMC in 2021, Surgical Theater is a virtual reality platform that allows neurosurgery patients to "take a walk inside their _____" to better understand their condition before surgery.
What is brain?
The Center for ____ Care and Hyperbaric Medicine at Berkeley Medical Center is 1 of 200 centers across the nation to receive accreditation by the Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society.
What is wound?
Number of individual patients admitted to BMC and JMC with COVID-19 in January 2021. Closest guess wins the points.
355
How many new medical providers did WVU Medicine welcome in the Eastern Panhandle in 2021? Closest guess wins.
89