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- July 18, 2024
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Mary Washington Ranked ‘High Performing’ in 11 Areas

U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of hospitals has high praise for Mary Washington Health Care in 11 adult procedures and conditions. Nurse staffing is a concern. Editor’s Note: In the interest of full disclosure, this article’s author formerly worked at U.S. News & World Report as a senior editor in the automotive vertical. Mary […]

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FXBG Advance
- May 9, 2024
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City Planning Commission Recommends Approval of Hospital Expansion Plan

Concerns about Kid’s Station remain. MWHC touts graduate education program as solution to region’s crushing shortage of physicians. The Fredericksburg Planning Commission voted 6-to-1 on Wednesday evening to recommend approval of Mary Washington Healthcare’s rezoning request. The request will next be subject to another public hearing before City Council, which will have final say into […]

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FXBG Advance
- May 3, 2024
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The News That Moved Us This Past Week: April 26 – May 3

The week just past saw a new Battle of the Wilderness, students arrested at UMW, an innovative school lunch program, another person leaving King George, and more bad news for Mary Washington Hospital. Share FXBG Advance 5. Battle of the Wilderness Resumes In May of 1864, the Union and Confederate armies came face to face […]

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FXBG Advance
- May 2, 2024
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Mary Washington Hospital Receives ‘D’ Safety Rating from Leapfrog

It is the only hospital in Virginia to receive this rating. Mary Washington Hospital received a grade of ‘D’ in Leapfrog Group’s spring 2024 hospital safety ratings, which were released this week. It is the only hospital out of 72 in Virginia to receive a grade of ‘D’ from the independent, nonprofit watchdog group. The […]

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- April 25, 2024
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Snowden Plans Face Scrutiny

Proposed new general development plan for portion of Mary Washington Hospital campus, from the staff report given to the Fredericksburg Planning Commission on Wednesday, April 24, 2024.

Lydia Fallon, 5, had just one question for Mary Washington Healthcare during Wednesday’s public hearing on the hospital system’s recent expansion plans. “What about all the noise and dust at naptime?” she asked members of the Planning Commission. “Tell [MWHC] to wait. Thank you for hearing me.” Lydia attends Kids’ Station, the KinderCare-operated daycare center and […]

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