by James C. Sherlock

I asked the question in 2022 “Is Inova the best regional hospital system in America?“

We have an answer.

Inova has recently been recognized by healthcare analyst firm Press Ganey as America’s Health System of the Year. That was hardly a surprise. Inova has been great for a very long time.

A follow-up article was posted yesterday on Becker’s Clinical Leadership “How Inova built a culture of safety — and won.” It features an interview with CEO J. Stephen Jones, MD.

“I think that it’s easy to say you’re going to be a system. It’s hard to actually do it,” Dr. Jones said. “It’s easy to say you’re going to have a psychologically safe culture, and it’s hard to do it. But when you do it, you see the outcomes.”

I encourage readers to check out the rest of the Beckers article. Dr. Jones offers a short master class on leadership. Northern Virginia is truly blessed by his dedication and skill and those of Inova’s 25,000 other employees.

Congratulations.