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Before we welcome 2022 and start another trip around the sun, it’s nice to look at where we’ve been and see what we’ve accomplished. Scanning Connect’s headlines, here are some of the highlights from this year.

In 2021, we …

January

• Rang in a new year and vaccinated our team members: 
  • Jan. 12 | Let’s Vaccinate UVA Health This Week
  • Jan. 27 | Received Your COVID Vaccine? Congrats! Check Out These 44 Photos From Your Peers
• Quickly hit a vaccine milestone:
  • Jan. 29 | UVA Health Tops 20,000 COVID-19 Vaccines Administered

February

• Vaccinated the community:
  • Feb. 1 | On Opening Day, New Community Clinic Vaccinates 183 Essential Workers
• Set a course for growth (announcing our intent to buy a health system):
  • Feb. 17 | UVA Health Signs a Letter of Intent to Acquire Full Ownership of Novant Health UVA Health System

March

• Received testing help from our machine friends:
  • March 5 | UVA’s COVID Testing Efforts Get a Helping Hand From Biology Professor’s Robot
• Celebrated the COVID Clinic anniversary:
  • March 30 | One Year Later: In Standing Up the COVID Clinic, UVA Health Team Members Stood Tall

April

• Appointed an inaugural diversity chief:
  • April 12 | Downs Named Inaugural Chief Diversity & Community Engagement Officer
• Announced fair and fiscally responsible billing policies:
  • April 19 | UVA Health Announces New Billing Policies
• Celebrated an amazing milestone:
  • April 30 | 100,000 Shots!

May

• Celebrated UVA Health Week:
  • May 11 | All the Appreciation Goes to YOU!
• Had proof that an innovative solution worked:
  • May 11 | COVID-19 Wastewater Testing Proves Effective in New Study
• Graduated Nursing and Medical Students:
  • May 26 | 47 Photos from the School of Nursing’s Graduation
  • May 26 | If You Missed the School of Medicine Graduation (or Want to Relive It) Check Out This Great Highlight Video

June

• Appointed a new School of Medicine Dean:
  • June 9 | Kibbe Named Dean of the School of Medicine
• Celebrated UVA Children’s:
  • June 15 | UVA Children’s Is Ranked No. 1 in Virginia
• Educated ourselves on a new COVID variant:
  • June 23 | Q&A: What to Know About the ‘Delta’ Variant and Current Vaccines
• Started building One Future Together (kicked off a new strategic planning process)
  • June 30 | "One Future Together" | UVA Health Strategic Planning Kickoff Seeks Input

July

• Purchased a health system and expanded care in Northern Virginia:
  • July 1 | UVA Health Now Sole Owner of Novant Health UVA Health System
• Celebrated U.S. News results
  • July 27 | U.S. News Recognizes High Performing Specialties and Procedures
• Formed a new partnership:
  • July 28 | UVA Health, Centra Forming Strategic Clinical Affiliation

August

• Welcomed new students:
  • Aug. 16 | 72 Photos: Welcome to UVA, School of Medicine Class of 2025!
  • Aug. 16 | 77 Photos + Video: School of Medicine Class of 2024 (Officially) Receive Their White Coats
• Welcomed Joint Commission:
  • Aug. 16 | Joint Commission on Site This Week | Triennial Visit Is Underway
• Announced vaccine requirements:
  • Aug. 25 | UVA Health to Require COVID-19 Vaccination for Team Members Effective Nov. 1
• Celebrated a new Cancer Center designation:
  • Aug. 26 | UVA Earns Comprehensive Cancer Center Designation

September

• Continued with strategic planning:
  • Sept. 20 | 2030 Strategic Plan Update | Follow Our Progress
• Celebrated women in medicine
  • Sept. 24 | Celebrating Women in Medicine Month
• Helped our community:
  • Sept. 24 | Hundreds Represent UVA Health at Day of Caring

October

• Began boosting our team members
  • Oct. 1 | Pfizer Vaccine Booster Shots for Team Members
• Changed some lightbulbs for a cause:
  • Oct. 14 | South Tower Lights Up for Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day
• Got a little silly:
  • Oct. 29 | 23 Photos: Happy Halloween From Your UVA Health Colleagues

November

• Protected our community’s children:
  • Nov. 9 | 12 Photos | Pediatric Community Vaccination Center Opening
• Improved access to quality cardiac surgery for Virginia’s children:
  • Nov. 17 | Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU and UVA Children’s Develop Regional Collaboration
• Learned about (yet another) COVID variant:
  • Nov. 30 | Here Is What You Need to Know About the New Coronavirus Variant, Omicron

December

• Brought light to our lobby:
  • Dec. 17 | See UVA Children’s Patient Illuminate the Christmas Tree in the University Hospital Lobby
• Received a visit from a special guest:
  • Dec. 21 | 45 Photos of Santa Visiting Babies in the NICU
• Celebrated the season:
  • Dec. 21 | Volunteers Crafted and Stuffed Stockings for Patients Spending Christmas in the Hospital
  • Dec. 22 | Transplant Hosted an A-door-able Decorating Contest
  • Dec. 22 | Behind the Scenes of Season’s Treatings: What It Took to Bring Presents to Pediatric Patients This Christmas
• Continued to protect ourselves, each other, our patients, and our community:
  • Dec. 22 | UVA Health Vaccine Booster Requirement