Becker's Healthcare November 4, 2025
Bernadette Purser, senior administrator of ambulatory surgery at VCU Health, and Sheldon Barr, president of VCU Community Memorial Hospital, joined Becker’s to discuss how the health system is expanding access to care through a strategic, data-driven ASC network.
Editor’s note: This interview was edited lightly for clarity and length.
Question: How would you characterize VCU Health’s ambulatory strategy, and what’s top of mind right now?
Sheldon Barr: We continue to grow, expand and invest in our ASCs in order to meet our patients where they are. For example, we recently broke ground on a new ASC/medical office building being built in Chesterfield, Va., which includes four operating rooms and two procedure rooms. It’ll be multispecialty and include endoscopy. This...
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