In 2006, WakeMed first earned Level 1 Trauma Center designation, and remarkably was the first hospital in the state to move from a Level II to a Level I Trauma Center in 16 years. Yesterday, the North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services renewed the Level 1 Trauma Center designation, citing: The excellent collaboration among […]
Thanks to Carolina Mudcats for visiting patients in the WakeMed Children’s Hospital today. Later this summer, WakeMed and the Carolina Mudcats will partner for a special Families First event. Stay tuned for details.
Anterior hip replacement is gaining in popularity because of its benefits to the patient. Only a handful of physicians in Wake County are certified in the anterior approach, including Dr. Timothy Harris and Russell Norris with Wake Orthopaedics. The anterior approach to total hip replacement surgery means that doctors make the incision on the front […]
WakeMed Raleigh Campus and WakeMed Cary Hospital each received a Hospital Safety Score of ‘A’ from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit organization that works to initiate improvements in the safety, quality and affordability of health care. WakeMed recently began participating in the Leapfrog Hospital Survey. This participation positively impacted the system’s ‘A’ scoring […]
WakeMed Health & Hospitals recently received the Business and Industry Award in Science, Mathematics and Technology Education for its support of Wake County Public Schools Wake Early College of Health and Sciences. The annual award is given by the North Carolina Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Center (SMT) to an organization that has made an […]
Thank you to all of our volunteers who donate their time, talent and positive attitudes to help deliver the best health care to the communities we serve. Our volunteers are an integral part of WakeMed, helping us meet our mission to provide outstanding and compassionate care to all who seek our services. More than 1,600 […]
Patients in the WakeMed Children’s Hospital had a special surprise today, receiving visits from window washing Ironman, Spiderman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Superwoman and Captain America. See more as reported on WTVD’s noon news.
Sudden cardiac death can and does occur in young athletes. This is why WakeMed Children’s and Duke Children’s are hosting a screening event for athletes ages 12 to 18 this Saturday.
The threat of frost has almost passed making it the perfect time to get those summer and fall veggie seeds and plants into the ground. The newest issue of WakeMed Families First magazine is hot off the presses and includes a great article all about different kinds of squash – when to plant it, how to […]
WRAL Reports: WakeMed Pediatric Surgeon Dr. David Hoover performs minimally invasive surgery on newborn baby.
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