“A lot of workplace injuries can be avoided if people take the time to plan their movements,” says Jay Goodman, PT, SCS, with WakeMed Outpatient Rehab – Alexander Family YMCA. Knowing the correct posture to assume when seated at a computer, using the correct lifting techniques and stopping to think about your movements and position […]
WakeMed is pleased to add a Ronald McDonald Family Room to the new WakeMed Children’s Hospital. This is a much-needed resource for families of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) patients. With comfortable couches, a microwave, a washer/dryer, a TV and computers, the Ronald McDonald room is a private, relaxing space for family members as they […]
Dr. Allen Marshall with Wake Specialty ENT was interviewed for a story that ran yesterday on WRAL all about snoring and snoring solutions. Missed the story? Watch it here.
Yesterday WakeMed Health & Hospitals filed a public records request with UNC Health Care and its subsidiary Rex Healthcare over concern that UNC Health Care is using taxpayer money to engage in predatory business practices that do nothing to improve health care for the people of Wake County. Instead these practices simply duplicate and shift […]
Last week, many of us gathered with family and friends to give thanks for our blessings in life. We reminded those we love how much we care, and offered gratitude for our fortunes, big and small. At WakeMed, we give thanks to the countless employees, physicians, volunteers and friends who make our hospital the best […]
N.C. Public Interest Research Group recently released its annual 25th annual Trouble in Toyland survey of unsafe toys. Before heading out for holiday shopping, please take time to review the report and the group’s tips for toy safety. PIRG also has a new app for smart phones so you can have access to recalled toys […]
Founded in 1990 with one ambulance and seven providers, WakeMed Mobile Critical Care Services (MCCS) transported 229 patients during its first year of service. By 2000, MCCS was completing over 1,800 transports annually with 22 providers and three ambulances. Today with 20 ground ambulances and one air ambulance, 133 employees, and WakeMed Mobile Critical Care […]
The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an order to withdraw Darvon, Darvocet and generic versions of the drug propoxyphene due to risk of cardiac toxicity. The FDA has concluded that the safety risks of propoxyphene outweigh its benefits for pain relief at recommended doses. Click here to read a press release from the […]
WakeMed has received recertification from The Joint Commission as a Primary Stroke Center, and WakeMed Raleigh Campus, Cary Hospital, North Healthplex and Apex Healthplex remain the only certified Primary Stroke Center in Wake County. Being a Primary Stroke Center is important because North Carolina is part of the nation’s “Stroke Belt” where death rates from […]
WakeMed Raleigh Campus and Cary Hospital are the first hospitals in North Carolina to receive full Heart Failure Accreditation from the Society of Chest Pain Centers. To achieve SCPC Heart Failure Accreditation, WakeMed met or exceeded ten criteria, including quality measures that improve the process of care for heart failure patients, integration with emergency medical […]
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