Weekends in the fall mean soccer games for many families in our area. When it’s your turn to bring snacks for the team, it can be tough to decide which options are the best and healthiest. Here are a few tips to help you find tasty and healthy snacks the whole team can enjoy. Snack […]
When an April storm damaged Hilltop Home, a private, nonprofit intermediate care facility located near the Raleigh Campus, 19 children with severe/profound developmental disabilities and medical fragility had to be evacuated immediately. WakeMed leadership and employees quickly sprang into action and created a temporary shelter in the Health Park gym. Ranging in age from 5 […]
On September 11, 2001, we were all reminded how important first responders are to the communities they serve. It takes a very special person to be a first responder. These extraordinary individuals are dedicated to keeping us safe and well regardless of the circumstances, often risking life and limb in the process. Today and every […]
Daily life can be a juggling act – balancing work, family, kids’ activities and personal commitments can be overwhelming. That’s probably why Americans are eating out more and cooking at home less. According to a 2010 Harris interactive poll of 2,503 adults, 14 percent said they don’t enjoy cooking and seven percent said they don’t […]
Huge shout out to the NC State Football players who visited the Children’s Hospital today. Jacob Kahut, Alex Barr, Darryl Cato-Bishop, Joe Thuney and Brandon Mitchell, thank you for making the day a little brighter for patients and staff.
The youngest patients at Central Carolina Hospital (CCH) in Sanford, N.C., now receive 24/7 care by pediatric hospitalists from WakeMed Children’s Hospital. Launched on September 1, the service supports CCH’s recently designated pediatric unit and is led by WakeMed’s board-certified pediatricians who specialize in caring for hospitalized children and infants. WakeMed’s pediatric hospitalists will also […]
We recently celebrated the 40 years Dr. David Ingram practiced medicine at WakeMed. The program included eight speakers and lasted for over an hour. To say Dr. Ingram will be missed in his retirement by students, staff, patients, peers and everyone else he has come in contact with during his remarkable career is an understatement. It […]
Wake Tech Community College recently dedicated a new Health Sciences Building located on their campus off Sunnybrook Road, adjacent to WakeMed Raleigh Campus. This new building demonstrates how integrated simulation and technology have become at all levels of health education. In the past, a majority of traditional health education focused on classroom-based learning. In the […]
We are proud to once again have been named to Carolina Parent magazine’s Family Friendly 50 list. Organizations selected for this award show a commitment to family and a healthy work-life balance, supporting families and working parents. WakeMed offers family-oriented health benefits, paid maternity and paternity leave, child care benefits, tuition reimbursement, family support, work-life […]
Christine Craig, vice president of Government Affairs, and Betty Woodard, PhD, RN, director of nursing research and evidence-based practice, were honored with Women in Business Awards from the Triangle Business Journal. The annual awards program recognizes women throughout the Triangle who have a history of business or community service accomplishments. Craig won in the public […]
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