Mary Schilder is director of internal consulting in WakeMed Information Services. Last week, the North Carolina Hospital Association (NCHA) and The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) announced that WakeMed and Moses Cone are the initial beta sites to develop and launch the North Carolina Healthcare Information Exchange (NCHEX). This is an exciting project for every […]
Over the last couple of years, WakeMed’s Families First publication has offered lots of great back-to-school tips for parents and kids. In anticipation of back-to-school, we will share this timeless information with you from sleep training to vaccinations to packing your child’s lunch to how to know when your child really is too sick for […]
With back to school just around the corner, WakeMed is participating in events for the young and a little older this weekend. Look for us tomorrow (August 21) at Marbles Kids Museum for Kick Off to Kindergarten. Our Children’s Asthma and Diabetes Programs will be sharing information about managing these diseases at school. Also, tomorrow […]
Today on NBC’s Today Show, they included a story about how adolescents are experiencing hearing loss, most likely due to exposure to loud noises and ear buds. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Wake Specialty Physicians – ENT Audiologists Jeanne Lansing and Cameron Warren offer the following suggestions to […]
Stephen Leinenweber is a pediatric intensivist with WakeMed Children’s Hospital. In the past, we would typically only see Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in patients who had been in the hospital for a long period of time. Now, we are seeing more and more community acquired infection. In other words, we are now seeing patients […]
This Thursday, fight back with a vengeance against bumps, bruises and bacteria at a FREE safety event just for kids! Join WakeMed’s Injury Prevention team and Safe Kids Wake County at 7 pm, just before a showing of Monsters vs. Aliens at Koka Booth’s Movies by Moonlight. Kids will learn about safety through fun activities […]
Keep your child’s trip to school as safe as possible with these tips from www.safekids.org. Go Safely on Four Wheels While waiting for the bus, stand back 5 giant steps from the street. When the bus stops, line up in a single-file line. Hold on to the handrails, and be careful that your clothes or […]
Over the last couple of years, WakeMed’s Families First publication has offered lots of great back-to-school tips for parents and kids. In anticipation of back-to-school, we will share this timeless information with you from sleep training to vaccinations to packing your child’s lunch to how to know when your child really is too sick for […]
Skin cancer can be very serious and it does not discriminate. Just last week former Pittsburg Steelers coach Bill Cowher lost his wife, Kaye, to skin cancer. She was only 54 years old. One in five Americans will develop skin cancer, a disease which is most prevalent in people over age 30, regardless of race […]
ATVs, whether for recreation or an occupation, are part of daily life in North Carolina – Safe Kids Wake County recommends that children under the age of 16 should never ride on or operate ATVs of any size – including youth-sized ATVs. Nationwide, approximately 130 children under the age of 16 die each year as […]
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