Judy O’Neal is the Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Chief of Staff, Office of the President. Yesterday was a historic day for health care as the House voted to pass the health care reform bill that was approved by the Senate in December. We would like to acknowledge and commend the leadership of […]
The 5th Annual Market at Ravenscroft started today and runs through Saturday. A portion of the proceeds from this year’s Market will go toward the purchase of a SMARTBoard for the new WakeMed Children’s Hospital education room. This SMARTBoard is an interactive white board that will be used for both parent education and for tutoring long-term patients […]
This week is national poison prevention week, and Safe Kids Wake County has coordinated several events where citizens can safely dispose of their unused or outdated medicines. But, of course, medicine is only one poisoning danger for children. Did you know that each year, more than 1.2 million children ages 5 and under are unintentionally […]
Yesterday, Inclusive Health hosted an event in the Andrew’s Center on WakeMed’s Raleigh Campus to enroll North Carolina residents who have had trouble securing a health insurance policy due to pre-existing medical conditions. At the event Judy Dixon, an Inclusive Health Enrollee, shared her story. Judy has been covered by three different health insurance organizations […]
With the NCAA Tournament scheduled to begin on Thursday, you can expect to find lots of men perched in front on their television sets watching basketball. Dr. Robert Matthews, a urologist with WakeMed Faculty Physicians, explains why that may be a good time to schedule a vasectomy. Imagine the opportunity to sit at home and […]
Dr. John Sinden is a cardiologist with Raleigh Cardiology Associates. Duke recently published a study examining if the number of cardiac catheterization procedures performed are justified. The study looked at patients who had no known coronary disease. The majority of the 400,000 patients in the study had a stress test prior to the diagnostic catheterization […]
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has designated Cary Hospital a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence, making it one of only three in Wake County. To achieve this title, Cary Hospital met very specific requirements laid out by the ACR and earned ACR accreditation in the following breast imaging modalities: mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy, breast […]
Sylvia Scholl is WakeMed’s Trauma Program Director. With each time change in the spring and the fall, remember to also change your smoke alarm batteries – it could save your life.
Robin Carver, RN, is WakeMed‘s director of infection prevention & control. Salmonella infection generally does not cause serious illness, but it does cause uncomfortable gastrointestinal symptoms and can occasionally be fatal in infants, people with compromised immune systems and the elderly primarily due to dehydration. To date, 11 salmonella cases have been reported in North Carolina, but […]
Last year we began focusing on social media as another great tool to distribute information directly to our community. The response has been terrific. And, as reported in Friday’s Triangle Business Journal in an article entitled Social Media Grows in the Triangle, WakeMed is one of the most active users of social media among local […]
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