Parul Kharod, a WakeMed dietitian, now has her very own column in the News & Observer. Her first topic is stocking your pantry for back to school. Of course, we’ve know for years that Parul R-O-C-K-S. She has been a frequent contributor to this blog on many different nutrition topics for years, including: Inspiration for […]
Every WakeMed employee knows what the WakeWay means. It means showing somebody where to go instead of telling them. It means listening and responding with empathy. It means treating everybody – patients, visitors and fellow employees – with kindness. Most of the ways the WakeWay is demonstrated every day go unnoticed. Yesterday, we had two public […]
Meet Alyce Rambo, Inpatient Coder Meet Alyce Rambo – Inpatient Coder What an Inpatient Coder Does I review the electronic medical records for patients who were hospitalized and determine a code for any diagnosis or procedure that is clinically evaluated or treated during their hospital stay and is documented in the chart. As I identify […]
Meet Brandy Grice, Systems Analyst “I always wanted to work in healthcare, and my job in information services (IS) allows me to work in the industry without being directly involved in patient care.” What a Systems Analyst Does Each department throughout the hospital is assigned a systems analyst to support their computer systems. I work […]
This past weekend Janice Frohman, administrative director of emergency services at WakeMed Health & Hospitals, and Jim Palombaro, M.D., president of Wake Emergency Physicians and of the medical staff at the WakeMed Raleigh Campus, submitted the following op ed about the care of the uninsured to the News & Observer. Uninsured patients and WakeMed Almost […]
Andrea Weigl, food writer at the News & Observer, wrote a STORY included in today’s paper about eating healthy for the same price (or cheaper) as going through the drive through at a fast food restaurant. In the sidebar, WakeMed Cardiac Rehab Dietitian Diana Koenning provided some additional tips for keeping family heathy and well fed […]
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