WakeMed
{{Short description|Healthcare system based in Raleigh, North Carolina}}
{{About|the healthcare system based in Raleigh, NC|the unaffiliated medical school in Winston-Salem, NC|Wake Forest School of Medicine}}
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| foundation = 1961
| location_city = Raleigh, North Carolina
| location_country = United States
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| locations = 3 hospitals, 8 outpatient facilities
| area_served = Wake County, North Carolina
| key_people = Donald R. Gintzig (CEO){{cite web|title=Leadership Team|url=https://www.wakemed.org/leadership|website=Wake Med|accessdate=21 February 2017}}
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WakeMed Health and Hospitals is a 919-bed healthcare system with multiple facilities placed around the metropolitan Raleigh, North Carolina area.{{cite web | title = WakeMed at a Glance | url = http://www.wakemed.org/body.cfm?id=40&oTopID=40&oTopID=40 | accessdate = 2008-05-17}} WakeMed's main campus is located on New Bern Avenue in Raleigh, North Carolina. WakeMed serves multiple counties throughout the state and specializes in a variety of services including cardiology, gastroenterology, neurology, orthopedics, high-risk pregnancy, children's care, trauma, physical rehabilitation and critical care transport.
History
The construction of a publicly financed hospital for Wake County, North Carolina was approved via a voter-authorized bond issue in 1955. Memorial Hospital of Wake County, today known as WakeMed Raleigh Campus, opened in 1961 with 380 beds and 50 doctors. Though originally a public hospital, WakeMed is currently a private, not-for-profit corporation that operates many facilities in and around Wake County.
As of March, 2020, WakeMed is the only provider of the following services in Wake County:{{cite web | url = http://wakemed.org/landing.cfm?id=40 | title = About Us | accessdate = 2011-03-28}}
- Level I Trauma Center as designated by the North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services.
- Licensed rehabilitation hospital.
- Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and one of seven Harvard developmental training sites.
- Neuro intensive care unit and dedicated neurosciences inpatient unit.
- Children's intensive care unit.
- Children's diabetes and asthma programs.
- Pediatrics specialists in surgery, neurology, endocrinology, orthopaedics, neonatology, child development and more.
- Women's Pavilion and Birthplace - Cary
- Emergency Services Institute focusing on research, emergency preparedness and response in the event of community emergencies and disaster either natural or man-made.
- Patient Simulation Center for training health professionals.
Facilities
= WakeMed Raleigh Campus =
WakeMed's largest campus, based in Raleigh, houses six adult intensive care units, a same-day surgery center, two 24-hour emergency departments, one for adults and another for children, an 84-bed rehabilitation hospital, a Women's Pavilion & Birthplace, a 48-bed neonatal intensive care nursery, physician practices through WakeMed Faculty Physicians, laboratories and diagnostic services.
= WakeMed Cary Hospital =
WakeMed Cary Hospital, located in Cary, North Carolina opened in 1991 as Western Wake Medical Center. It is a 156-bed hospital with 24-hour emergency services, a same-day surgery center, a Women's Pavilion & Birthplace, an intensive care unit, imaging services, and a sleep center specializing in diagnosing and treating sleep disorders.
= WakeMed North Hospital =
In May 2015, Wakemed Health and Hospitals upgraded their North Healthplex facility into a full hospital, specializing in women's and children's services. The 61-bed facility will provide comprehensive OBGYN support. It is located on Falls of Neuse Road in north Raleigh, built on land that was once the Pullen Plantation.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53298211/pullen-house-to-move-news-and/ | title=Pullen House to move - News and Observer, October 15, 1999, 77 | newspaper=The News and Observer | date=15 October 1999 | page=77 }}
= Outpatient facilities =
In addition to its three full service hospitals, WakeMed operates several outpatient facilities that include freestanding emergency departments. The stand-alone emergency department locations include:
- WakeMed Brier Creek Medical Park, located in the Brier Creek area between Raleigh and Durham
- WakeMed Apex HealthPlex, located in Apex
- WakeMed Garner HealthPlex, located in Garner, North Carolina
- WakeMed Wendell Emergency Department in Wendell, North Carolina
The system also has multiple outpatient rehab locations in and around Wake County.
References
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Category:Healthcare in Raleigh, North Carolina
Category:Hospital networks in the United States
Category:Medical and health organizations based in North Carolina