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Raleigh, NC

Health Care

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The Triangle’s doctor-to-population ratio is five times the national average. Facilities for the treatment of cancer, children’s diseases, eye and ear problems, heart disease, mental illness, and substance abuse are widely available, as are state-of-the-art maturity, rehabilitation and wellness services.

Modern Maturity ranked Raleigh’s WakeMed as the 20th-best hospital overall and the ninth-best cardiovascular surgery hospital in the nation. Within the Triangle, Duke University Hospital in Durham and UNC Healthcare/North Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill lead a concentration of medical facilities and specialists to rival any community in the country.

In fact, nearby Durham has been dubbed the “City of Medicine” and is home to Duke University Medical Center, ranked among the country’s top hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.

Major Hospitals — Wake County

Duke Health Raleigh Hospital (DHRH)
3400 Wake Forest Rd, 27609
(919) 954-3000
www.dukehealthraleigh.org

Duke Health Raleigh Hospital (DHRH) has been an important member of the Duke University Health System family since 1998 and has served Wake County residents for nearly 30 years. DHRH offers high-quality diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitation, prevention, support and health education services within a patient-friendly atmosphere.

DHRH is a 186-bed hospital providing a comprehensive array of services, including the Duke Health Raleigh Cancer Center. The Cancer Center offers cutting-edge technology and comprehensive, multidisciplinary services for oncology patients. The center includes patient navigators ease patients through their therapy as well as a full array of support services and educational facilities.

The Duke Health Raleigh Cardiovascular Center provides advanced cardiac care. The center offers state-of-the-art diagnostic technologies, sophisticated treatment options, collaborative care and education.

Other services available at DHRH include the newly renovated Childbirth Center and Special Care Nursery, Musculoskeletal Center, Diabetes Program, Wellness Services, Outpatient Imaging Center, Intensive Care Unit, Telemetry Unit, Pain Clinic, Same Day Surgery Center, Emergency Department, and community education and outreach.

Rex Healthcare
4420 Lake Boone Trail
Raleigh 27607
(919) 784-3100
www.rexhealth.com

Just off Raleigh’s Beltline and Interstate 40 is the main Rex Healthcare campus. Located on Lake Boone Trail, the 394-bed, all-private-room Rex Hospital is part of the renowned UNC Health Care System. Rex has been recognized among the top 5 percent of hospitals in the nation for clinical excellence by HealthGrades. Through both the main Rex campus and Rex’s Cary campus, Rex offers state-of-the-art facilities, advanced technologies and caring staff.

Rex is home to the Triangle’s first and only nationally accredited chest pain center and the area’s most advanced vascular diagnostics center. With North Carolina’s first nationally accredited cancer center, a cancer genetics testing program and the advanced diagnostic capabilities of a positron emissions tomography (PET) scanner, Rex offers the best in oncology care.

Rex Family Birth Center has delivered more babies than any other Wake County hospital. Rex offers mobile mammography and the area’s most comprehensive breast care center. Rex surgery centers perform more procedures than any other facility in Wake County. Rex Emergency Department treats approximately 50,000 patients a year and offers a separate minor emergency treatment center to get you treated fast.

Rex has convalescent nursing care centers in Raleigh and Apex; an urgent care, pediatrics, diabetes care, heart and vascular diagnostics, and outpatient surgery center in Cary; a family practice in Wakefield; three wellness centers in Raleigh, Cary and Garner; two sleep disorders centers; and Wake County’s only hospice unit. The Rex medical staff includes more than 900 physicians from a wide range of specialties.

WakeMed Health & Hospitals
3000 New Bern Ave.
Raleigh 27610
(919) 350-8000
www.wakemed.org

At WakeMed Health & Hospitals, the staff’s mission truly is “A passion for care.” WakeMed is Wake County’s largest hospital system, with 752 beds, nearly 1,000 physicians and 6,100 nurses, technologists, medical professionals and support staff, all of whom skillfully deliver the other half of WakeMed’s mission: “The power to heal.”

With the main campus in Raleigh, a full-service hospital in Cary and seven facilities offering outpatient services, outpatient rehab and skilled nursing care, WakeMed treats more than 1 million patients and welcomes more than 6,300 babies into the world each year. The center is a teaching hospital affiliated with the UNC-CH medical school.

WakeMed is home to the busiest heart center in North Carolina and is ranked ninth among the top 10 cardiovascular surgery hospitals in the United States and 20th among the top 50 hospitals nationally.

WakeMed offers a freestanding children’s emergency department, an advanced Level II intensive care nursery, and the county’s only pediatric inpatient and intensive care units. In July 2005, WakeMed opened the first freestanding emergency department in the state at WakeMed North Healthplex.

Popular features are the Women’s Pavilion and Birthplace, located in both Raleigh and Cary, and the WakeMed Children’s Center, which treats broken bones and asthma, performs surgeries, and offers a host of other medical services.

The Raleigh Campus is the only state-designated trauma center in Wake County. With its outstanding facilities and an experienced, caring staff employing the latest technology, WakeMed has seen and treated it all! WakeMed has received a 95 percent patient satisfaction rating over the past five years.

Major Hospitals — Durham County

Duke University Health System
(919) 416-DUKE
(888) ASK-DUKE
www.dukehealth.org

The Duke University Health System, a world-renowned health care network, offers a range of top-rated services. This nonprofit health system includes Duke University Hospital, Duke University Medical Center, McGovern-Davidson Children’s Health Center, Durham Regional Hospital, Duke Health Raleigh Hospital, a broad regional network of physicians, and a continuum of care services. The system’s affiliated community hospitals, home health care providers and continuing-care retirement communities give local communities access to the full spectrum of health services.

U.S. News & World Report ranks Duke University Medical Center among the best in the country, with many specialty areas ranking in the top 10 nationally. The Best Doctors in America lists more physicians from Duke than from any other Southeastern medical institution.

As one of the nation’s leading academic medical centers, Duke also operates one of the country’s largest clinical and biomedical research enterprises and quickly translates advances in technology and medical knowledge into improved patient care. Duke is educating tomorrow’s leaders in health care, discovering new treatments for diseases, and providing compassionate, cost-effective care to the patients and communities it serves.

Other hospitals in Durham County include Duke-affiliated Durham Regional Hospital, McPherson Hospital and Veterans Administration Medical Center.

Major Hospitals — Orange County

University of North Carolina Hospitals
(UNC Health Care)
101 Manning Drive
Chapel Hill 27514
(919) 966-4131
www.unchealthcare.org

From baby checkups and chronic disease care to lifesaving surgeries and cutting-edge gene therapy, UNC Health Care is improving health and providing treatments across North Carolina. In addition to providing outstanding comprehensive medical, surgical and psychiatric care, UNC Health Care is a leader in health promotion and disease prevention. UNC Hospitals is a 688-bed facility serving people from all over North Carolina and the Southeast.

Since 2001, new babies and their families have been welcomed at the new North Carolina Children’s Hospital and North Carolina Women’s Hospital, state-of-the-art facilities that offer high-quality health care in family-oriented environments.

In addition to women’s and children’s services, various UNC Health Care centers specialize in the care of the cardiovascular system, the breasts, the lungs and the spine, as well as in rehabilitation, wound management and comprehensive transplant procedures. The center’s extensive programs in arthritis, digestive diseases, endocrinology, ENT, gynecology, hemophilia, infertility, orthopedics and rheumatology have achieved national recognition. The UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center is one of a small number of National Cancer Institute-designated centers in the United States.

UNC Health Care extends beyond Chapel Hill into the Greater Triangle area through its network of primary care and specialty physician practices. These offices, along with the UNC Family Practice Center and Ambulatory Care Center, provide the basic health care outpatient services most families need. Nearly 500,000 people are cared for at UNC Health Care clinics each year.

The Emergency Department provides expert emergency care to more than 41,000 people a year. UNC Hospitals operates a Level I trauma center and features seven specialized adult ICUs, the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, a pediatric ICU and a newborn CCU.