WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – May 3, 2017 – As Wilkes Regional Medical Center moves closer to joining the Wake Forest Baptist family of hospitals, medical center leaders announced today it will be known as Wake Forest Baptist Health – Wilkes Medical Center when the long-term lease agreement with Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center closes July 1, […]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – May 2, 2017 – Dermatologists with Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center will offer free skin cancer screenings on Thursday, May 18 from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. at Medical Plaza – Country Club, located at 4618 Country Club Road in Winston-Salem. It’s estimated that around 76,000 people were newly diagnosed with skin […]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – May 1, 2017 – Brenner Children’s Hospital, the pediatric arm of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, received verification as a Level I pediatric trauma center by the American College of Surgeons (ACS). Brenner Children’s is one of only 51 Level I pediatric trauma centers in the country. It became the first Level […]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – April 25, 2017 – Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center today reported that it provided community benefits − charity care, unreimbursed care, education, research and community outreach programs and services − valued at $378.1 million for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016. This is $1.8 million more than last year, which was […]
Anonymous donation will help create safe, healing space for emergency patients RALEIGH, N.C. February 13, 2017 – UNC REX Healthcare plans to build a new holding area for behavioral health patients who seek treatment in the emergency department, thanks to an anonymous donor who is contributing $2.5 million. The separate behavioral health zone will include […]
September 11, 2014 (St. John’s, NL): The Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information (the Centre) has partnered with GE Healthcare to install a province-wide Telepathology Network. The $2.5 million Telepathology Network, jointly funded by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada Health Infoway, will give patients and pathologists across the province greater access […]
September 8, 2014 – MIAMI–West Kendall Baptist Hospital in Miami has announced the purchase and installation of a highly advanced computed tomography (CT) scanner following a six-month evaluation at the hospital — the clinical trial of the equipment in the United States. With the convergence of whole-organ coverage, image quality, and speed found in GE […]
Agreement secures full Elekta solution across the McLaren enterprise STOCKHOLM, December 18, 2013 – The ability to effectively manage data across disparate health systems to help drive quality care will be a cornerstone for health systems of the future. Elekta is proud to announce today that it has joined forces with Michigan-based McLaren Health Care […]
STOCKHOLM, November 19 – Yonsei University Health System (YUHS) has reinforced its commitment to Elekta’s radiation therapy systems with the recent order of four additional high-end Elekta linear accelerators. The four linear accelerators, representing an order value of approximately USD 10 million, were booked in the second quarter of fiscal year 2013/14. “These systems provide […]
PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE:VAR) today announced that Regina E. Dugan, Ph.D., Senior Vice President of Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) at Google’s Motorola Mobility LLC, has been appointed to the Varian Board of Directors, effective December 15, 2013. “We believe that Regina is eminently qualified to serve as a director […]