WakeMed News Releases
September 4, 2024
WakeMed Cancer Care Treats 10,000 Patients
RALEIGH, N.C. (September 4, 2024) – Today marks a significant stride in WakeMed’s mission of improvin...
August 28, 2024
WakeMed Signs Contract with Healthy Blue, BCBS Medicaid Managed Care Plan
RALEIGH, N.C. (August 27, 2024) – WakeMed and Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBS NC) have r...
August 26, 2024
WakeMed Named Best Hospital for Bariatric Surgery
RALEIGH, N.C. (August 26, 2024) – WakeMed Cary Hospital was recently recognized as one of the best hosp...
August 23, 2024
WakeMed Named Among Nation’s Best Physical Rehabilitation Centers
RALEIGH, N.C. (August 23, 2024) – Newsweek, in partnership with Statista, announced today the release o...
July 29, 2024
WakeMed Dedicates Children’s Hospital in Honor of Longtime Pediatrician
Raleigh, N.C. (July 29, 2024) – On July 21, the WakeMed Children’s Hospital was officially dedicated ...
July 19, 2024
WakeMed Celebrates 2024 Service Excellence Award Winners
Raleigh, N.C. (August 5, 2024) – Each year, Professional Research Consultants (PRC) identifies health c...
July 18, 2024
WakeMed Recognized by NCHA for Initiative Aimed Improving Access to Health Care
July 18, 2024 — WakeMed’s Center for Community Health, Innovation, and Equity has been awarded the No...
July 17, 2024
WakeMed Named Among Best Rehabilitation Hospitals in the U.S
RALEIGH, N.C. (July 16, 2024) – WakeMed has been named a 2024-2025 Best Hospital for Rehabilitation by ...
July 17, 2024
WakeMed Health & Hospitals Named High Performing by U.S. News & World Report
RALEIGH, N.C. (July 16, 2024) – WakeMed achieved high performance ratings in nine key categories for U....
June 24, 2024
WakeMed Named Among Nation's Best Maternity Hospitals for 2024
RALEIGH, N.C. (June 24, 2024) – WakeMed Raleigh Campus, WakeMed Cary Hospital and WakeMed North Hospita...
June 10, 2024
WakeMed Welcomes Hank Woods as Vice President of the WakeMed Foundation
Raleigh, N.C. (June 10, 2024) – WakeMed is pleased to announce that Walter Henry (Hank) Woods, IV has b...
May 1, 2024
Wake Libraries, WakeMed Partner on New Programming for Parents
RALEIGH, N.C. (May 1, 2024) – Wake County Public Libraries and WakeMed Health & Hospitals are partnerin...
May 1, 2024
WakeMed Receives Two “A” Safety Ratings, One “B” from The Leapfrog Group
RALEIGH, N.C. (May 1, 2024) – We are pleased to announce that WakeMed Raleigh Campus and WakeMed Cary H...
April 11, 2024
U.S. News & World Report Recognizes WakeMed for Black Maternal Health Week 2024
RALEIGH, N.C. (April 11, 2024) – WakeMed has been recognized for its success in supporting Black matern...
April 4, 2024
WakeMed Named Top Health System for Fair Share Spending
RALEIGH, N.C. (April 4, 2024) – The Lown Institute, a healthcare think tank, recently released its 2024...
March 18, 2024
WakeMed Lifts Visitation Restrictions
RALEIGH, N.C. (March 18, 2024) – Effective today, children under 12 will once again be welcome in all h...
February 21, 2024
WakeMed Cary Hospital Receives National Accreditation for Geriatric Emergency Care
CARY, N.C. (February 14, 2024) – WakeMed Cary Hospital is now Wake County’s first Level 1 accredited ...
January 10, 2024
WakeMed Brings 24-7 Emergency Care to Wendell
RALEIGH, N.C. (January 10, 2024) – On Tuesday, January 9, at 7 am, WakeMed Wendell Healthple...
December 29, 2023
WakeMed and Cigna Sign New Long-Term Contract
RALEIGH, N.C. (December 29, 2023) – WakeMed and Cigna today signed a new, two-year contract ...
December 27, 2023
WakeMed and Aetna Sign New Long-Term Contract
RALEIGH, N.C. (December 27, 2023) — Following months of complex negotiations and diligent wo...
December 14, 2023
Mental Health & Well-Being Earns Innovation Award
The Alliance Health School-Based Team (SBT), a collaboration among Alliance, WakeMed Mental He...
December 5, 2023
WakeMed Named Among Nation’s Best Maternity Hospitals
RALEIGH, N.C. (December 5, 2023) – WakeMed has been named a 2023-2024 Best Hospital for Mate...
December 5, 2023
WakeMed North Hospital Recognized Top U.S. Teaching Hospital
RALEIGH, N.C. (December 5, 2023) – WakeMed North Hospital was once again honore...
November 7, 2023
WakeMed Cary Hospital Performs First Code STEMI Case
WakeMed Cary Hospital now provides advanced cardiac intervention services for patients with ST...