WakeMed Introduces N.C.’s First ARTIS pheno Imaging Device for Hybrid OR

RALEIGH, N.C. (April 27, 2022) – Today marks the first patient cases inside the new Hybrid Operating Room (OR) at WakeMed Raleigh Campus. The space features an incredible advanced imaging device, the Siemens Healthineers ARTIS pheno. WakeMed is pioneering the use of this technology as the first hospital in North Carolina to install the device.

With the highest image quality at the lowest possible radiation doses, the ARTIS pheno brings faster scan times, better accuracy and visualization for physicians, and most importantly, better outcomes for patients.

The system is housed within WakeMed’s comprehensive suite of surgical services, which includes the Hybrid OR—a dedicated space that brings together the best in radiology and cardiac intervention programs for a broad spectrum of surgical procedures. The ARTIS pheno equipment features a robotic C-arm that seamlessly integrates into the multi-tilt surgical table. Its advanced guidance tools and 3D assessments offer physicians added accuracy, precision and visualization during minimally invasive surgical procedures and complex surgery cases.

“This Hybrid OR combines all the best of radiology for minimally invasive procedures as well as the operating room where we do open procedures. This Hybrid OR allows us to bring our patients the very latest and very greatest in technology. The better you can visualize the anatomy, the safer it is and the more effective it is for the patient,” explains Charles Harr, MD, Chief Medical Officer for WakeMed Raleigh Campus and cardiothoracic surgeon. “This new equipment allows us to do just that.”

Hear more from Dr. Harr about WakeMed’s new Hybrid OR and what this new technology means to WakeMed and our patients.

The Hybrid OR is part of WakeMed’s Value Partnership with Siemens Healthineers which enables the WakeMed system to further innovate and enhance care delivery through robotics, state-of-the-art imaging technology, artificial intelligence, performance improvement initiatives, and workforce training.

About WakeMed Health & Hospitals

Serving the community since 1961, WakeMed is a not-for-profit health care system founded and based in Raleigh, N.C. WakeMed exists to improve the health and well-being of our community by providing outstanding and compassionate care to all. WakeMed’s 970-bed system comprises a network of facilities throughout the Triangle area, including three full-service hospitals, seven emergency departments, a dedicated Children’s Hospital and Rehabilitation Hospital, more than 80 physician offices and Wake County’s only Level I Trauma Center. WakeMed’s mission-driven team includes more than 10,300 employees, 1,000 volunteers and 1,300 affiliated physicians, along with the more than 580 physicians and providers with WakeMed Physician Practices – all representing the best minds and the biggest hearts and the finest quality in health care and community health. For more information, visit www.wakemed.org or follow WakeMed on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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