HEALTHCARE

DURHAM

The NC Triangle is home to some of the best healthcare in the country. The Duke University Hospital System in Durham is consistently ranked in the top 10 hospitals in the country in ten different areas of medicine and overall by US News & World Report. For 2009 - 2010, the magazine rated Duke Hospital the 10th best hospital in the US (July 2009 issue).

But Durham’s health care community doesn’t stop with the Duke University collection of hospitals (which includes Duke Children’s, Lenox Baker Children’s Hospital, and Durham Regional). There’s also a Veteran's Administration hospital, NC Eye Ear Nose & Throat Hospital and Triangle Orthopedics, along with an extensive community of medical companies and private practice physicians (300 and counting …). This huge healthcare presence in the city led Durham to go by the moniker “City of Medicine” for years.

RALEIGH/CARY

Raleigh and Cary also have great facilities in the Wake Med, Duke Raleigh Hospital, and Rex Hospital. The Rex Healthcare facilities were recently integrated with the UNC Healthcare System, a not-for-profit group owned by the state.

REX

The main Rex Hospital is a 394-bed acute care facility in Raleigh that was recently named a Thompson 100 Hospital. It boasts a birth center, a cancer center, a heart and vascular center, a convalescent care center, a same-day surgery center, and a wellness center as well as several specialty clinics, including one for sleep disorders.

There are also Rex Healthcare Centers in Cary, northern Raleigh (Rex Healthcare of Wakefield), Knightdale, Garner, and a Rex Senior Health Center in southern Raleigh.

WAKE MED

“Big Wake,” the main Wake Med facility in Raleigh, has 12,000 physicians and 851 beds and separate emergency departments for adults and children. It is a state designated trauma center and is one of the state’s leading providers of cardiac disease care.

DUKE RALEIGH

The Duke Raleigh Hospital, formerly the Raleigh Community Hospital, is a 186-bed acute care facility that offers diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitation, prevention, support and health education services to the community. It has a Cardiovascular Center, a Cancer Center, a Same Day Surgery Center and a Diabetes Center, among others.

CHAPEL HILL/UNC

Chapel Hill has UNC Healthcare, which includes the NC Women’s Hospital, the NC Cancer Hospital and NC Children’s Hospital. The UNC Hospital main campus is a 708 bed facility that sees 31,000 patients a year.

This outstanding collection of hospitals has also been acknowledged by US News & World Report – six specialties at UNC Healthcare were ranked in the top 50 programs in the country for 2009-2010.