About WakeMed's Proposal:

On August 15, WakeMed submitted a certificate of need (CON) application to the North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation (DHSR) to add 41 acute care beds at North Healthplex. A decision is expected by January 31, 2009. Acquiring these beds would allow WakeMed to transition North Healthplex into Wake County’s first and only full-service women’s hospital. The hospital would offer birthing, women’s services, and surgery, in addition to its existing emergency, imaging and laboratory services. The hospital would include 61 total acute care beds, which includes the 20 for which we have already received CON approval.


Thursday, August 7, 2008

A Women’s Hospital Will Free Capacity Systemwide

The state's allocation of 41 beds allows for a very strong women’s hospital with the specialists that focus on women at all stages of their life. This women’s hospital will have a critical mass of patients so we can offer exceptional quality of care and breadth of service.

If this vision were expanded to a small community hospital, then the facility might have 2 beds for oncology, 1 bed for infectious disease, 4 beds for general surgery, 10 beds for cardiology, 3 beds for urology, 8 beds for internal medicine, etc. This subdividing of the patient base would lead to the lack of a critical mass to provide the kind of quality, expertise and service that WakeMed is committed to delivering.

Also, by adding these beds - beds that will be very highly utilized - we are freeing up beds in the rest of the system's facilities to provide the more general community based care. Those facilities are then adding to their critical mass of specialties - allowing them to optimize the level of quality, efficiency and service offered through their broad spectrum community-based services.
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)