The aim of Mental Health Awareness Month is to raise awareness about the importance of a healthy lifestyle and its preventive factors and benefits for mind and body
Published: Thursday, May 19th, 2016 @ 12:50 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Kathy Dutton, senior administrator for the office of patient and family experience at Vidant Medical Center (VMC), was recently given the Administrative Leader Patient and Family Advisor (PFA) Champion Award by the North Carolina Quality Center (NCQC), an initiative of the North Carolina Hospital.
Published: Saturday, March 26th, 2016 @ 5:15 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Dave Galloway and Dorothea Handron, patient and family advisors at Vidant Medical Center (VMC), are the recipients of the Outstanding Patient Family Advisory Award by the North Carolina Quality Center, an initiative of the North Carolina Hospital Association
Published: Friday, March 25th, 2016 @ 7:25 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Vidant Home Health and Hospice received five stars for patient experience for home health care through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Published: Friday, March 18th, 2016 @ 1:37 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Kristin Blankenship, a certified physician assistant, joined Vidant Gastroenterology Washington located at 608 East 12 Street on Aug. 17.
Published: Friday, August 14th, 2015 @ 3:13 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Janet Cutler, a certified family nurse practitioner will be joining Vidant Family Medicine- Belhaven located at 216 Haslin Street.
Published: Sunday, January 11th, 2015 @ 11:00 pm
By: Chris Downey
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A Chocowinity EMS Ambulance was stolen from Vidant Medical Center on Saturday, January 3rd.
Published: Friday, January 9th, 2015 @ 12:39 am
By: Betty Murphy
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Dr. Suzanne Kraemer has been named the Chief of Staff for Vidant Medical Center, effective Jan. 1, 2015. She will be replacing Dr. Gregory Murphy who has held the position for the last year.
Published: Tuesday, December 30th, 2014 @ 4:31 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Joining Vidant was like a homecoming, he said, referring to his training at Pitt County Memorial Hospital, now Vidant Medical Center.
Published: Wednesday, December 17th, 2014 @ 11:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Dr. Tae Joon Lee has been named medical director of Vidant Home Health, Hospice and Palliative Care.
Published: Friday, December 12th, 2014 @ 10:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Vidant Health launched a new lung screening procedure which has the potential to detect lung cancer at earlier stages, when it's easiest to cure. Lung cancer is the second most diagnosed cancer in both men and women and it's also the leading cause of cancer death in the country.
Published: Thursday, December 4th, 2014 @ 3:47 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Dr. Jeffrey Albea, a board certified neurosurgeon, will join Vidant Neurosurgery-Greenville located at 2325 Stantonsburg Road.
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 6:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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For the sixth consecutive year, Vidant Medical Center has received the Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold-Plus Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for the treatment of stroke.
Published: Thursday, November 20th, 2014 @ 11:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In the U.S. today, about one in 10 people have diabetes. In eastern North Carolina, the percentage is higher, with some counties having nearly one of six people with the disease.
Published: Thursday, November 20th, 2014 @ 12:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Dr. Carolyn Day a Manteo High School graduate, will be returning home to the Outer Banks as she joins Vidant General Surgery-Outer Banks located at 4810 S. Croatan Highway, Suite 250 in Nags Head.
Published: Monday, November 10th, 2014 @ 10:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Two of Vidant's Home Health and Hospice team members were recognized by state organizations for outstanding service in caring for patients.
Published: Saturday, November 8th, 2014 @ 12:27 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Friday, November 14, Vidant Medical Center will hold its sixth annual “Festival of Hope.” The event will take place at Rock Springs Center from 6:30-11:30 p.m. to raise funds for cancer support and survivorship programs offered at Vidant Medical Center.
Published: Thursday, November 6th, 2014 @ 6:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Getting patients and their families involved in their care is one of the leading ways to improve patient outcomes.
Published: Wednesday, November 5th, 2014 @ 9:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Vidant Health implemented a new cancer care-navigation model to help provide high quality cancer care locally and regionally.
Published: Tuesday, October 28th, 2014 @ 1:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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"What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others."
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 7:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This tragedy affects thousands of families all across the world every day. Whether it is a miscarriage, an ectopic pregnancy, a still birth, or the loss of an infant, the pain is very real for the parents.
Published: Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 @ 2:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Nahrebeckis are celebrating a birthday today they never thought would come. Their two-year-old son, Austin, was born with a blockage in his kidneys, and he needed a transplant.
Published: Saturday, October 11th, 2014 @ 1:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Rehabilitation Center at Vidant Medical Center will hold the seventh annual "Run, Walk and Roll" race on Saturday, Sept. 27 at 8:30 a.m.
Published: Monday, September 22nd, 2014 @ 9:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Rhettec was diagnosed with T-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and has been fighting the illness since February 2014.
Published: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014 @ 7:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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