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As of Friday, Franklin Medical Center will be shut down. Photo credit: Taylor Sisk

Duke Lifepoint, WakeMed to Vie for Hospital Services in Franklin County

by Thomas Goldsmith July 8, 2016April 16, 2021

In an 1872 "Bird's Eye View" of Raleigh, the Dix Hill Asylum (now Dix Hospital) was labeled simply "Lunatic Asylum." Image courtesy LEARN NC, UNC School of Education.

State Health Policy

Debate Continues Over How to Use Money from Dix Sale

by Thomas Goldsmith June 21, 2016September 24, 2025

Communications director Heather Monackey from WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh worked to bring a small once-weekly farmers market to the hospital grounds once the only grocery store in the area closed. She worked with Wake County farmer Roger Ball to get fresh fruits and vegetables to the neighborhood every year from April until Labor Day.

Hospitals, NC Health Briefs, Nutrition, State Health Policy

Hospitals Partner with Community Programs to Improve Health Care

by Editor June 1, 2016

A display case at Carolina Country Fresh.

Chronic Disease, NC Health Briefs, Nutrition, State Health Policy

Funds for Food Desert Initiative Move Forward

by Editor May 31, 2016

Often, patients who are readmitted after being sent home from the hospital return through the emergency room. Photo shows nurses rushing a patient on a gurney into a doorway.

ED Wait Times Not Budging for Mental Health Patients

by Rose Hoban May 24, 2016February 11, 2026

Hospitals, Medicaid, NC Health Briefs

N.C. Hospitals Collaborate to Face New Medicaid World

by Editor December 7, 2015January 28, 2018