WakeMed

WakeMed Health and Hospitals will provide hospital-level mental health and substance use disorder treatments at WakeBrook, the mental health hospital in Raleigh.

For a little more than a decade, UNC Health Care has provided care at WakeBrook, the mental health hospital in east Raleigh. Wake County owns the facility, but UNC has been the care provider. Earlier this year, UNC Health announced it will transition away from WakeBrook, a move advocates say will leave a hole in care for some of the most vulnerable patient populations in the area.

In a move that signals another step past the height of the pandemic, the Triangle's three major hospital systems are relaxing mask requirements.

Two new hospitals in Wake County, including a new behavioral health hospital, received regulatory approval. When the dust settles on any appeals, it would mean one of the fastest expansions of new hospitals in the county's history.

The healthcare sector in the United States accounts for 8.5% of national carbon emissions. Hospitals use enormous amounts of energy to provide nonstop care for patients. In North Carolina, some hospital systems are starting their work to become more sustainable.

Health systems and surgery centers are again competing to add services in Wake County.

A report released from North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell says the seven largest hospital systems reaped sizeable financial benefits last year, even as they received billions of dollars in federal pandemic assistance.

The health provider and insurer disagree on reimbursement policies and rates.

As North Carolina sees more and more people hospitalized due to COVID-19, doctors at Triangle hospitals express concern, but also confidence that the…