Unc Health Care

by Liam O'Connor
Unc Health Care

UNC Health Care is a not-for-profit integrated health care system owned by the State of North Carolina and based in Chapel Hill. It includes UNC Hospitals, ranked as the #1 hospital in North Carolina by U.S. News & World Report; Rex Healthcare and its provider network, which spans a large part of Wake County; Piedmont Health Services, a federally qualified health center serving Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Granville, Orange and Person counties; Wayne Memorial Hospital in Goldsboro; Nash UNC Health Care in Rocky Mount; Johnston Health in Smithfield; High Point Regional Health System; Caldwell UNC Health Care in Lenoir; Bladen Healthcare in Elizabethtown; Duplin General Hospital in Kenansville ; Four Oaks Health Care in Four Oaks ; Onslow Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville ; Sampson Regional Medical Center in Clinton ; Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital in Dunn ; Cape Fear Valley Health Systemin Fayetteville , Cumberland County and Harnett County .

In addition to its hospitals, UNC Heath Care’s provider network includes more than 1,100 physicians and other clinicians across the state. Many of these providers are members of CarolinasHealthCare System Blue Ridge – one of the largest clinical affiliation networks affiliated with an academic medical center. The system also has several joint ventured facilities including: Chatham Hospital – A 60-bed facility located between Chapel Hill and Pittsboro that provides general acute care services.; The Women’s Pavilion at Raleigh – A 27-bed women’s specialty hospital jointly owned with WakeMed;; Nash Day Surgery Center – A ambulatory surgery center co-owned with Nash General Hospital;; Johnston Ambulatory Surgery Center – An ambulatory surgery jointly owned with Johnston Memorial Hospital .

UNC Heath Care is governed by a 16-member Board of Directors appointed by the Governor of North Carolina. The CEO is Dr. William Roper who reports to the Board. As an integrated health care system, UNC Heath Care strives to provide high quality patient care while maintaining efficient operations across all its entities

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