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{{Infobox Hospital
{{Infobox hospital
| Name = Forsyth Medical Center
| Name = Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center
| Org/Group = Forsyth Medical Center
| Org/Group = Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center
| Image = Forsyth Medical Center-1.jpg
| Image = Forsyth Medical Center-1.jpg
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| Logo = Forsyth med cntr 4c.gif|thumb
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| Location = [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina|Winston-Salem]]
| Location = [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina|Winston-Salem]]
| Region = [[Forsyth County, North Carolina|Forsyth County]]
| Region = [[Forsyth County, North Carolina|Forsyth County]]
| State = [[North Carolina]]
| State = [[North Carolina]]
| Country = US
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| HealthCare = [[HMO]], [[Point of service plan|POS]], [[Preferred provider organization|PPO/EPO]], [[Workers' Compensation]], [[Medicaid]], [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]]
| HealthCare = [[HMO]], [[Point of service plan|POS]], [[Preferred provider organization|PPO/EPO]], [[Workers' Compensation]], [[Medicaid]], [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]]
| Type = [[Tertiary care]]
| Type = [[Tertiary care]]
| Speciality = [[General]]
| Speciality = [[General]]
| Standards =
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| Emergency =
| Emergency =
| Beds = 961 Beds
| Beds = 961 Beds
| Founded = 1914 as the Twin City Hospital<br />
| Founded = 1914 as the City Memorial Hospital<br />
1964 as Forsyth Memorial Hospital (dba Forsyth Medical Center)
1964 as Forsyth Memorial Hospital (dba Forsyth Medical Center)
| Closed =
| Closed =
| Website = http://www.forsythmedicalcenter.org
| Website = {{URL|https://www.novanthealth.org/forsyth-medical-center.aspx}}
| Wiki-Links =
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|}}
|}}


'''Forsyth Medical Center''' is a 961-bed, [[not-for-profit]], regional medical center in [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]], that offers a full range of medical, surgical, rehabilitative and behavioral health services. Coupled with the nearby 22-bed Medical Park Hospital, Forsyth Medical Center gives Winston-Salem one of the largest, best-equipped hospital facilities in the state. Forsyth Medical Center is accredited by [[The Joint Commission]] and is a member of the [[American Hospital Association]].
'''Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center''', [[doing business as]] '''Forsyth Medical Center''', is a 921-bed, [[not-for-profit]] regional medical center in [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]], that offers a full range of medical, surgical, rehabilitative and behavioral health services. Coupled with the nearby 22-bed Novant Health Medical Park Hospital, Forsyth Medical Center gives Winston-Salem one of the largest hospital facilities in the state. Forsyth Medical Center is accredited by [[The Joint Commission]] and is a member of the [[American Hospital Association]].
Forsyth Medical Center and Medical Park Hospital perform close to 40,000 surgical procedures each year, including more than 6,500 general surgery procedures, 7,000 orthopaedic and neurological procedures and 700 open-heart surgeries. Forsyth Medical Center is also active in a number of different clinical areas, including cancer diagnoses, stroke treatments and the delivery of babies. <ref> "[http://www.forsythmedicalcenter.org/site/locations/forsyth_medical_center/about_fmc/ About Forsyth Medical Center]" </ref>
Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center and Novant Health Medical Park Hospital perform close to 40,000 surgical procedures each year, including more than 6,500 general surgery procedures, 7,000 orthopaedic and neurological procedures and 700 open-heart surgeries. Forsyth Medical Center is also active in a number of different clinical areas, including cancer diagnoses, stroke treatments and the delivery of babies.<ref>{{cite web |title=About us {{!}} Forsyth Medical Center {{!}} Novant Health |url=https://www.novanthealth.org/forsyth-medical-center/about-us.aspx |website=[[Novant Health]] |accessdate=25 February 2019}}</ref>


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== History ==
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In 1887, women in the then-separate towns of [[Winston, North Carolina|Winston]] and [[Salem, North Carolina|Salem]] formed a small group and organized the Ladies Twin City Hospital Association to raise funds for the community's first hospital. Within six months, they had used money saved from their household funds to open up a 10-bed hospital inside a home, known as the Grogan House, where patients could be hospitalized for $5 a week. They went to people's homes and community meetings to raise money from anyone who would give them a contribution, and they asked the [[mayor]]s of both Winston and of Salem to give $12 a month toward the effort.


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By the early 1890s, the Grogan House was in desperate need of repair. The women increased their [[fundraising]] efforts and began to show people in the two towns how their money had been used in the past and described in detail how many people they had helped. They were able to raise $5,000 and open the Twin City Hospital with 12 private rooms, two [[Hospital|wards]] and an [[operating room]]. Then, in 1912, after moving to a larger building due to [[overcrowding]] and insufficient funding, Winston voters approved [[Municipal bond|bonds]] for a modern hospital to be [[construction|constructed]] in the [[downtown]] area of what had become Winston-Salem. The modern '''City Memorial Hospital''' on East Fourth Street accepted its first patient in less than two years in 1914.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Prichard |first1=Robert W |title=A Short Tour of Forsyth’s Medical Past |url=http://www.digitalforsyth.org/photos/stories/early-hospitals |website=Digital Forsyth |publisher=Dorothy Carpenter Archives |accessdate=25 February 2019}}</ref>
== Services ==
=== ''Centers of Advanced Medicine'' ===
*'''Cancer'''
The Derrick L. Davis Forsyth Regional [[Cancer]] Center uses the latest drugs and treatments under development through their participation in national [[clinical trial]]s and [[research]] efforts, with a research affiliation with [[Duke University|Duke University Health System]]. Their specialties are [[Bladder Cancer]], [[Brain Cancer]], [[Breast Cancer]], [[Colorectal Cancer]], [[Gynecological|Gynecologic (GYN) Cancer]], [[Leukemia]], [[Lung Cancer]], [[Lymphoma]], [[Prostate Cancer]], [[Skin Cancer]], and [[Testicular Cancer]].


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In 1959, voters approved a bond [[referendum]] to build a modern hospital on {{convert|77|acre}} along [[Silas Creek Parkway (Winston-Salem)|Silas Creek Parkway]]. '''Forsyth Memorial Hospital''', which was owned and managed by [[Forsyth County, North Carolina|Forsyth County]], opened in 1964, replacing City Memorial Hospital. Twenty years later, in 1984, Carolina Medicorp Inc. (CMI), a non-profit organization, bought the deed for the hospital property from Forsyth County. As part of the transfer agreement, the new organization was required to provide indigent care for citizens of Forsyth County.
*'''Cardiac and vascular'''
Forsyth [[Cardiac]] and [[Blood vessel|Vascular]] Center services include [[open heart surgery]], [[coronary artery bypass]], [[valvular]], valve repair and [[Aortic valve replacement|replacement]], [[cardiac catheterization]], [[coronary]] [[Cardiothoracic Surgery|CT]] [[angiography]], [[angioplasty]], and intracoronary [[stents]].


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In 1997, CMI merged with Presbyterian Healthcare in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], to form Novant Health, which as of 2019 included 13 hospitals, six philanthropic foundations, a free-standing emergency department, physician clinics, outpatient surgery and diagnostic centers, rehabilitation programs and community health outreach programs in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, and the national MedQuest organization with 100 diagnostic imaging centers in 10 states.<ref>{{cite web |title=About us {{!}} Novant Health |url=http://www.novanthealth.org/about_novant_health/company_information.jsp |website=[[Novant Health]] |accessdate=25 February 2019}}</ref> Novant Health is ranked 17th nationally among the 2010 Top 100 Integrated Healthcare Networks, according to an analysis by the SDI health informatics company.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}
*'''Orthopaedics'''
Forsyth Regional [[Orthopaedic]] Center, which has facilities at both Forsyth Medical Center and Medical Park Hospital, provides specialty services devoted to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries and diseases of the body's [[musculoskeletal system]]. The center has a 45-bed nursing unit with a 10-bed specialty joint replacement unit and [[outpatient]] [[surgical]] suites. With a therapy gym located directly on the nursing unit, they were the first center in the region to develop a total joint unit offering an [[interdisciplinary]] approach to care.


On February 11, 2014, Forsyth Medical Center reported to 18 patients who had undergone [[neurosurgery]] that they might have been exposed to [[Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease]] from improperly sterilized surgical instruments. The [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] and hospital officials said that the chances of the patients contracting the disease were small, since Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease had not been contracted from improperly sterilized instruments since 1976.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Willingham |first1=Val |title=Hospital to 18 people: You may have been exposed to Creutzfeldt-Jakob |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/10/health/north-carolina-creutzfeldt-jakob |website=CNN |accessdate=25 February 2019}}</ref>
They perform more joint replacements at Forsyth than any other medical center in the region and are ranked as one of the best 100 hospitals for orthopedic services.<ref>(2000). "[http://www.100tophospitals.com/studies/ortho00/winners 100 Top Hospitals: Orthopedic Benchmarks for Success]" ''Solucient 100 Top Hospitals, Current Study Publication''. Retrieved on 2007-10-11.</ref>


==Notes==
*'''Rehabilitation'''
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Whitaker Rehabilitation Center provides a wide array of inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services to help patients regain independence lost to disease, injury, or surgery. Their staff includes rehabilitation nurses and therapists, a [[physiatrist]] (trained in rehab medicine), [[psychologist]]s, [[social worker]]s, and registered [[dietician]]s.

*'''Women's health'''
The Sara Lee Center for Women’s Health offers an array of services that focus on all lifestages women's health. As the largest birthing center in North Carolina, more than 7,000 births are performed each year.<ref>"[http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=forsyth+medical+center Forsyth Medical Center]". WolframAlpha.com''. Retrieved on 2010-10-15.</ref> The NICU at Forsyth is staffed with [[neonatologist]]s from Brenner Children’s Hospital, which is part of [[Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center]].<ref>"[http://www.brennerchildrens.org/Featured_Articles/NICU.htm Neonatal Intensive Care Unit]". ''BrennerChildrens.org''. Retrieved on 2007-10-11.</ref>

*'''Stroke and neurovascular'''
Forsyth Stroke & Neurovascular Center is North Carolina's first nationally certified stroke center. The Forsyth [[Stroke]] and Neurovascular Center diagnoses and monitors patients with [[arteriovenous malformation]]s (AVMs), [[brain aneurysm]]s, [[brain tumor]]s, [[stroke]] and other neurovascular conditions. Their physicians routinely conduct clinical trials to develop new and improved techniques for patient care.

=== ''Other Services'' ===
* '''Behavioral Health'''
Forsyth Medical Center [[Behavior]]al Health staff of psychiatrists, [[Registered Nurse|RNs]], psychiatric technicians, counselors, recreational [[therapist]]s and clinical social workers offer programs including crisis intervention, inpatient care, day partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, & outpatient counseling.

* '''Breast Clinic'''
Accredited by the [[American College of Radiology]] (ACR) and the [[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA), The Breast Clinic was founded in 1975 by the late Dr. T.W. Littlejohn who, along with his associates, was among the first to recommend regular [[mammogram]]s as an early detection meathod for [[breast cancer]]. Today, the Breast Clinic has a comprehensive, state-of-the-art breast imaging center offering a full array of diagnostic services and is one of the largest single-site breast imaging centers in the Southeast.

* '''Diabetes & Nutrition'''
Forsyth Medical Center [[Diabetes]] and [[Nutrition]] Services offers various programs and training to those referred by their [[physician]]s. Their staff of certified diabetes educators, certified [[insulin]] pump trainers, registered nurses and registered dietitians, among others, offer these classes which are available at several locations and include comprehensive diabetes education, survival skills, [[gestational diabetes]], outpatient insulin administration/insulin pump training, and medical nutrition therapy.

* '''Emergency Services'''
On October 26, 2004, Forsyth Medical Center opened its new emergency department (ED). At {{convert|55000|sqft|m2|sing=on}}, they are able to treat up to 110,000 patients annually. It is split into six units:
:* 26 major treatment beds, for life-threatening situations.
:* 21 minor treatment beds, for situations that are not life-threatening but could become so if not treated promptly.
:* 12-bed clinical decision unit, for 23-hour observation without admission.
:* 10 express admission beds, for non-critical patients admitted to the hospital.
:* 8 fast track beds, for minor illness and injuries.
:* 9 behavioral health beds, for those with mental or emotional distress.

* '''Home Health Services'''
Through an affiliation with Advanced Home Care, a non-profit organization specializing in providing a full range of home health care services, Forsyth Medical Center is able to provide home health services and equipment to patients who do not need the full resources of a hospital.

* '''Radiology'''
Forsyth's [[radiology]] team of physicians, nurses, technologists and sonographers offer the full scope of radiological services, which are available at various Forsyth Medical Center affiliates and several imaging centers in the [[Piedmont Triad]] area.

* '''Respiratory Services'''
With 40 rooms and a staff of licensed [[respiratory]] care practitioners, skilled nurses and six board-certified [[pulmonologist]]s, Forsyth Medical Center's respiratory services offers diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation for conditions ranging from [[asthma]], [[chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]] (COPD), [[pneumonia]], [[thrombo-embolic disease]], [[tobacco smoking|smoking]] and [[interstitial lung disease]]. They have the largest medical floor dedicated to the care of patients with lung disease in the state. Specialty services available include a full range of [[diagnostic]] and therapeutic [[bronchoscopy]] services, chest surgery services, [[pulmonary]] function testing, [[mechanical ventilator]] support, [[non-invasive]] [[ventilator]] support, pulmonary rehabilitation, and the Better Breather's Club.

* '''Sleep Center'''
Forsyth Sleep Center plays an important role in detecting, evaluating and treating a wide range of sleep-related problems. They conduct sleep studies-or [[polysomnogram]]s-to evaluate sleep patterns in patients who may suffer from [[sleep disorder]]s. These studies involve a detailed observation of the patient's breathing, [[heart rate]], [[brain waves]] and body movements while they sleep.

* '''Wound Care Clinic'''
The Wound Care Clinic has programs dedicated to [[chronic (medicine)|chronic]] [[wounds]] and wounds associated with diabetes and poor [[Circulatory system|circulation]].

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== History ==
⚫
In 1887, women in the then separate towns of [[Winston, North Carolina|Winston]] and [[Salem, North Carolina|Salem]] formed a small group and organized the Ladies Twin City Hospital Association to raise funds for the community's first hospital. Within six months, they had used money saved from their household funds to open up a 10-bed hospital inside a home, known as the Grogan House, where patients could be hospitalized for $5 a week. They went to people's homes and community meetings to raise money from anyone who would give them a contribution, and they asked the [[mayor]]s of both Winston and of Salem to give $12 a month toward the effort.

⚫
By the early 1890s, the Grogan House was in desperate need of repair. The women increased their [[fundraising]] efforts and began to show people in the two towns how their money had been used in the past and described in detail how many people they had helped. They were able to raise $5,000 and open the Twin City Hospital with 12 private rooms, two [[Hospital|wards]] and an [[operating room]]. Then, in 1912, after moving to a larger building due to [[overcrowding]] and insufficient funding, Winston voters approved [[Municipal bond|bonds]] for a modern hospital to be [[construction|constructed]] in the [[downtown]] area of what had become [[Winston-Salem]]. And the modern Twin City accepted its first patient in less than two years.

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In 1959, voters approved a bond [[referendum]] to build a modern hospital on 77 [[acre]]s along Silas Creek Parkway. Forsyth Memorial Hospital, which was owned and managed by Forsyth County, opened in 1964. Twenty years later, in 1984, Carolina Medicorp Inc. (CMI), a non-profit organization, bought the deed for the hospital property from Forsyth County. As part of the transfer agreement, the new organization was required to provide indigent care for citizens of Forsyth County.

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In 1997, CMI and Presbyterian Healthcare in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]] merged to form Novant Health, which currently includes 13 hospitals, six philanthropic foundations, two nursing home and senior residential facilities, one assisted living facility, a free-standing emergency department, physician clinics, outpatient surgery and diagnostic centers, rehabilitation programs and community health outreach programs in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, and the national MedQuest organization with 100 diagnostic imaging centers in 10 states.<ref>[http://www.novanthealth.org/about_novant_health/company_information.jsp Novant Health | About Novant Health]</ref> Novant Health is ranked 17th nationally among the 2010 Top 100 Integrated Healthcare Networks, according to an analysis by the SDI health informatics company.


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{official webpage|https://www.novanthealth.org/forsyth-medical-center.aspx}}
* [http://www.forsythmedicalcenter.org/about_us/hospital_information/corporate_profile/index.html Forsyth Medical Center Corporate Profile]

== References ==
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Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center
Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center
Map
Geography
LocationWinston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States
Coordinates36°04′33″N 80°17′49″W / 36.075799°N 80.296935°W / 36.075799; -80.296935
Organization
Care systemHMO, POS, PPO/EPO, Workers' Compensation, Medicaid, Medicare
TypeTertiary care
Services
Beds961 Beds
History
Opened1914 as the City Memorial Hospital
1964 as Forsyth Memorial Hospital (dba Forsyth Medical Center)
Links
Websitewww.novanthealth.org/forsyth-medical-center.aspx
ListsHospitals in North Carolina

Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center, doing business as Forsyth Medical Center, is a 921-bed, not-for-profit regional medical center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, that offers a full range of medical, surgical, rehabilitative and behavioral health services. Coupled with the nearby 22-bed Novant Health Medical Park Hospital, Forsyth Medical Center gives Winston-Salem one of the largest hospital facilities in the state. Forsyth Medical Center is accredited by The Joint Commission and is a member of the American Hospital Association.

Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center and Novant Health Medical Park Hospital perform close to 40,000 surgical procedures each year, including more than 6,500 general surgery procedures, 7,000 orthopaedic and neurological procedures and 700 open-heart surgeries. Forsyth Medical Center is also active in a number of different clinical areas, including cancer diagnoses, stroke treatments and the delivery of babies.[1]

History

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In 1887, women in the then-separate towns of Winston and Salem formed a small group and organized the Ladies Twin City Hospital Association to raise funds for the community's first hospital. Within six months, they had used money saved from their household funds to open up a 10-bed hospital inside a home, known as the Grogan House, where patients could be hospitalized for $5 a week. They went to people's homes and community meetings to raise money from anyone who would give them a contribution, and they asked the mayors of both Winston and of Salem to give $12 a month toward the effort.

By the early 1890s, the Grogan House was in desperate need of repair. The women increased their fundraising efforts and began to show people in the two towns how their money had been used in the past and described in detail how many people they had helped. They were able to raise $5,000 and open the Twin City Hospital with 12 private rooms, two wards and an operating room. Then, in 1912, after moving to a larger building due to overcrowding and insufficient funding, Winston voters approved bonds for a modern hospital to be constructed in the downtown area of what had become Winston-Salem. The modern City Memorial Hospital on East Fourth Street accepted its first patient in less than two years in 1914.[2]

In 1959, voters approved a bond referendum to build a modern hospital on 77 acres (31 ha) along Silas Creek Parkway. Forsyth Memorial Hospital, which was owned and managed by Forsyth County, opened in 1964, replacing City Memorial Hospital. Twenty years later, in 1984, Carolina Medicorp Inc. (CMI), a non-profit organization, bought the deed for the hospital property from Forsyth County. As part of the transfer agreement, the new organization was required to provide indigent care for citizens of Forsyth County.

In 1997, CMI merged with Presbyterian Healthcare in Charlotte, North Carolina, to form Novant Health, which as of 2019 included 13 hospitals, six philanthropic foundations, a free-standing emergency department, physician clinics, outpatient surgery and diagnostic centers, rehabilitation programs and community health outreach programs in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, and the national MedQuest organization with 100 diagnostic imaging centers in 10 states.[3] Novant Health is ranked 17th nationally among the 2010 Top 100 Integrated Healthcare Networks, according to an analysis by the SDI health informatics company.[citation needed]

On February 11, 2014, Forsyth Medical Center reported to 18 patients who had undergone neurosurgery that they might have been exposed to Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease from improperly sterilized surgical instruments. The CDC and hospital officials said that the chances of the patients contracting the disease were small, since Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease had not been contracted from improperly sterilized instruments since 1976.[4]

Notes

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  1. ^ "About us | Forsyth Medical Center | Novant Health". Novant Health. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  2. ^ Prichard, Robert W. "A Short Tour of Forsyth's Medical Past". Digital Forsyth. Dorothy Carpenter Archives. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  3. ^ "About us | Novant Health". Novant Health. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  4. ^ Willingham, Val. "Hospital to 18 people: You may have been exposed to Creutzfeldt-Jakob". CNN. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
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