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Resident doctors host second annual wilderness medicine conference in the High Country
Resident doctors are set to host the second annual Wilderness Medicine Conference June 29th-30th at the Valle Crucis Conference Center. Read More: Resident doctors host second annual wilderness medicine conference in the High Country
RAD Women’s Basic Self-Defense training offered for free
UNC Health Appalachian Hospital Police are offering RAD courses free to any woman between the ages of 10 and 90 in May and July. Read More: RAD Women’s Basic Self-Defense training offered for free
Watauga Medical Center hosts Pause to Give Life event
The Pause to Give Life event kicks off the start of National Donate Life Month and will be held Wednesday, April 3, at 8:01 a.m. at the Watauga Medical Center Campus outside of the Heart and Vascular Center by the flagpole. The event is open to the public with parking available in the main hospital parking lot. Read More: Watauga Medical Center hosts Pause to Give Life event
Rock Steady Boxing designed for people with Parkinson’s
Rock Steady Boxing is now offered at the Paul H. Broyhill Wellness Center. This is a fitness program designed for people with Parkinson’s Disease. Read More: Rock Steady Boxing designed for people with Parkinson’s
Appalachian Regional Healthcare System
Appalachian Regional Healthcare System (ARHS) is the leading healthcare system in the High Country. Committed to building a healthier community and simply Making Life Better, ARHS offers access to three hospitals, fifteen medical offices and twenty-seven outpatient services. Appalachian Regional Healthcare System strives to continuously provide all members of the community with access to the best possible medical treatment, illness prevention, research, and wellness education. Visit apprhs.org for more information.
Appalachian Regional Medical Associates
Since 2006, Appalachian Regional Medical Associates (ARMA) has assisted in providing healthcare access to residents of the High Country and surrounding communities. The multispecialty medical practice group offers services including family medicine, gastroenterology, general surgery, gynecology, internal medicine, obstetrics, orthopedics, pulmonology, rheumatology, thoracic surgery, urology, vascular surgery, and women’s health. Each ARMA medical office utilizes an electronic medical record system that allows patients to easily transition from one ARMA practice to another. For more information, visit apprhs.org/arma.
Watauga Medical Center
Watauga Medical Center is a licensed 117-bed regional medical complex, offering both primary and secondary acute and specialty care. Patients are offered the best care with access to services including cancer treatment, respiratory therapy, imaging, radiology, laboratory services, surgery, cardiology, pain management, wound care, emergency services, and physical and occupational rehabilitation therapy. Watauga Medical Center’s campus is also home to Seby B. Jones Regional Cancer Center and the Heart & Vascular Center. Certified by the Joint Commission, Watauga Medical Center is an accredited Primary Stroke Center. Visit apprhs.org/wataugamedical/ to learn more.
Watauga Medical Center has begun a $126 million construction project, making structural and technological enhancements to ensure the delivery of premier healthcare into the future. The 48-bed Schaefer Family Patient Care Tower is expected to be completed by the end of 2022. The building will house larger patient rooms to accommodate high-tech mobile medical equipment, state-of-the-art surgical suites, an updated Emergency Department, women’s health services, imaging and laboratory services, and new waiting areas. Visit apprhs.org/wmc-expansion/ to learn more.
Charles A. Cannon Jr. Memorial Hospital
Built in 1999, Charles A. Cannon, Jr. Memorial Hospital is an 8-bed acute care hospital fully accredited by the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare for Organizations. The full-service emergency department, imaging, laboratory, outpatient behavioral health, along with physical and occupational therapies round out the list of services. For more information, visit apprhs.org/cannon/.
Appalachian Regional Behavioral Health
Located adjacent to Cannon Memorial Hospital, Appalachian Regional Behavioral Health Hospital is a 27-bed inpatient facility. As the only Behavioral Health Hospital in a 40-mile radius, Appalachian Regional Behavioral Health felt the dire need to expand its facility after being unable to help more than 5,000 psychiatric referral patients each year due to a lack of available inpatient beds. With the help of a $6.5 million grant from the NC Department of Health and Human Services, the previous 10-bed behavioral health unit at Cannon Memorial Hospital relocated to this 27-bed facility. For more information visit apprhs.org/arbh.
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