More than 13,000 employees work throughout Cone Health’s comprehensive network of exceptional care. Cone Health has more than 100 locations, including three ambulatory care centers, three outpatient surgery centers, five urgent care centers, two retirement communities, more than 120 physician practice sites, multiple centers of excellence, and five hospitals: Alamance Regional Medical Center (238 beds), Annie Penn Hospital (110 beds), Behavioral Health Hospital (80 beds), Moses Cone Hospital (628 beds), and Wesley Long Hospital (175 beds). Together, we offer a seamless continuum of lifesaving and life-enhancing care while providing an exemplary environment conducive to pharmacy and medical residency learning. Through association with Greensboro Area Health Education Center (AHEC) and the UNC/Duke/Wake Forest Schools of Medicine, we provide residency training for physicians in family practice, internal medicine, sports medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, pediatrics, emergency medicine, and psychiatry.
The current strategic plan of keeping the patient in the center of all decisions has transformed the culture of the organization and elevated performance to the highest levels. We are also committed to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) by partnering with people inside and outside of our organization to ensure that we are embedding DEI into everything we do. Our progress on this journey is a deep reflection of our promise to be right here with all those we serve. You can find out more about our DEI strategic priorities.
Within our state, Cone Health holds the top rating on Business North Carolina’s 2019 Best Hospitals list. Most Cone Health hospitals have been named to Healthgrades America’s 250 Best list and are Top 10% in patient safety for overall hospital care from CareChex®, an information service of Quantros. Other achievements include Magnet Recognition for Excellence in Nursing and the prestigious Lantern Award for emergency department excellence. Cone Health maintains nationally recognized certifications in heart failure, chest pain management, atrial fibrillation, stroke, oncology, orthopedics, trauma, and bariatric surgery.
Our integrated multi-campus pharmacy division works as a strategic partner with providers to drive medication-related evidence-based clinical care decisions and business outcomes. We educate all members of the clinical team on appropriate and safe medication use. Pharmacists are active participants in the Cone Health Centers of Excellence in cardiology, oncology, neurosciences, behavioral health, and women’s health. Decentralized, service-based pharmacists integrate obtaining electronic medication admission histories and pharmaceutical care with managing drug therapy; teaching patients, pharmacy learners, and physicians; and conducting research in HIV, oncology, critical care, and cardiology. Projects for the upcoming year include optimizing pharmacy operations in our new state-of-the-art facility, enhancing robotics in the sterile products area, implementation of Lean principles intended to reduce waste and improve patient experiences, advancing collaborative pharmacist-physician practice throughout our system-wide specialty pharmacy division, and expanding a meds-to-bed transitions of care program. Cone Health pharmacy departments offer PGY2 residency training in ambulatory care, cardiology, infectious diseases, oncology, pediatrics, and a PGY1/PGY2 health-system pharmacy administration and leadership program that grants a M.S. degree from the University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy.
Cone Health combines the best features of innovation and education from its many teaching programs with the atmosphere of a community hospital setting. You will find Greensboro to be a warm, community-focused city nestled in the lush beauty of North Carolina. The mountains are only two hours west and the coast only three hours east, providing weekend getaways within easy driving distance.
