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Iredell Health System’s Hospital-Based Skilled Nursing Facility recently earned an overall five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), a rati…

When first hearing of a wound care center, someone might wonder about the need for such a center, associating a wound with a basic injury requiring stitches. But some wounds a…

Iredell Health System’s President & CEO Ed Rush will officially retire at the end of this week, after serving for nearly 15 years as the nonprofit’s leader. Rush officiall…

Iredell Health System has hired Chris Coble as its new director of environmental services. Coble will oversee the department’s day-to-day operations to ensure a clean, sanitar…

As the number of measles cases in the U.S. continues to rise, healthcare organizations are educating healthcare providers and the public on the signs and symptoms of measles a…

Iredell Health System President and CEO Ed Rush was awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine award on Thursday, May 2 during the Health System’s Board of Directors meeting. The…

By Becky Quate, DNP, RN, Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President of Nursing & Patient Care Services for Iredell Health System Each year, the American Nurses Association s…

Since Iredell Memorial became the first North Carolina hospital to receive a Certificate of Need for transitional care just over a decade ago, its Skilled Nursing Facility has…

One in 10 North Carolinians is living with diabetes. In Iredell County, the disease is the seventh leading cause of death. After receiving renewed re-certification through the…

Flu season can bring misery to many – and the idea of an inpouring of patients filling crowded waiting rooms can be frightening to those who are sick needing emergency treatme…

Iredell Health System welcomes Caroline Land as the new program director of the Iredell Wound Care & Hyperbaric Center. Land will be responsible for achieving clinical, op…

It was 39 years ago when Iredell Health System’s Pathology and Medical Laboratory Services department was first awarded accreditation by the Accreditation Committee of the Col…

In emergency treatment of heart attacks, “door-to-device time” refers to the interval from when the patient is present in the emergency department to when their artery is open…

In the healthcare industry where, according to Occupational Safety and Health Administration, serious workplace violence occurs four times more than the national average, viol…

Iredell Health System has lifted its flu restrictions effective Thursday, March 28. The Health System implemented the restrictions on Feb. 8, asking guests not to bring childr…

Five years ago, Brian Sutton underwent radiation therapy at Iredell Memorial Hospital. “I went in knowing it would be a pretty scary process to go through,” he said. After com…

Iredell Health System’s Imaging Services has earned a three-year term of accreditation in mammography as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (AC…