Rex Hospital

UNC Health Rex is widely recognized as one of the top hospitals in North Carolina and the nation. Newsweek, US News, Business North Carolina and other nationally recognized media outlets routinely include UNC Health Rex on their "top hospitals" lists. UNC Health Rex also receives top grades for hospital safety from the Leapfrog Group. UNC Health Rex was also named the top hospital in the region in WRAL Voters' Choice Awards for 2023. UNC Health Rex achieved a top five-star rating for quality of care from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). That puts UNC Health Rex among the top hospitals nationwide. UNC Health Rex is one of only a dozen hospitals in North Carolina to receive five stars from CMS. More than 10 years ago, UNC Health Rex became the first hospital in the Triangle to be awarded Magnet status by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. In 2020, UNC Health Rex was re-designated Magnet status for the fourth consecutive time. The Magnet Recognition Program recognizes health care organizations for excellence in nursing care. This award puts UNC Health Rex's nurses in an elite group of the top 2 percent of nurses in the nation. UNC Health Rex is one of the largest employers in Wake County, with more than 7,500 teammates. UNC Health Rex is known for its excellent benefits and is routinely recognized by local and national publications as a "best place to work." In late 2021, UNC Health Rex opened a new, 50-bed community hospital in Holly Springs. The UNC Health Rex Holly Springs Hospital offers much-needed medical care and services to all residents of one of the Triangle's fastest-growing regions, closer to home. UNC Health Rex began efforts more than a decade ago to expand medical care in that area, which continues to attract new residents, from young families to retirees. The 242,000 square-foot, eight-story community hospital includes 50 inpatient beds, operating rooms for a wide range of surgeries, a full-service Emergency Department, MRI, radiology, laboratory, pharmacy and much more. The hospital delivers hundreds of babies each year with seven labor and delivery rooms, a C-section operating suite and OB Emergency bays. The hospital employs more than 400 people. UNC Health Rex filed plans in early 2025 to expand the Holly Springs hospital and add additional beds to keep up with growing demand in that region. UNC Health Rex runs a Food Pantry to support patients and their families who struggle with access to healthy food. The pantry is a partnership between UNC Health Rex, Food Lion and the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina. It's one of the first food pantries operated by a community hospital in North Carolina, and one of only a handful across the country. Patients at UNC Health Rex who indicate that they have recently struggled with food access, or who are considered food insecure, are prescribed a visit to the Food Pantry with their hospital discharge paperwork. They will receive a three-day supply of healthy food, enough for a family of four, including fresh produce, staple items and healthy snacks. The UNC Health Rex Food Pantry will also provide nutritional information, healthy recipes from UNC Health Rex's award-winning chefs and dietitians, and a comprehensive list of food banks and other community resources. The UNC Health Rex Holly Springs Hospital runs a second food pantry. UNC Health Rex's culinary team has created a chef-based program that has attracted international recognition and reinventing traditional "hospital food." They tend an herb and vegetable garden at UNC Health Rex and use local and fresh ingredients as much as possible. UNC Health Rex was the first hospital in the Southeast to get rid of deep fryers and the chefs continue to explore new ways to cook and serve our cuisine. The UNC Health Rex Chefs run a new Mediterranean-themed, heart healthy restaurant called Kardia in the new North Carolina Heart & Vascular Hospital. In addition, the chefs and registered dietitians offer free classes on healthy cooking and eating to patients, their families, and members of the community in a demonstration kitchen. UNC Health Rex performs thousands of heart and vascular procedures a year, including coronary artery bypass grafting, endovascular AAA repair, echocardiography, peripheral vascular ultrasound, valve replacement and repair, angioplasty, cardiac catheterization, minimally invasive structural heart procedures, invasive peripheral vascular interventions, including critical limb ischemia procedures, electrophysiology procedures and stent placement, regardless of patients' ability to pay. UNC Health Rex has been a Chest Pain Accredited hospital for more than a decade, reinforcing the organization's dedication to community outreach and innovation in the care of chest pain patients. The service line also includes open heart surgical suites where physicians perform procedures such as coronary artery bypass grafting, mitral valve replacement and repair, and aortic valve and aortic arch replacements. UNC Health Rex also provides a full range of invasive catheter based cardiac, vascular and electrophysiology procedures. All of the existing heart and vascular services and care, which were provided at more than seven locations across the main hospital in Raleigh, were consolidated into a modern, more efficient and more convenient facility with the March 2017 opening of the North Carolina Heart and Vascular Hospital on UNC Health Rex's main Raleigh campus. This eight-story, 306,000-square-foot hospital provides easier and more comfortable access for patients and their families, physicians and staff, in a facility that's designed to promote healing, prevention, education, innovation and wellness. Our chefs and dietitians regularly hold community healthy cooking demonstrations in a conference space that includes a demonstration kitchen, and have hosted hundreds of participants, including patients and their families. UNC Health Rex Surgery Centers in Raleigh, Cary and Wakefield are used by hundreds of physicians to provide thousands of in- and out-patient surgeries and procedures every year. The three locations have improved access to specialized care for patients across the region. Surgeons make substantial use of minimally invasive technology and innovation for diagnosis and treatment, reducing patients' recovery time and hospital stay and supporting quality care. The centers include 38 operating suites, 11 minor procedure rooms, and various perioperative and ancillary support spaces. UNC Health Rex is increasingly performing surgeries on an outpatient basis and continuing to look for other ways to reduce overall costs for patients. Some of the top procedures include general, orthopedic, gynecologic, and ophthalmic surgeries. During the year, thousands of outpatient orthopedic procedures were performed at Raleigh Orthopaedic Surgery Center in Raleigh and Cary, UNC Health Rex's joint venture with Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic. UNC Health Rex provides a full range of specialized, multi-disciplinary oncology therapy and support services to thousands of patients in Wake County and beyond including medical, radiation and surgical oncology. In addition to providing cancer treatments and therapies at multiple locations in Wake County, the centers offer outreach and support services including nutritional services, nurse navigation, social work, rehabilitation services and survivorship or end of life care. UNC Health Rex Cancer Center also provides oncologic surgical services to cancer patients through access to UNC Health Rex Hospital. UNC Health Rex Cancer Center is accredited by the Commission on Cancer as a Comprehensive Community Cancer Center and works closely with the nationally recognized N.C. Cancer Hospital and the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center in Chapel Hill to extend specialty oncology services and clinical trials to patients in Raleigh. In early 2017, UNC Health Rex Cancer Care began a Patient & Family Advisory Council. It's a group of survivors and other volunteers who visit with cancer patients and families going through treatment to offer support, gather feedback, develop new programs and activities, and more. The goal is to help staff understand ways they could improve the overall patient experience. In March 2022, UNC Health Rex opened a new UNC Health Rex Cancer Center across the street from the main Raleigh hospital campus. That facility is now home to much of UNC Health Rex's oncology care and services, including support groups, community education and more. At UNC Health Rex's Women's Center, caregivers seek to provide family-centered care to the new mother, baby and extended family. Every year, thousands of babies are born at the Women's Center. These births are supported by 24/7 anesthesiology and neonatology services, high risk obstetrics provided by UNC Maternal Fetal Medicine, lactation support services provided by a team of certified lactation consultants a