Section of Hospital Medicine - Clinical Services

The Section of Hospital Medicine strives to create an inpatient system that provides high-quality, efficient, value-based, patient-centric care.

Examples of the clinical services we provide at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist:

  1. After-Hour Teaching Service  (ATS): Responsible for teaching and supervising Internal Medicine residents during the evening and night shifts
  2. trio of hospitaists with monitorCommunity Hospitalist Rotation (General Medicine High Point III Service): Designed to expose internal medicine residents to the work life of a community hospitalist. Residents work in a week-on/week-off model at High Point Medical Center.
  3. General Medicine Winston II and High Point II: These are traditional teaching teams. Hospitalists are responsible for teaching and supervising internal medicine residents, interns and MS-3 and MS-4 students.
  4. Hematology/Oncology C Service: Responsible for the care of patients with an active/past diagnosis of a hematological or oncology disorder.
  5. Hospitalist at Home (H@H): Launched in December 2020, this new service allows for patients to be safely cared for at home with the use of telehealth technology and in-home visits by Wake Forest Baptist Health paramedics. 
  6. Inpatient Rehabilitation Consult Service:Responsible for medicine consultations for those patients admitted to our inpatient rehabilitations unit.
  7. Intermediate Care Unit: In this step-down unit, a hospitalist is responsible for the care of patients from many areas, including the Emergency Department, Post-Anesthesia Care Unit, Intensive Care Unit and medical-surgical floors.
  8. Observation Unit: In this unit, a hospitalist is responsible for the care of those patients who meet observational status with the goal of reducing length of stay and improving the quality of care to our patients.
  9. Perioperative and Inpatient Consult Medicine Service: Responsible for the education of Internal Medicine residents related to perioperative medicine. 
  10. Procedure Rotation: Designed to improve procedural competency of Internal Medicine residents.
  11. Rounder Service: A standard inpatient service where a hospitalist and an advanced practice provider work as a team to care for patients admitted to the hospital medicine service. 
  12. Swing/Morning Service: Responsible for admitting patients from the Emergency Department and direct transfers from outside medical facilities.

Awards

FY2021

Sarah Kruyer, PA-C (Lexington Medical Center) 
Outstanding APP at a Community Hospital

Brittany Habershaw, PA-C (Wilkes Medical Center)
Outstanding APP at a Community Hospital

Randy Conrad, MD (Lexington Medical Center)
Outstanding Physician at a Community Hospital

Jerry Pinkerton Jr, MD (Wilkes Medical Center)
Outstanding Physician at a Community Hospital

Brianna (Pearson) Haller, PA-C (Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center)
Outstanding APP at an Academic Hospital Setting

William Lippert, MD, MPH (Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center)
Outstanding Physician at an Academic Hospital Setting