by Tom Peterson | Feb 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Abina Johnson On a cold North Carolina morning I was paged to Baptist Hospital’s pastoral care department to provide care to two homeless women. Ushering them into an office and closing the door behind us, I was shaken by what they had already told me. Just before...
by Tom Peterson | Jan 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
FaithHealth improves health by getting people to the right door at the right time, ready to be treated, not alone. FaithHealth is dynamic partnerships between faith communities, health systems and other providers focused on improving health. The partnerships...
by Tom Peterson | Jan 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
Concerned citizens met to map the needs and assets for better health in Davidson County, North Carolina. The area is rich in history, a few area churches date back to 1700s and the precursor to the local United Way to the 1880s. For two days in late January about 50...
by Tom Peterson | Jan 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
Friday, March 28 from 8:15 am to 4:15 pm This one day conference is offered by the Department of Chaplaincy & Pastoral Education, Division of Faith & Health Ministries, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, as a multi-disciplinary, inter-professional focus on...
by Tom Peterson | Jan 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
NPR’s Jenny Gold reports on one woman’s effort to bring health coverage to people in some of North Carolina’s poorest counties. The story of health navigator Julia Buckner, who grew up in the western part of the state and returned home after...
by Tom Peterson | Jan 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
A grant from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust in Winston-Salem will help Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center expand an innovative faith-based program into 11 North Carolina counties. The grant, worth $477,499, will be used to expand...