Winston Salem Updates

 

Smarter Community Healing. Former hospital environmental workers support health in the neighborhoods of Winston-Salem. These women are reaching into the community to help dozens of patients with assistance after a hospital stay — everything from making sure their medicines are taken in the right dosages and at the right time to connecting them with resources that might help them pay utility bills or rent. Read the story HERE.

 

Sam Hickerson: Pastoral intelligence on tough streets. Sam Hickerson has a natural vibe and feel for people, along with a recollection of faces and names. To him FaithHealthNC “is an extension of New Light Missionary Baptist and the things we always proposed to do.” Read the story HERE.

 

IHI story highlights “Supporters of Health.” Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) vice president Kathy Luther describes an effort at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center to determine the best approach for housekeeping, or Environmental Services.