🗣🎙🎧 Genetic counseling is changing how people make health care decisions. Oncology Genetic Counselor Harleigh Quick, MMSc, joins the FirstHealth & Wellness Podcast to discuss how genetic counseling improves patient care. Listen: ow.ly/4HYY50PjMy6

NEWS: FirstHealth is among other early adopters integrating a new laboratory test that helps providers and care teams identify sepsis in hospitalized patients. Sepsis happens when an infection you already have triggers a chain reaction throughout your body.

HEADS UP: If you drive by the Moore Regional Hospital campus in the coming days, you may notice a crane in front of our emergency department.

Education is key... If you have recently been diagnosed with diabetes, adapting to your new life can take some time. At first, you may feel scared or wonder how you will manage. Read our tips on how to live with diabetes: ow.ly/3fR050OIaPw

What are the best exercises for older adults? Tim Smith, clinical program manager for Exercise is Medicine at FirstHealth Fitness, says the key is to find activities you WANT to do and that you will do CONSISTENTLY. Read more: ow.ly/G1lK50Op4cJ

Treatment of heart failure has advanced dramatically in recent years. In the spring of 2023, FirstHealth’s Heart Care team began offering a new treatment option for heart failure patients using the CardioMems HF System. Learn more: ow.ly/yLB450Op4ln

FirstHealth's Jennifer Moore is now a family nurse practitioner and will be serving patients at our Family Medicine clinic in Vass. Before becoming an FNP, Moore worked as a preceptor and charge nurse and has worked for the system since 2007. Learn more: ow.ly/5OF150OzBh2

🎙🎧 🗣 In the latest FirstHealth and Wellness Podcast, hear from board-certified psychiatrist Jason Jerry, M.D., about how our system treats patients, provides support and fights mental health stigma. Give it a listen: ow.ly/kxN050OAIS3

we are the second health care system in North Carolina to use drones for lab delivery and we hope it can improve turnaround time for patients’ test results and save time for hospital staff.

Taking flight... FirstHealth recently launched a pilot program for drone delivery of lab specimens from two clinics in Pinehurst to the Moore Regional Hospital lab. Read more: ow.ly/VZVI50OrvZ5

Our new Observation at Home program, which combines in-person care and telemedicine to help us meet patients where they are and provide the best care possible. Story from @HealthcareITNew: ow.ly/AMgf50Okybl

Patient safety is always our top priority, so we are honored that Moore Regional Hospital has received an 'A' grade from @LeapfrogGroup, a national nonprofit upholding the standard of patient safety in hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. Read more: ow.ly/bgnt50OccPM

Do you know what to do if someone is having a stroke? Stroke is the 5th leading cause of death and a leading cause of long-term disability in the U.S., but it’s treatable if you act as soon as you recognize symptoms. More on how to respond: ow.ly/UX6T50O8yfu

The FirstHealth Family Medicine team is growing in Sanford. We are thrilled to welcome Kelli Baker Tillman, FNP-C, APRN, to the practice of Dr. Vindya Jeyaretnam on Horner Boulevard. Learn more about Kelli and how you can schedule an appointment: ow.ly/iphJ50NQq1i

Today is Doctors' Day... We are always grateful for the care our doctors provide to the communities we serve, and today is an excellent chance to say THANK YOU!