Health System Entities

Duke University Health System is a world-class network dedicated to employing Duke's strengths in patient care, education, and research to enhance and improve health care throughout North Carolina and southern Virginia. Founded in 1998 to provide efficient, responsive care while responding to the changing health care environment, the health system provides quality health services across the entire continuum of care, from wellness to hospice.

Duke University Health System includes:

Duke University Affiliated Physicians (DUAP)

Duke created this extensive network of community-based primary care physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners in 1994. DUAP physicians have consulting associate faculty appointments with Duke in their respective academic departments.

• Employees: 424
• Providers: 94 physicians and mid-level practitioners
• Service area: 19 locations in seven counties in central North Carolina
• Patient encounters for fiscal year 2007: 348,221

Duke University Hospital

A tertiary- and quaternary-care hospital, Duke University Hospital is consistently rated one of the top hospitals in the United States. It houses comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities including a regional emergency/trauma center; a major surgery suite with dedicated open-heart operating rooms; an endosurgery center; and an extensive diagnostic radiology area. The facility also functions as a research hospital where medical advances are achieved and applied, and as a teaching hospital for students of medicine, nursing, and the allied health sciences.

• Employees: 8,648
• Physicians with admitting privileges: 1,235
• Number of beds: 924 acute care and 19 psychiatric care
• Patients admitted in fiscal year 2007: 41,037

Durham Regional Hospital

Durham Regional Hospital is a 369-bed acute care facility serving the health care needs of Durham, Orange, Person, Granville counties and surrounding communities. Durham Regional places a strong focus on providing outstanding medical care with compassionate, personalized service in a comfortable community hospital setting. The hospital provides comprehensive specialty services, including cardiology, hematology/oncology, orthopaedics, outpatient diagnostic services, weight-loss surgery, women's services, the Durham Rehabilitation Institute, and the Davis Ambulatory Surgical Center.

• Employees: 1,700
• Physicians with admitting privileges: 559
• Number of beds: 369
• Patients admitted in fiscal year 2007: 15,201

Duke Raleigh Hospital

Duke Raleigh Hospital offers high-quality diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitation, prevention, support, and health education services within an intimate, patient-friendly atmosphere. Located in North Raleigh, Duke Raleigh has been a member of the Duke University Health System since 1998 and has served Wake County residents as a trusted health care resource for nearly 30 years. The hospital provides a comprehensive array of services including the Duke Raleigh Cancer Center, Cardiovascular Center, Orthopaedic Center, Diabetes Center, Wellness Services, Outpatient Imaging Center, Intensive Care Unit, Telemetry Unit, Pain Clinic, Same-day Surgery Center, Emergency Department, and community education and outreach.

• Employees: 1,068
• Physicians with admitting privileges: 450
• Number of beds: 186
• Patients admitted in fiscal year 2007: 4,959

Duke HomeCare & Hospice

Duke HomeCare & Hospice (formerly Duke Health Community Care) offers hospice, home health, and infusion services. Hospice care is offered to terminally ill patients in their home, skilled-nursing facilities, assisted-living facilities, and at our six-bed inpatient facility in Hillsborough, North Carolina. A 12-bed inpatient care facility in Durham is expected to open in early 2009. Home health services are available to patients who are homebound and in need of nursing services and/or physical therapy, speech therapy, or occupational therapy. Infusion services are provided at home or at work for individuals who need intravenous therapy.

• Employees (all programs): 225
• Patients served in fiscal year 2007: 5,963
• Service area:
  • Home Health and Hospice: Orange, Durham, Granville, Wake, Person, Chatham, Alamance, and Vance counties
  • Duke Community Infusion Services: North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia
  • Pharmacy services: Throughout the United States

Private Diagnostic Clinic

While not a formal member of the health system, another affiliated partner in providing care is the Private Diagnostic Clinic PLLC -- an independent, for-profit limited liability company through which Duke faculty physicians practice medicine. Most clinics are on the Duke University campus, but several are located throughout Durham; more than 150 outreach clinics are held each month in surrounding communities. Several faculty members have established smaller community-based practices in nine central and eastern North Carolina communities and one in southern Virginia -- collectively known as the Community PDC.

Affiliated Programs

Duke University Health System is affiliated with numerous hospitals and health care facilities through such programs as the Duke Heart Network and Duke Oncology Network. Duke's affiliations enable the health system to share its clinical and research expertise to benefit patients in communities throughout the Southeast.