Academic health system operating 885-bed tertiary care hospital plus 300+ care locations
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a 20,000+ person academic medical center anchored by a tertiary-care hospital, integrated clinical network, and Wake Forest University School of Medicine — part of Advocate Health, the third-largest nonprofit health system in the US. The tech stack spans clinical systems (Epic, Cerner), research infrastructure (REDCap, 10x Genomics, ImageJ, TensorFlow, PyTorch), and enterprise software (PeopleSoft, Workday, Oracle). Active adoption of Python and PostgreSQL suggests emerging analytics and data-infrastructure initiatives, while hiring velocity remains steady across 1,137 open roles with heavy midlevel clinical staffing, pointing to sustained operational scaling rather than transformation.
Notable leadership hires: Chief Financial Officer, Program Director, Chief CRNA, Development Director, Triage Lead
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist operates an integrated clinical system anchored by an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem, NC, plus Brenner Children's Hospital, five community hospitals, and over 300 primary and specialty care locations staffed by more than 2,700 physicians. The organization also co-anchors Advocate Health's academic core alongside Wake Forest University School of Medicine, a recognized leader in experiential medical education and research. In fiscal 2021, the health system delivered $611.2 million in community benefits through unreimbursed care, charity care, education, research, and community health improvement. Current operational priorities include quality and safety improvements, care-process optimization (hospital-at-home and freestanding surgery center expansion), and patient throughput — balanced against persistent staffing challenges and cost containment.
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC — an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital. The system also operates Brenner Children's Hospital, five community hospitals, and over 300 primary and specialty care locations.
Clinical systems include Epic and Cerner; research infrastructure includes REDCap, 10x Genomics, ImageJ, TensorFlow, and PyTorch. Enterprise systems span PeopleSoft, Workday, Oracle, and SQL Server; the organization is actively adopting Python and PostgreSQL.
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