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Wake
Health Services, Inc. (WHSI) is a private, not-for-profit organization
founded in 1972. WHSI receives federal funds under Section 330
of the Public Health Services Act. WHSI receives its federal
funding to operate as both a Community Health Center and a Health
Care for the Homeless Program. WHSI is governed by a 17-member
Board of Trustees made up of community representatives. Wake
Health Services, Inc. was formed in July 1972. The key purpose
was to address the primary health care needs of the citizens of Wake
County who did not have access to care. The first medical center
to open was the Tarboro Road office, and the first patient was seen
in July 1973. In October 1973 a second facility began operations
on Falstaff Road. The Falstaff Road office moved to Wade Avenue
in July 1977, and then to Jones Street in October 1991. Over
the years the WHSI delivery system has grown to include the following
sites:
Originally
housed on New Bern Avenue in 1972, the Administrative office moved
to Haworth Drive in 1974 and to Wade Avenue in 1977. The office
moved to Highwoods in North Raleigh in 1988 and into the vacated medical
practice on Tarboro Road in 1997. The Administrative office is currently
housed on New Bern Avenue in Raleigh.
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The practice began operating in April 1975 as a Family Practice on
Hunter Street in Apex. The medical center relocated to S. Salem
Street in March 1992.
The
Health Care for the Homeless Program was established in October 1987
through a management contract with the County Health Department.
The Program was originally located in a mobile van at the Salvation
Army and moved to the Cornerstone building in downtown Raleigh in
December 1998. The name, Horizon Health Center, was adopted
in December 2000 when WHSI assumed full responsibility for the medical
practice. Horizon moved to its current location on Tarboro Road
in January 2002.
WHSI
began providing dental services in January 2002. The Dental Center
opened the summer of 2002 at 2620 New Bern Avenue. The Dental
Center is the home of Wake Smiles, a volunteer program sponsored by
the Raleigh/Wake County Dental Society. In November 2002, the
Wake Smiles Program launched its volunteer program and Open Door Clinic
transitioned its services to New Bern Ridge Dental Center.
WHSI acquired Burroughs Pediatrics in January
1996. In April 2002 Burroughs Pediatrics moved to 2620 New Bern
Avenue in Raleigh and was renamed New Bern Ridge Pediatrics.
The medical center was established in
May 1997 as a result of the merging of WHSI’s Tarboro Road and
Jones Street practices.
The practice opened in May 2000 in Wake County’s
Southern Regional Center in Fuquay-Varina. |
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