{"id":12206,"date":"2026-04-13T14:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniteustailstg.wpengine.com\/?post_type=press&#038;p=12206"},"modified":"2026-04-13T17:49:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:49:24","slug":"unite-us-and-wakemed-expand-collaboration-to-scale-and-support-whole-person-care-in-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/uniteus.com\/press\/unite-us-and-wakemed-expand-collaboration-to-scale-and-support-whole-person-care-in-north-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"Unite Us and WakeMed Expand Collaboration to Scale and Support Whole-Person Care in North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WakeMed grows its population health program by seamlessly embedding screening, referrals, and resource navigation into care delivery through Unite Us\u2019 platform.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Raleigh, NC \u2014\u00a0 April 14, 2026 \u2014<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/uniteus.com?utm_medium=press_release&amp;utm_campaign=north-carolina&amp;utm_content=text_link\"><b>Unite Us<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the nation\u2019s trusted technology partner for integrating health and community-based care, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wakemed.org\/\"><b>WakeMed Health &amp; Hospitals<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a nationally recognized 970-bed not-for-profit health care system founded and based in Raleigh, N.C., are proud to deepen their collaboration to advance the health system\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wakemed.org\/giving\/our-impact\/supporting-innovative-programs\"><b>Your Whole Health<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> initiative.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WakeMed\u2019s Your Whole Health program, which focuses on identifying and addressing social drivers of health (SDOH) that have a significant impact on health outcomes, will leverage a broader suite of Unite Us technology to more systematically identify, coordinate, and address non-clinical factors alongside clinical care needs, ultimately strengthening its whole-person health support for patients across the care continuum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYour Whole Health is about looking not only at the care we provide from a medical perspective, but what is contributing to a patient\u2019s overall health picture,\u201d said Theresa Amerson, MD, chief medical officer of Population Health at WakeMed. \u201cIntegrated screening tools like those provided by Unite Us allow us to better understand how things like access to food, reliable transportation, and a safe place to live impact our patients\u2019 lives\u2014and streamline how we connect patients to trusted community-based resources.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><b>A Tiered Approach to Community-Based Care Support<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WakeMed\u2019s expanded use of Unite Us enables a tailored approach to patient support based on level of need:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uniteus.com\/products\/social-care-revenue-cycle-management\/?utm_medium=press_release&amp;utm_campaign=north-carolina&amp;utm_content=text_link\"><b>Public Resource Directory<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> supports low-risk patient populations by allowing patients and community members to self-navigate to available local resources when needs arise. Care teams can gain deeper insights into community needs and better understand what types of services patients are searching for, view top-viewed and shared programs, and more.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uniteus.com\/solutions\/screening\/?utm_medium=press_release&amp;utm_campaign=north-carolina&amp;utm_content=text_link\"><b>Screening Ingestion and Automated Resource Lists<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> support rising-risk patients by translating existing SDOH screening data into personalized resource recommendations, delivered directly to the patient and their care team through After-Visit Summaries and Epic MyChart. Patients can then self-navigate to resources, or staff can choose to share a resource list or send a referral to community-based organizations (CBOs) who can help meet their needs.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/showroom.epic.com\/listing?id=231\"><b>Unite Us Navigator<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">supports high-risk patients by enabling closed-loop referrals to community-based organizations directly within WakeMed\u2019s Epic EHR system, creating a more seamless experience for care teams and improving visibility into referral outcomes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWakeMed continues to show what is possible when care teams are equipped with the right tools to look beyond clinical needs and take action,\u201d said Taylor Justice, CEO and Co-Founder of Unite Us. \u201cBy building this work directly into everyday care delivery, they are making it easier to connect people to meaningful support, strengthening coordination across settings, and helping ensure no need goes unseen or unmet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><b>Improving Whole-Person Care in North Carolina<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A leader in whole-person care, WakeMed continues to enhance its strategy by enabling patients with self-service access to local community resources, streamlining SDOH screening with automated resource recommendations, and natively embedding coordinated referral workflows directly within WakeMed\u2019s Epic EHR system, which complements its existing use of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/uniteus.com\/products\/closed-loop-referral-system\/?utm_medium=press_release&amp;utm_campaign=north-carolina&amp;utm_content=text_link\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unite Us\u2019 Closed-Loop Referral System<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and integrated <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/uniteus.com\/products\/social-care-revenue-cycle-management\/?utm_medium=press_release&amp;utm_campaign=north-carolina&amp;utm_content=text_link\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Payments<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> functionality. Together, these tools support WakeMed\u2019s mission to provide compassionate, coordinated care that improves the health and well-being of the communities it serves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since launching the Your Whole Health program in July 2022, WakeMed has screened more than <\/span><b>300,000 unique patients<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, identifying the social drivers that influence overall health and well-being, and connecting individuals to meaningful community-based support through informed patient evaluations and care plans. The newly implemented Unite Us capabilities will enhance the work of WakeMed staff, reducing the burden on care teams to manually search for resources and follow up on referrals while enabling more seamless coordination of care.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Together, these tools help WakeMed\u2014a Unite Us customer since 2019\u2014continue advancing its mission and vision to be the provider of choice and preferred partner for quality health care, community health and whole-person care.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12208,"template":"","categories":[],"states":[],"topic":[132,96,140,88],"class_list":["post-12206","press","type-press","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","press_cat-partnership","topic-integration","topic-partnership","topic-resource-directory","topic-technology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ 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