health system type private not for profit industry medical founded 1998 headquarters durham north carolina area served north carolina ; virginia key people a. eugene washington md chancellor for health affairs at duke university and president and ceo of the duke university health system . products hospitals health plan physicians offices website http www.dukehealth.org the duke university health system combines the duke university school of medicine the duke university school of nursing the duke clinic and the member hospitals into a system of research clinical care and education . contents 1 member hospitals 1.1 duke university hospital 1.2 duke children s hospital & health center 1.3 duke regional hospital 1.4 duke raleigh hospital 2 references 3 external links member hospitals edit duke university hospital edit main article duke university hospital the duke university medical center is located in durham nc and affiliated with duke university . formerly known as the duke university hospital and medical school it was established in 1930 with a bequest from james b. duke . the medical center now occupies 7.5 million square feet 700 000 m in 90 buildings on 210 acres 850 000 m . it is consistently ranked among the top ten health care organizations in the united states . in 2007 u.s.news & world report ranked duke university medical center 7th best medical center in the united states from among 5 462 medical centers . 1 the duke clinic is located next to the duke medical center and provides access to numerous specialties and outpatient services . in 1925 james b. duke made a 4 million bequest to establish the duke university school of medicine duke university school of nursing and duke university hospital to improve health care in the carolinas and the united states . this money was used to begin construction on the duke hospital and medical school in 1927 . on july 21 1930 the hospital opened its doors to patients . on its first day 17 of its 400 beds were filled . in 1936 julian deryl hart a duke surgeon introduced ultraviolet lights in the operating rooms to kill airborne germs . in 1956 duke surgeons were the first to use systemic hypothermia during cardiac surgery . this is now standard practice worldwide . the medical school and hospital were renamed the duke university medical center in 1957 . the first african american student was admitted to the duke university school of medicine in 1963 . in 1969 the first recorded studies of human s abilities to function and work at pressures equal to a 1 000 foot 300 m deep sea dive were conducted . 2 in the 1990s duke geneticists invented a three minute test to screen newborns for over 30 metabolic diseases at once . this test is now used throughout the united states . duke s first lung transplant and heart lung transplant were conducted in 1992 . duke children s hospital & health center edit duke children s hospital & health center is a hospital providing healthcare for children from birth through young adulthood . the hospital includes a neonatal intensive care unit and a pediatric intensive care unit . the mcgovern davison children s health center housed within the hospital provides outpatient care in more than 28 pediatric medical and surgical specialties . duke children s also offers primary care at several locations within durham county . the duke children s miracle network raises unrestricted funds for duke children s hospital & health center through children s miracle network . funds are used to support research clinical care and family support programs . children admitted to the hospital may continue to attend school while receiving treatment . established in 1959 the hospital school is part of the durham public schools system . 30 40 students are enrolled in the school on average and 8 teachers cover all grades from pre kindergarten through high school . 3 duke regional hospital edit duke regional hospital provides inpatient outpatient surgical and emergency care and features a level ii intensive care nursery durham regional rehabilitation institute and the davis ambulatory surgical center . newborn care at duke regional hospital is provided by physicians from duke children s hospital . previously the hospital has been named lincoln hospital watts hospital and durham regional hospital . 4 duke raleigh hospital edit duke raleigh hospital drh has been a member of the duke university health system family since 1998 . christened mary elizabeth hospital when it opened its doors in 1914 under the leadership of doctor p.g. fox it was later renamed raleigh community hospital and in 1978 moved to the current wake forest road location . the hospital has 186 beds and over 500 physicians on the medical staff . newborn care at duke health raleigh hospital is provided by physicians from duke children s hospital . duke children s consultative services of raleigh provides services from duke children s hospital as well . in 2004 the hospital mistakenly used hydraulic fluid instead of detergents to sterilize surgical instruments . over 3 800 patients received letters informing them of their possible exposure to potentially harmful chemicals . 5 6 references edit america s best hospitals 2007 . u.s.news & world report . 2007 07 15 . archived from the original on 2007 07 11 . retrieved 2007 07 15 . bennett peter b blenkarn gd roby j youngblood david september 1974 . suppression of the high pressure nervous syndrome in human deep dives by he n2 o2 . undersea biomedical research . 1 3 221 37 . pmid 4469093 . retrieved 2009 03 23 . cs1 maint multiple names authors list link hospital school provides routine relief for sick children . wral tv . 2008 11 27 . retrieved 2008 11 27 . durham hospital gets new name . wral . retrieved 1 july 2013 . crisson shae august 22 2005 . confusion over duke fluid . durham north carolina wtvd tv . archived from the original on september 27 2012 . hydraulic fluid facts web site . duke university health system . 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