New Hanover Regional Medical Center’s main campus is one of 29 individual locations in six counties as shown in map on page 65.
Besides several hospital
campuses, NHRMC has
28 locations in six counties,
including physician group
practices, urgent cares and
diagnostics facilities, spokeswoman
Erin Balzotti says.
Like pediatricians and
family practitioners, more
specialists have been moving
closer to their patients,
OrthoWilmington CEO
Steve DeBiasi says.
“I think that trend is going
to continue,” DeBiasi says.
That is why Ortho-
Wilmington was created as a
merger between Wilmington
Orthopaedic Group and
Atlantic Orthopedics last
year, DeBiasi says, adding
the practice has locations
in Wilmington, Porters
Neck, Brunswick Forest and
Jacksonville.
Access is particularly
important for physical therapy
patients, who may visit
two or three times a week,
DeBiasi says.
“The critical thing is to
be able to offer the patient a
choice,” DeBiasi says. “It’s not
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just where the patients live but
where they work as well.”
Wilmington Ear, Nose and
Throat on Delaney Avenue
in Wilmington opened a satellite
office in Porters Neck
about seven years ago.
“The community has
grown,” says otolaryngologist
Dr. George Brinson. “It’s
become more spread out.”