May 11, 2022
Led by the Triangle, NC earns top spot in hospital safety rankings
This article was published in the Triangle Business Journal on May 10, 2022. To read the article, click on the link below.
Author Archives: Thomas Hughes
May 10, 2022
UCB Presents Efficacy, Safety Results for Zilucoplan, Rozanolixizumab for Generalized Myasthenia Gravis
James F. Howard, MD, Distinguished Professor of Neuromuscular Disease, Professor of Neurology, Medicine and Allied Health in the UNC School of Medicine, was lead investigator in the Phase 3 clinical trial of zilucoplan.
May 6, 2022
52 Shades of Success: How these major Triangle employers unmask stigma of mental health
This article was published in the Triangle Business Journal on May 5, 2022. To read the article, click on the link below.
May 6, 2022
UNC Health expands again – this time to Boone
This article was published in the Triangle Business Journal on May 5, 2022. To read the article, click on the link below.
May 5, 2022
Deborah Flowers Receives National Crime Victims’ Service Award
Deborah "Deb" Flowers, MSN, RN, CPNP, SANE-A, SANE-P, who co-founded the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program at UNC Hospitals in 1997, received the 2022 National Crime Victims' Service Allied Professional Award, which is given by the Office for Crime Victims in the U.S. Department of Justice.
May 3, 2022
Appalachian Regional Healthcare System and UNC Health Sign Affiliation Agreement
The collaboration represents a shared commitment to enhance technology, expand local services and improve access to healthcare.
April 29, 2022
Hagood Awarded Grant from Harrington Discovery Institute
James S. Hagood, MD, professor in the UNC Department of Pediatrics and Director of the Program for Rare and Interstitial Lung Disease of the UNC Children’s Research Institute and Marsico Lung Institute, has been selected as a Harrington Scholar-Innovator for his work on a therapeutic Strategy for pulmonary fibrosis.
March 10, 2022
A DAY in the LIFE of Chatham Hospital
In its March 10-16, 2022 issue, the Chatham News + Record published a 3-page photo essay featuring approximately two dozen people who work at UNC Health's Chatham Hospital in Siler City, North Carolina. Click on the links below to view each page.
March 8, 2022
Berkowitz Publishes Evaluation of a Nonemergency Medical Transportation Benefit for UNC Health Alliance ACO
In a new paper published in this month's issue of Health Affairs, Seth Berkowitz, MD, MPH, and coauthors conducted a mixed-methods evaluation of a nonemergency medical transportation benefit offered to members of a Medicare accountable care organization (ACO), the UNC Health Alliance ACO.
February 10, 2022
Senior Is Co-Author of Study Finding That Inhaling Virus-Laden Droplets May Increase COVID-19 Severity
Brent A. Senior, MD, Nat and Sheila Harris Distinguished Professor and Chief of Division of Rhinology, Allergy, and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery in the Department of Otolyaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, served as consultant on the study's data and helped formulate ideas and conclusions.
January 31, 2022
UNC Medical Center treats severe COVID cases with ECMO
This article, originally published online January 28, was featured as the lead story on the front page of the January 31, 2022 print edition of The News & Observer.
January 28, 2022
Health systems reject NC treasurer’s criticism of how hospitals bill poorer patients
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