March 17, 2016
Opening of UNC Chatham Park Medical Office
March 15 was a day of recognition and celebration as Chatham Hospital, in collaboration with UNC Health Care, opened the UNC Chatham Park Medical Office.
Category: News
March 16, 2016
Providers – Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease risk calculator now in Epic@UNC
The 10-year ASCVD (Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease) Risk calculator is now available in Epic@UNC!
March 15, 2016
Human Resources announces system leadership appointments
UNC Health Care continues to move forward with its creation of a system Human Resources function for our owned facilities (Caldwell Memorial, Chatham Hospital, High Point Regional, UNC Medical Center, UNC Physicians Network, and UNC REX Healthcare). Bill Rotella, System Vice President for Human Resources, and the HR System Executive Directors have spent the last month interviewing candidates for the remaining leadership roles within Human Resources. They are pleased to announce the following appointments that are effective immediately.
March 15, 2016
Classroom to Clinic: First-years in the Field
The UNC School of Medicine's Clinical Week pulls medical students out of the classroom and sends them to communities across North Carolina to gain medical knowledge and develop clinical skills through interaction with primary care physicians and their patients. Last week, the UNC SOM Facebook page captured the Clinical Week experiences of first-year medical students. Please take a moment to see where our students went and to read what they learned, as shared in their words. And if you haven't already done so, "Like" the UNC School of Medicine on Facebook.
March 4, 2016
Daylight Saving Time Change and impact on equipment/documentation
The time will ‘spring forward’ from 1:59 to 3 a.m. on Sunday, March 13. Review these details to avoid any issues with equipment and Epic@UNC documentation.
March 3, 2016
The Nurturer and the Researcher
Nicoleta Constantin is part of a generation of Romanians that found opportunities outside of Romania after the fall of communism. In her life in the United States, she has performed groundbreaking biochemistry research in the lab of Duke Nobel Prize winner Paul Modrich, but she found her calling when she became a pediatric nurse at North Carolina Children’s Hospital.
February 25, 2016
MICU Recognized with AACN’s Silver Beacon Award
The Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) is one of seven units at UNC Hospitals to earn a Beacon designation from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) and among only 130 units nationwide.
February 22, 2016
Kibbe to lead UNC Department of Surgery
A researcher, surgeon, and teacher with a stellar track record at Northwestern University, Melina Kibbe, MD, will join the UNC School of Medicine this summer.
February 18, 2016
Burks to step down as Chair of Department of Pediatrics and Physician-in-Chief of UNC Children’s
Wesley Burks, MD, has announced that he will step down from his position as chair of the Department of Pediatrics and physician-in-chief of UNC Children’s. He will continue to serve as executive dean of the School of Medicine.
February 18, 2016
Beaker Laboratory Specimen Labels available for order in Lawson
The new specimen labels to be used with the Epic@UNC Beaker Laboratory Information System are available to order via Lawson.
February 11, 2016
Epic@UNC tools support providers focusing on risk adjustment and value contracts
On March 2, all outpatient providers and clinical staff will see new fields and decision support in Epic@UNC related to risk adjustment and Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCCs). (Internal medicine and family practice clinics went live with the same changes on Feb. 17.)
February 11, 2016
Wanted: doctors with a rural heart
A new medical education building would help UNC train more doctors, and the UNC School of Medicine's rural physician program is already training doctors to work far from urban centers.