March 31, 2016
Many times during our daily interaction with computers, we ask ourselves, “How I can tell if my computer is infected with a Virus, Trojan, Worm or other malicious file?” Learn a few simple signs that could indicate a malware infection.
March 30, 2016
A new UNC School of Medicine study shows how chemicals designed to protect crops can cause gene expression changes in mouse brain cells that look strikingly similar to changes in the brains of people with autism and Alzheimer’s disease.
March 30, 2016
Each year, UNC Health Care administers the CMS-approved Clinician and Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CG-CAHPS) survey to solicit feedback from patients. One question on that survey asks patients if they would recommend their provider's office to friends and family. One hundred and thirty three of our providers had more than 94 percent of their patients respond “Yes, definitely!” to that question, which places them in the top quartile nationally.
March 24, 2016
Save 10 percent on high-quality child care and early education!
March 23, 2016
The Board of Directors of Lenoir Memorial Hospital in Kinston, NC, has unanimously voted to pursue exclusive negotiations to create a management services agreement with UNC Health Care, hospital officials announced Wednesday, March 23.
March 22, 2016
In keeping with updated pneumococcal vaccine recommendations from the CDC, UNC Health Care's Population Health team and ISD are preparing updated adult Pneumococcal Vaccine Health Maintenance Topics in Epic@UNC for April 2016. The new recommendations require us to remove the Historical Immunization “Pneumococcal, Unspecified Formulation” from Epic@UNC on March 24.
March 17, 2016
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.
March 16, 2016
The 10-year ASCVD (Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease) Risk calculator is now available in Epic@UNC!
March 15, 2016
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
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
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
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.