January 21, 2016
The Mary Ellen Jones renovation project is expected to be underway in mid-February, with construction fencing and early site mobilization efforts being the first visible signs of construction. The project is anticipated to have a 30-month duration.
January 21, 2016
As part of Carolina Value's Care Access initiative, beginning Tuesday, Feb. 2, Front Desk staff, Referral Coordinators, and Clinic Managers will see four new options in the “Cancellation Reasons” drop-down list when cancelling an appointment. The new cancellation reasons are: Lack of Transportation, Cancelled via Interface, Patient Seen Out of System, and Improper Patient Prep.
January 14, 2016
FreedomPay is the cashless way to pay at the UNC Hospitals' cafés. Please review the different ways you can fund your FreedomPay account (both free funding options and the Platinum Service, which costs $2.50 each month once a Credit Card is used).
January 14, 2016
Mark Miller, CPA, MBA, will join UNC Health Care as Senior Vice President for Finance on January 11. This position was previously held by Bernadette Spong.
January 14, 2016
2015 W-2s will be available online beginning Jan. 23 for UNC Hospitals, Chatham Hospital, and UNC Hospitals-paid Faculty Physicians & staff employees. If you haven't already done so, sign up by Monday, Jan. 18, to authorize electronic access to your W-2.
January 14, 2016
Several months ago, we shared with you that UNC Health Care is in the process of creating a system Human Resources department for our owned facilities (Caldwell, Chatham, High Point Regional, UNC REX Healthcare, UNC Medical Center and UNC Physicians Network). The first step in this process was naming Bill Rotella as system vice president of Human Resources for UNC Health Care. The next step is naming the system executive directors who will work with Bill to chart the future for the system’s Human Resources department.
January 14, 2016
All schedulers are required to check the Recall Tab in the patient’s Appointment Desk as the first step when scheduling a follow-up appointment, especially when a patient calls to schedule an appointment.
January 13, 2016
Chapel Hill Transit (CHT) will operate Saturday routes on Monday, Jan. 18, in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday. Please read for information on the CHT schedule, campus parking for permit holders, and park and ride for permit holders.
January 7, 2016
With the full support of the UNC Health Care Board of Directors, UNC Hospitals and UNC Faculty Physicians implemented market and merit salary increases Jan. 3, 2016, that will be reflected in the Jan. 27, 2016, pay deposit for eligible employees.
January 5, 2016
Despite Gender Disparity in Compensation, Increasing Number of Women Entering the Field, According to New Study Published in The Journal of Urology®
December 16, 2015
Wayne Memorial Hospital’s Board of Directors voted Dec. 15, 2015, to authorize its executive committee to sign a Management Services Agreement with UNC Health Care. Although no formal agreement has been signed, both parties expect to have a formalized plan in place in the near future.
December 16, 2015
On Saturday, December 19 from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. email clients will temporarily and intermittently lose access to UNC Exchange accounts. ITS is implementing Exchange 2013 servers to prepare for future upgrades and Office 365 migrations. Following this change, outlook.unc.edu will point to the new Exchange 2013 servers. The only change users should notice is a new Outlook Web Application (OWA) login page. After entering their username and password, users will be redirected to the familiar 2010 OWA interface.