April 26, 2013
Tracy Parham, RN, has accepted the permanent position of Chief Information Officer (CIO) for UNC Health Care. Tracy has served as interim CIO since November 2012 and her move to the permanent CIO position is effective immediately.
April 25, 2013
UNC Health Care is launching a new state-of-the-art Learning Management System (LMS) that will simplify your learning experience. We’d like your help in naming our new LMS - the creative genius behind the winning name will receive a gift basket (and bragging rights).
April 3, 2013
One significant goal of UNC Health Care’s Human Resources Division is to provide current and accurate information about pay and benefits in a user-friendly format. With that in mind, the Employee Self Service module (ESS) in HRx Lawson is now activated for direct access by employees.
April 2, 2013
Patient Jessica Riley was referred to the UNC Wound Healing Center, part of the UNC Center for Heart and Vascular Care, for her venous leg ulcer and entered a clinical trial led by William Marston, MD **Graphic images included**
March 14, 2013
Dr. William Roper, Dean of the UNC School of Medicine and CEO of UNC Health Care, has created a new UNC Medical Center Improvement Council to review performance data, set and measure goals, and manage resources related to health care quality improvement.
March 13, 2013
Beginning April 1, a new Behavioral Rapid Response Team at UNC Hospitals will respond to behavioral health emergencies for staff, family, and patients who may be at-risk to themselves or others and are outside of UNC Hospitals’ inpatient psychiatric areas.
March 13, 2013
Plant Engineering will conduct annual testing of fire alarm notification and control devices from 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. this Saturday, March 16, in many areas of the hospitals.
March 13, 2013
Do you know when (and how) to access an interpreter? Review the resources available through Interpreter Services and the requirements regarding documentation in this week's "Did You Know?" message.
March 1, 2013
The Heart and Vascular nursing staff on 4 Anderson South is celebrating because they have gone one full year without a central line-associated blood stream infection – or CLABSI – in their patients. To be specific, the number is 413 days (as of March 1, 2013) and climbing.
March 1, 2013
As an interventional cardiologist in the UNC Center for Heart and Vascular Care, Michael Yeung, MD, performs less invasive structural heart procedures to help cardiology patients regain a healthy heart
February 28, 2013
UNC Hospitals has changed the yellow isolation gowns at the approval of the Products Committee and Infection Control to a product that has features that will aid health care providers in ease and comfort of use.
February 20, 2013
The UNC Physicians Network (UNCPN) welcomes the Orange Family Medical Group, located at 210 S. Cameron St. in Hillsborough, to UNCPN.