July 1, 2022
William L. Roper, MD, MPH, former dean of the UNC School of Medicine and CEO of UNC Health, wrote an editorial for the journal Science on "the roles of science and politics in public policy decisions, and the means by which scientific truth is established and updated."
June 29, 2022
Beginning Tuesday, July 26, UNC Health physician and APP photos will become a part of My UNC Chart. Photos will be copied in from Find a Doctor, and physicians and APPs can opt out by July 15 if they do not want their Find a Doctor photos to move to My UNC Chart.
June 27, 2022
The UNC Medical Center’s Adult Rapid Response System recognizes the nurses that ensure rapid response events are successful.
June 23, 2022
You may have seen news accounts of the NC Treasurer releasing a “report” in which he and others criticize North Carolina hospitals for accepting federal and state funds available to them as financial support at a critical period of the pandemic. Read UNC Health's response as well as a response from the NC Healthcare Association.
June 15, 2022
Audrea Caesar, PhD, shares her thanks to UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine teammates for their participation in the 2022 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Climate Survey.
June 14, 2022
As we celebrate our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) community during Pride Month, let’s also recognize the ongoing fight to ensure equity and to overcome mistreatment, oppression, and marginalization.
June 9, 2022
Mental health professionals are the target of a phone call scam where callers pretend to be police.
June 8, 2022
The UNC Medical Center’s Adult Rapid Response System recognizes the nurses that ensure rapid response events are successful.
May 5, 2022
The UNC Health Beacon Program and the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program have created a new LMS module to help all staff in all departments provide better trauma informed care for sexual assault survivors.
May 3, 2022
An ad hoc committee has been appointed to undertake a routine review of the UNC Thurston Arthritis Research Center and the leadership of Director Richard F. Loeser, Jr., MD, the Joseph P. Archie, Jr., Eminent Professor of Medicine. The review is a standard procedure of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and will take place on June 21, 2022.
April 26, 2022
Infection Prevention is conducting a new survey to learn about the challenges UNC Medical Center personnel face regarding staying home when sick, particularly since the emergence of the Omicron variant. The survey should take less than 10 minutes to complete.
April 25, 2022
The NC Department of Health and Human Services will require all death certificates to be submitted electronically using the NC Database Application for Vital Events starting May 1.