October 14, 2021
Introducing: Rapid Response Recognition Report
The “Rapid Response Recognition Report” is a quarterly recognition of providers who are “remarkable examples of excellence” during rapid response events at UNCMC.
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October 11, 2021
UNC Partners with SECU Foundation to Increase Behavioral Health Care Access to Children through Telepsychiatry
A $1.97 million grant from the SECU Foundation will allow the UNC School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry to lead a pilot program that will address the behavioral health crisis in children and adolescents by expanding access to care through telemedicine services in schools, especially in rural areas.
October 7, 2021
UNC Health returns to Traditional Travel and Reimbursement Policies Effective Oct. 7
Effective Thursday, Oct. 7, UNC Health will discontinue its COVID-19 Business Travel Policy that required VP level of approval for Business Travel.
October 7, 2021
Penicillin allergy assessments expand to UNCMC inpatient areas
You have a patient with a penicillin allergy documented in their chart. Typically, you would prescribe amoxicillin for their infection, but that is not an option because it is a penicillin-class antibiotic. Instead, you prescribe a broader-spectrum antibiotic–not your first choice except for the allergy. But, what if you learned that it is not a true allergy?
October 7, 2021
Ebstein’s Anomaly: A Rare Disease Treated with World-class Care Here at Home
At ten years old, Jahliah Parker likes to have fun with her siblings, play on her Nintendo Switch, and, along with thousands of other children across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, is ready to go back to in-person school. She is an ordinary kid except for one little thing, her congenital heart condition. Jahliah suffers from Ebstein’s Anomaly, a rare disease treated with world-class care at UNC Health.
October 7, 2021
UNC Medical Center Hillsborough is now accredited by the ACEP Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation Program (GEDA)
The Emergency Department at UNC Hillsborough has been officially recognized nationally as being a geriatrics friendly facility.
October 6, 2021
Health Equity Speaker Series Recording now available
In Case You Missed It: “Can we really advance Health Equity? Five key strategies to consider” The UNC Health Office of Health Equity, The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research and the Health Disparities Program hosted a Health Equity Seminar on September 24, 2021 featuring Dr. Crystal Cene, MD, MPH, FAHA and Angela Bryant, JD.
September 16, 2021
Health Equity Speaker Series featuring Dr. Crystal Cené and Angela R. Bryant
Series Topic: Can we really advance Health Equity? Five key strategies to consider
September 15, 2021
Blue Cross NC, UNC Health Join Forces for New Clinical Study to Improve Food Security, Chronic Health Conditions
With a $3.2-million dollar investment, Blue Cross NC is collaborating with UNC Health and UNC-Chapel Hill researchers to conduct a first-of-its-kind clinical study to establish sustainable best practices for helping individuals put nutritious food options on the table and improve health.
September 1, 2021
2021 IHQI Improvement Scholars Symposium
Register for our annual IHQI Symposium to celebrate the hard work and success of our Improvement Scholars. The Symposium will feature presentations from six clinician-led improvement initiatives.
August 17, 2021
Call for Applications to the UNC Physicians Clinical Leadership Program
The Clinical Leadership Program, co-sponsored by UNC Physicians and the School of Medicine’s Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development, is accepting applications from faculty and Advanced Practice Providers at the UNC SOM and all of our owned entities. Applications are due September 12, 2021.
August 17, 2021
UNC Horizons Program Announces Horizons Homestead in Chapel Hill
The innovative residential housing and graduate housing program is a groundbreaking step in the treatment and care of mothers with substance use disorders and their children.