August 10, 2017
Pre-charting, which allows ambulatory providers to get a head start on documentation for future visits, is one of the new features of the upgraded Epic@UNC. Providers can ‘pre-chart’ and then, if the patient ‘no-shows’ an appointment, the data is deleted within 30 days.
August 8, 2017
U.S News & World Report has released its annual Best Hospitals ratings. Across the state, several UNC Health Care facilities were recognized for clinical excellence.
July 12, 2017
UNC Health Care is one of only 27 systems in the United States to be recognized as a 'Most Wired Advanced’ health system by the American Hospital Association (AHA) for its use of information technology to improve patient care and clinical integration.
July 10, 2017
Effective July 22 with Go-Live #6, the Quick Abstraction option (under Quick Navigators) and the HM Results Console (in an Abstract Encounter) are being removed from Epic@UNC in order to promote accurate clinical documentation of Health Maintenance procedures and labs done outside of the UNC Health Care System.
June 1, 2017
Use the steps below to access the Playground to preview workflows and processes in Epic@UNC.
June 1, 2017
To ensure compatibility with Epic’s 2017 software, which will be installed July 22 as part of Go-Live #6, ISD will be upgrading the Dragon dictation software on workstations across UNC Health Care in June. The new version of Dragon was tested by both ISD and several providers.
May 11, 2017
Did you know that most users have a Learning Home dashboard in Epic@UNC that provides direct links to educational materials and resources specific to your role, including Tip Sheets, materials used in Epic@UNC Training, tips and tricks, etc.
October 27, 2016
During his career at UNC, Brian Goldstein, MD, MBA, has served as a resident and chief resident in the Department of Medicine; since 2000, as a faculty member in the Department of Medicine and as a practicing General Internist; as UNC Hospitals’ Chief of Staff; and then as UNC Hospitals’ Executive Vice President and Chief …
August 24, 2016
Frank Church, PhD, professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, delivered this year’s Whitehead Lecture. The annual event, which serves as an unofficial convocation for the UNC School of Medicine, has been held since 1947.
April 5, 2016
Corporate Compliance is pleased to announce that UNC Health Care has implemented a new, systemwide Code of Conduct.
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 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.