The darker counties on this map of North Carolina show where our students spent clinic week March 7 - 11 -- more than 50 counties are represented.

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.

The time will ‘spring forward’ from 1:59 to 3 a.m. on Sunday, March 13. Review these details to avoid any issues with equipment and Epic@UNC documentation.

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.

UNC Hospitals' Cardiology Acute & Intermediate Coronary Care Unit, 3 Anderson/ICCU, has been awarded Gold-level Beacon Award designation by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses. 3 Anderson/ICCU joins the ranks of the CTICU, CICU, MPCU, 5BT and SICU at UNC Hospitals as recipients of this prestigious award, and is the first mixed acuity unit in the southeast to achieve this distinction.

Billy Fischer, MD (Photo by Max Englund/UNC Health Care)

When Billy Fischer, MD, was a child, his family spent time living in China. While there, he was struck by the stark contrast between how people lived in China at that time and how his family lived. He's dedicated himself to addressing poverty and disparity and found medicine to be the way he could make the most impact.

A number of improvements to the referrals process in Epic@UNC will go into effect June 14, 2015. Most notably, the priority status of referrals has been standardized across Epic@UNC, with stat orders requiring a phone call from the “referred from” department within one day and urgent orders requiring a phone call from the “referred from” department within two days.

May 5 was the World Health Organization’s #safeHANDS Hand Hygiene Day, and UNC Hospitals celebrated with tremendous success! Check out moments from the traveling photo both, view the hand hygiene results from the day, and see which of your colleagues won the random drawing!

UNC Heart & Vascular at Meadowmont, 300 Meadowmont Village Circle, Chapel Hill, NC 27517

The UNC Wound Healing & Podiatry Clinic has moved, along with the two Hyperbaric Chambers used for hyperbaric oxygen treatments, to UNC Heart & Vascular at Meadowmont effective Monday, April 6, 2015.

In April 2014, Telecommunications began the process of transitioning landline phone numbers for off-site practices and offices. Work is now underway in the Cancer Hospital. After finishing work in the Cancer Hospital, the team will move to the Women’s Hospital. Read for complete information about the transition.

Everything in the Tamborino house is bigger—the meals, the celebrations and, without question, the affection. Parents, Norine and Frank, do everything bigger, because four of their five boisterous children—Julie, 20, Tori, 17, Catherine , 15, and Frankie, 10—have cystic fibrosis, and they know they have to make each moment count. Having been in and out of several health care systems, the close-knit family found a home away from home at UNC. This is the Tamborinos' story.

Claire is cared for by a team of specialists, which includes pediatric rheumatologist, Dr. Eveline Wu.

Claire's troubling and recurrent symptoms led her family to UNC, where pediatric rheumatologists identified a rare autoimmune disease.

A group of distinguished educators and physicians — whom lovingly call themselves the GRUMPPs — keep their finger on the pulse of UNC Children's. Can you guess what the acronym stands for?

Tag: Press Releases

Classroom to Clinic: First-years in the Field

Daylight Saving Time Change and impact on equipment/documentation

Reminder: Schedulers must check ‘Recall Tab’

3 Anderson and ICCU receive Gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence from AACN

A Lifelong Mission

Improvements to referrals workflows in Epic@UNC effective June 14; required training for clinic managers, referral coordinators

World Health Organization’s #safeHANDS Hand Hygiene Day at UNC Hospitals

UNC Wound Healing & Podiatry Clinic and Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment has moved to UNC Heart & Vascular at Meadowmont

Process of changing phone numbers and upgrading most phones at UNC Hospitals underway

Tamborino Family

Mystery diagnosis brings family to UNC Children’s

Meet the GRUMPPs: Retired faculty making their mark