February 11, 2021
Appointments are currently available at both our Friday Center and Hillsborough Clinics for eligible co-workers and providers to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
February 10, 2021
Thank you to all of you who went Red for Women last Friday for cardiovascular awareness.
January 20, 2021
UNC Health is proud to have vaccinated more than 47,900 COVID-19 co-workers and community members across North Carolina as of January 20, 2021.
December 22, 2020
Please read this end-of-the-year letter from Janet Hadar, UNC Hospitals President, and Matt Mauro, MD, UNC Faculty Physicians President, to colleagues at the UNC Medical Center.
December 17, 2020
Healthcare workers and other frontline staff at UNC Hospitals Hillsborough Campus began receiving COVID-19 vaccines Dec. 15, marking a significant turning point in the response to the pandemic. David Wohl, MD, Medical Director of the COVID Vaccination Clinic at Hillsborough, was the first to be vaccinated.
October 6, 2020
We are pleased to share updates to the UNC Children’s Heart Center. Our overriding mission continues to focus on providing the best family-centered individualized care through a multidisciplinary team approach.
August 11, 2020
Rowell Daniels, PharmD, MS, FASHP has been selected to the permanent position of Chief Operating Officer for UNC Hospitals.
August 6, 2020
UNC Hospitals is seeking internal candidates for the newly created position of Associate DIO. The detailed job description is below. Applicants should share a statement of interest and their CV to Michelle Howlett by August 8, 2020. Selection will be made by a committee co-chaired by Tom Ivester and Julie Byerley and including representatives from both UNCH and UNC SOM.
August 6, 2020
The Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care will host an interactive mini-symposium showcasing three Precision Health initiatives at UNC.
July 23, 2020
The MSEC consists of the officers of the Medical Staff, the Department Chairs, the Chief Nursing Officer, the Deans of the Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, the President of the House Staff Council, the President of UNC Faculty Physicians, and the President of UNC Hospitals. The MSEC acts on behalf of the Medical Staff on issues related to all aspects of medical practice. It receives reports on hospital operations, GME, and Nursing.
July 2, 2020
UNC Medical Center was among the first hospitals to receive a batch of the first proven treatment for COVID-19 via the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. The Carolina Antimicrobial Stewardship Program team members are overseeing a painstaking process of making a new treatment available to hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
April 11, 2019
Hospital-wide dementia-friendly training is well underway at UNC Hospitals Hillsborough Campus, where nearly two-thirds of all staff and providers who interact with patients have completed training. UNC Health Care is the first major health care system in the state with plans to deliver hospital-wide training to multiple partnering hospitals. After the Hillsborough pilot, the training program will expand to NC Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill, Pardee UNC Health Care in Hendersonville, and Wayne UNC Health Care in Goldsboro.