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.

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.

A May 17 Hillsborough Campus conference, “Building a Dementia Friendly Community,” will educate providers, caregivers, and the community on dementia-friendly training at the hospital and beyond.

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.

Hearing aids can be an expensive out-of-pocket expense. In an effort to help make hearing health care more accessible, especially to those working in a health care environment, UNC Hospitals is now offering a 15% discount on hearing aids to UNC Hospitals, UNC Faculty Physicians and UNCPN employees. We offer multiple products, styles and brands …

In order to limit vehicular traffic in front of the hospital, the S11 shuttle will drop off and pick up from the Manning Dr. level Cancer Hospital entrance beginning Nov. 26.

The deadline to enroll is Nov. 30, 2018. Coverage is offered through TransAmerica Life Insurance Company.

The hospital's Lending Library has books to give away! Come check out selection of different hardback and paperback books in the marked area.

UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill has been designated a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality for the 2018 Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) survey. The HEI scores health care facilities on policies and practices dedicated to the equitable treatment and inclusion of their LGBTQ patients, visitors and employees.

The Nurse Stewardship Task Force along with Nurse Practice Council and Nursing Education will begin rolling out the new IV tubing change practice in the beginning of March 2017.

UNC Hospitals Police treats simulated gunshot victim.

In August, UNC Hospitals held a mass casualty exercise to evaluate the organization’s preparedness for the unthinkable - an active shooter event on the premises.

Last year Mayor Tom Stevens shared his thoughts about the benefits UNC Health Care's new Hillsborough Hospital would bring to the greater Hillsborough community. One year later he shares how the hospital has already proven to be a great asset to the community.

The Board of Directors of Lenoir Memorial Hospital in Kinston, NC, has unanimously voted to pursue exclusive negotiations to create a management services agreement with UNC Health Care, hospital officials announced Wednesday, March 23.

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Congratulations to the newly elected at-large members of the Medical Staff Executive Committee

Carolina Antimicrobial Stewardship Program leads remdesivir roll-out across UNC Health hospitals

Hospital-wide Dementia Friendly Training at UNC Hospitals Hillsborough Campus

Employee Discount Now Available at UNC Hospital Audiology Clinics

S11 Shuttle will pick up and drop off at the Manning level of the Cancer Hospital starting Nov. 26

2018 Enrollment for Whole Life Insurance Now Open

FREE – Library Books available in the Lending Library- ground floor Memorial Hospital

UNC Hospitals Named an LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader

New IV tubing change practice at UNC Hospitals begins in March

All Too Real

5 Reasons Why the New Hillsborough Hospital Has Already Been Great for the Hillsborough Community

Lenoir Memorial Hospital enters exclusive negotiations with UNC Health Care