North Carolina AHEC Program
winter 2012 newsletter
NC AHEC Quality Improvement Initiative Receives Grant from The Duke Endowment
In November 2011, The Duke Endowment awarded a three-year grant of $815,089 to the NC AHEC Program to enable AHEC’s Quality Improvement Coaches (QICs) to provide on-site training and facilitation in more than 400 primary care practices statewide...(more)
NC AHEC Leads National Veterans and Families Mental & Behavioral Health Project
More than one and a half million US service men and women have deployed at least once since 2001 in Afghanistan and/or Iraq. Traumatic Brain Injury has been estimated to affect 20-30% of surviving casualties and 26% have screened positive for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, among other diagnoses...(more)
Three AHEC Nurses Recognized by NCNA
Recognizing that leadership development is an essential element in the process of advancing the profession, the North Carolina Nurses Association (NCNA) has implemented a new leadership development program...(more)
Sheps Center Releases 2011 Allied Health Job Vacancy Tracking Report
Allied health professionals make up the largest
proportion (35%) of the health care workforce in North
Carolina, yet there is limited information
regarding the demand for their services throughout the
state...(more)