NewsUNC Family Medicine Center Achieves the Highest Quality Rating PossibleThe UNC Family Medicine Center received a Level 3 Patient Centered Medical Home Designation by the National Committee for Quality Assurance in Washington DC. Level 3 is the highest rating possible. UNC Family Medicine Offers FREE Spring Parenting SeriesUNC Family Medicine is offering a FREE spring parenting series. Come join us as we explore topics like healthy diets for pregnancy, the secret language of your newborn and taming those tantrums. For your older children, we will discuss some harder topics like understanding learning disabilities and ADHD and how to talk to your teen about sex. Older women with healthy bones may not need another screen for 15 yearsUNC Family Medicine's Dr. Margaret L. Gourlay is the lead author of a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study finds that women aged 67 years and older with normal bone mineral density scores may not need screening again for 15 years. UNC Family Medicine Releases 2011 Annual ReportRanked number two in the country, UNC Family Medicine has earned a national leadership role in primary care research, education and patient care innovation. The 2011 Annual Report provides the details behind the department's tremendous success. UNC Family Medicine and UNC Pediatrics Sponsor Joint Lectureship, Children or Tobacco: Who is Winning?On May 23 & 24, UNC Family Medicine and UNC Pediatrics will host the Julius B. Richmond Lectureship. The lecture will feature two presentations by Jonathan Klein, MD MPH, Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at the University of Rochester and Associate Executive Director of the American Association of Pediatrics. UNC Family Medicine Supports Local 5K for FitnessUNC Family Medicine sponsored the 5K for Fitness on Saturday April 28. The walk/run finished at McCorkle Place on the UNC campus where more than 500 runners and their families were treated to a Fitness Fair with representatives from community businesses. UNC Family Medicine was there offering blood pressure readings, BMI calculations, nutrition assessments and information about the Family Medicine Center. |
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