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To test or not to test: Blood glucose monitoring for patients with type 2 diabetes
UNC Family Medicine physician, Katrina Donahue, MD MPH, is part of a team of researchers to receive more than $2 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to study glucose monitoring in non-insulin treated patients living with type 2 diabetes,
UNC Family Medicine Center is a Patient-Centered Medical Home
The UNC Family Medicine Center is a Patient -Centered Medical Home. In a medical home, the practice is organized around the patient – communication is based on trust, respect and shared decision-making. Patients want access to personalized, coordinated and comprehensive primary care and medical information when they need it, when it's convenient for them.
Should doctors be involved in the concealed-weapons permit process?
UNC's Dr. Adam Goldstein and colleagues discuss in the New England Journal of Medicine medical, ethical, and legal concerns about physician involvement in concealed weapons permits. They argue that standards, protocols and new policies are needed for physicians to adequately assess a patient’s physical or mental competency in concealed-weapons permitting.
UNC Family Medicine Again Named #2 in the Nation
The UNC School of Medicine ranked 1st in Primary Care overall and 2nd in Family Medicine in the 2014 U.S. News & World Report Best Medical School Rankings.
Dr. Anthony Viera Awarded 2013 Distinguished Teaching Award
Anthony Viera MD MPH, distinguished associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the School of Medicine, was one of 24 recipients of the 2013 University Teaching Awards. Dr. Viera, and three other faculty members, received the Distinguished Teaching Awards for Post-Baccalaureate Instruction.
UNC Family Medicine patient, Rosetta Barbee, turns 100!
A longtime UNC Family Medicine patient, Rosetta Barbee, turned 100 years old! We celebrated with her at the UNC Family Medicine Center. Dr. Sam Weir from UNC Family Medicine cares for her and was there to welcome her to the party.
Few Effective, Evidence-Based Interventions for Children Exposed to Traumatic Events
UNC Family Medicine physician Dr. Adam Zolotor co-authors a review that finds about two of every three children will experience at least one traumatic event before they turn 18, but only a few psychotherapeutic treatments showed possible benefits for children exposed to trauma.
UNC Family Medicine Sponsors FREE Living Healthy Workshops
If you are tired of being exhausted, anxious, or in pain? Are you unsure about how to best handle your ongoing health condition? Try something new. Join a self-management workshop and discover fresh, practical ways to live better and healthier.
Town of Chapel Hill Named Healthiest Employer
The Town of Chapel Hill was recently named one of the Triangle’s Healthiest Employers by the Triangle Business Journal because of its innovative employee wellness program designed and delivered by UNC Family Medicine called Wellness@Work.
Inaugural Wilkerson Professorship Awarded to Dr. Anthony Viera from UNC Family Medicine
UNC Family Medicine associate professor Anthony Viera, MD MPH is the inaugural recipient of the Charles Baynes Wilkerson, MD ‘06 Distinguished Professorship in Family Medicine. The Wilkerson professorship was created by Dr. Annie Louise Wilkerson in memory of her father, Dr. Charles B. Wilkerson, through her generous giving.
UNC Celebrates 60 Years of Caring for North Carolinians
Sixty years ago, a group of visionaries created a four-year medical school and a hospital. The goal was to persuade the people and their representatives in Raleigh to support an enormously ambitious plan to improve health care by building new hospitals, upgrading old ones and training more doctors.
UNC Family Medicine Releases 2012 Annual Report
Ranked number two in the nation, UNC Family Medicine has earned a national leadership role in primary care research, education and patient care innovation. The 2012 Annual Report provides the details behind the department's tremendous success.
UNC Family Medicine Center is a Patient-Centered Medical Home
The UNC Family Medicine Center is a Patient -Centered Medical Home. In a medical home, the practice is organized around the patient – communication is based on trust, respect and shared decision-making. Patients want access to personalized, coordinated and comprehensive primary care and medical information when they need it, when it's convenient for them.
