Author Archives: Kate Matthews

In addition to our regular CRI Activities Update, this month’s Research Focus highlights the research and work of Steven Joffe, MD, MPH, the Founders Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy and Division Chief of Medical Ethics at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Activities Update: The UNC...

In addition to our regular CRI Activities Update, this month’s Research Focus highlights the research and work of Scott T. Magness, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology and Physiology as well as UNC’s and NC State University’s joint Department of Biomedical Engineering. Activities Update: We are busy preparing...

Rare Disease Day is an international movement that started over 10 years ago as a way to increase awareness of the 7,000 rare diseases (those affecting ≤ 1 in 1,000 people) amongst the general public as well as policy-makers. Taken together, it is estimated that 25-30 million (or about 1...

In addition to our regular CRI Activities Update, this month’s Research Focus highlights the research and work of Stephen Hooper, PhD, the Associate Dean of Allied Health Sciences, Chair of the Department of Allied Health Sciences and Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, Pediatrics, and Education at the University of North Carolina...

Does a Discharge Before Noon affect length of hospital stay? Perhaps. A common strategy used by hospitals to reduce overcrowding of inpatient units may not produce consistent results, a new study suggests. Discharges Before Noon, or DCBNs, are thought to mitigate overcrowding and improve patient outcomes by allowing for earlier...