October 13, 2020
Programs designed to help cancer patients stop using tobacco should be considered as important and impactful as providing the right drug at the right time and at the right dose to patients, according to researchers at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
October 6, 2020
In latest edition of the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, Dr. Michael Kane (1st Year CI Fellow at UNC Hospitals) published his work leading the development of a novel CI Training Track in the UNC Psychiatry Residency Program.
September 10, 2020
UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill and UNC REX Hospital in Raleigh have been named to a list of healthcare facilities recognized as leaders in providing equitable and inclusive care for LGBTQ patients, visitors and employees.
August 13, 2020
Seven UNC Health hospitals have received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.
August 13, 2020
In the first year of the Blue Premier alternative payment program, more than 80 primary care practices achieved top quality performance and significant financial savings for patients.
June 30, 2020
Researchers with the UNC Tobacco Treatment Programs and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center are participating in a national study investigating the associations between smoking and COVID-19 outcomes. UNC Lineberger is one of 21 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers that will assess whether smoking impacts COVID-19 symptoms, treatment and outcomes. More cancer centers may be …
November 14, 2019
The designation of FAMIA recognizes members who apply informatics skills and knowledge within their professional setting, who have demonstrated professional achievement and leadership, and who have a sustained commitment to the betterment of AMIA. This includes: 1) impact on individuals or populations through informatics initiatives to enhance health care, population health, or personal health impact on …
September 23, 2019
UNC Health Care celebrates National Health IT (NHIT) Week Sept. 23 - 27, 2019. This short video highlights a few ways UNC Health Care leverages technology to Connect, Engage, and Empower our communities to transform care.
July 18, 2019
EHR enhancements linked to better cognitive performance in physicians Carlton Moore, MD, associate professor of medicine in the division of hospital medicine, contributed to a recent quality improvement study published in JAMA Network Open that considers how current interfaces for electronic health records (EHR) may be associated with excess cognitive workload and poor performance levels for physicians. …
June 12, 2019
The UNC School of Medicine has selected Arlene Chung, MD, MHA, MMCi, assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics, and Jiandong Liu, PhD, associate professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, as the 2019 Jefferson Pilot Award recipients. Each will receive $5,000 for each of the next four years to support their scholarly endeavors. Chung was selected …
July 4, 2018
UNC Health Care was 1 of only 12 institutions to launch the new Health Records application and the only health system in NC participating in the beta launch. Dr. Chung, Program Director, led the ISD teams for this collaboration. Check out our feature on UNC Health Talk
April 17, 2018
UNC Health Care introduced a new virtual care service called UNC Urgent Care 24/7 to provide easier access to physicians via phone, tablet or computer.