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August 2018 Patient Newsletter

 Let’s Talk Health with Dr. Neutze At Family Medicine, … Read more

Researchers find that private insurance pays more for emergency department visits

Emergency Room building picture

Research led by Family Medicine NRSA Fellow Jonathan Yun, MD, MPH, found that private insurance had the greatest average annual increase in spending for each ED visit between 1996 through 2015.

Health leaders meet to improve community health

Family medicine meeting

UNC Family Medicine has recently been hosting a series of meetings featuring health leaders in eight surrounding counties to improve community health and well-being.

What is Community Health at UNC Family Medicine?

Curious about what exactly Community health means at UNC Family Medicine? We put together a one-pager to show you! 

May 2018 Newsletter

May is Mental Health Awareness Month Your health care t … Read more

UNC Researchers Funded by National Geographic to Study Retirement from the U.S. to Latin America

Philip Sloane, MD, MPH

Retiring south within the United States has long been a trend, but more and more Americans are retiring even further south, for reasons such as climate, cost of living, lifestyle, and affordable health care,” says Dr. Philip Sloane, the Elizabeth and Oscar Goodwin Distinguished Professor of Family Medicine and Geriatrics

Featured Provider: Shawn Kane, MD, FAAFP, FACSM

Picture of Shawn Kane, MD, FAAFP, FACSM

Shawn Kane “For as long as I can remember I wanted to b … Read more

UNC Family Medicine Reach Out and Read Program Receives Grant from Strowd Roses

Reading to child

UNC Family Medicine’s Reach Out and Read Program (ROAR) recently received a one year grant from the Strowd Roses, Inc. community grant program for the purchase of children’s books. ROAR is a nonprofit organization that incorporates books into pediatric care and encourages families to read out-loud together.