Announcements
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2020 Innovation Pilot Awards
Each year, the Center for Health Innovation offers internal pilot funding to UNC Health Care and UNC School of Medicine employees for health care innovations across a broad spectrum of interest areas including new models of care, digital health, device development, advanced statistical research, and workforce development.
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2020 UNC School of Medicine Well-Being Pilot Awards
The Center for Health Innovation is collaborating with the UNC School of Medicine Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development to offer awards that fund pilot projects aimed at promoting the well-being of faculty, staff, and/or students at the UNC School of Medicine as well as medical trainees serving within the UNC Health Care System.
News
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New UNC Health App Helps Patients and Visitors Find Their Way Around Its Hospitals and Much More
The new UNC Health app, available for Android and Apple users, provides indoor navigation assistance for several UNC Health Care hospitals, displays urgent care locations and wait times, and provides one-click access to electronic medical record data among other features.
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Innovation Pilot Award Winners Awarded $1.87M Grant from National Cancer Institute to Continue Helping Patients Navigate Costs of Cancer Care
The grant will allow Dr. Don Rosenstein and Dr. Stephanie Wheeler to continue studying the impact of financial navigation services to help patient cope with the financial burden of cancer care by testing their model in five rural cancer centers.
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Innovative Approach to Overcome Antibiotic Resistance
Researchers from the UNC School of Medicine have discovered a new method of increasing the susceptibility of staphylococcus aureus bacteria to antibiotics through the addition of new molecules that increase membrane permeability of the bacteria. This significant discovery will be the basis of additional research on increasing the effectiveness of existing antibiotics.
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UNC Health Care Launches Telehealth Solution
In partnership with American Well, UNC Health Care launched a new application that allows patients to engage in video visits with providers. The application is accessible through a one-click workflow in the My UNC Chart patient portal. Providers can receive notifications, access patient information and conduct the video visit without leaving the Epic environment.