Welcome to the UNC Division of Hospital Medicine, the newest in the Department of Medicine.
UNC Hospital Medicine started in 2005 with a handful of physicians covering a single service. Our division is now comprised of over 50 physician and advanced practice providers dedicated to comprehensive care of inpatients at UNC Hospitals both in Chapel Hill and at the Hillsborough Campus, which opened in 2015.
We provide a broad range of services including Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, bedside procedures, internal medicine consultation, and co-management for our surgical and other specialty colleagues. We attend on Internal Medicine and Pediatrics resident services and in the new 1 Memorial Observation Unit, in collaboration with the UNC Department of Family Medicine. Our practitioners are also actively engaged in efforts to enhance the overall performance of our health care system.
As School of Medicine faculty, we share three core missions:
- Deliver patient-centered, high-quality and high-value care across UNC Hospitals
- Provide effective and innovative medical education for all levels of learners at UNC School of Medicine
- Advance the science of hospital medicine through quality improvement efforts and clinical research
Our providers are also especially proud of a team culture that enables them to provide the very best care to their patients, their loved ones and each other.
Thank you for your interest in our services. We are here to serve you.
Hospital Medicine News
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Moore Leads Validation Study to Understand Performance of Natural Language Processing in Ascertaining Framingham Heart Failure
Carlton Moore, MD, is lead author of a study published in the British Medical Journal entitled “Ascertaining Framingham heart failure phenotype from inpatient electronic health record data using natural language processing: a multicentre Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) validation study.” The study used free-text clinical notes and reports from hospitalized patients to determine the performance … Continued
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IHQI Announces Improvement Scholars, Three From the Department of Medicine
The UNC Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement has announced new projects that will be supported through the IHQI’s Improvement Scholars Program from Sep 1, 2021 – Aug 31, 2022. Congratulations to the following selected project leads from the Department of Medicine. Jaydeep Lamba, MD and Hillary Spangler, MD, division of hospital medicine: “Mitigating Inpatient Clinical … Continued
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Study Suggests Opportunities to Reduce Laboratory Overuse Across Conditions and Children’s Hospitals
John R. Stephens, MD, professor of medicine and pediatrics, in the division of hospital medicine, published “Outcomes Associated With High-Versus Low-Frequency Laboratory Testing Among Hospitalized Children” in Hospital Pediatrics. Previous pediatric studies have revealed substantial variation in laboratory testing for specific conditions, but clinical outcomes associated with high- versus low-frequency testing have remained unclear. The … Continued