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Author Archives: Thomas Goldsmith

Thomas Goldsmith worked in daily newspapers for 33 years before joining North Carolina Health News. Goldsmith is a native Tar Heel who attended the UNC-Chapel Hill, and worked at newspapers in Tennessee and at the Raleigh News & Observer.

Goldsmith's specialty is reporting on aging issues and he's won multiple awards for this work.

Lydia Nell in the neonatal intensive care unit after her surgery to remove most of her intestines due to necrotizing enterocolitis.
Posted inDisabilities, Featured, Healthcare Workers, Long Term Care, Medicaid

Families with Medically Fragile Children Face New Waitlist for Medicaid Services

by Thomas Goldsmith August 17, 2016September 7, 2016
North Carolina DHHS official Dale Armstrong addresses the August meeting of the statewide Consumer and Family Advisory Committee on behavorial health issues.
Posted inFeatured, Mental Health, Substance Use

Mental-Health Initiatives Get Once-over from State Community & Family Advisory Council

by Thomas Goldsmith August 16, 2016April 16, 2021
Posted inChronic Disease, Featured, Mental Health, Substance Use

Greentree: Creating a Place For Behavioral Health Patients To Help

by Thomas Goldsmith August 15, 2016January 9, 2017
Posted inMental Health

Congressional Mental-health Bill Meets Opposition from Advocates, Snags in Senate

by Thomas Goldsmith August 10, 2016April 16, 2021
old man with a walker on a lakeshore
Posted inAging, Disabilities, Featured, Healthcare Workers, Medicare, Public Health

State Lends An Ear to Vulnerable Adults, Seniors

by Thomas Goldsmith August 4, 2016September 7, 2016
Yadkin Valley Community Hospital in a Google streetview photo dated May, 2013. The facility now has a primary care practice operating on site, but the hospital facilities are not functioning.
Posted inHospitals

Kaiser Study: Rural Hospitals Close for Many Reasons

by Thomas Goldsmith July 22, 2016April 16, 2021

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