Yesterday was the last day of work for outgoing North Carolina Secretary of Health and Human Services, Lanier Cansler. The 58 year-old Cansler has been involved in state government for most of the past two decades, first as a legislator from Asheville, then as Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, lobbyist and as the […]
Interview With US Surgeon General Regina Benjamin
Answers have been edited for brevity NCHN: Why did you visit North Carolina? Dr. Benjamin: Prevention is the basis of my work as the Surgeon General and the Affordable Care Act established the National Prevention Council which I chair. We released our first ever national prevention strategy, so now we’re trying to implement that strategy. […]
HOUSE Calls: Questions About Diabetes and Prostate Cancer
Physicians from the UNC Department of Family Medicine’s YOUR HEALTHâ„¢ media bring you weekly information in response to your questions about health and medicine. Send us your questions or comments to YOURHEALTH@unc.edu. This week we respond to questions about diabetes and prostate cancer. Dear HOUSE Calls, My brother takes insulin for his diabetes and drinks […]
Innovating To Improve Health Care
An energetic Duke Medicine oncologist named Amy Abernathy, MD, presented at today’s Health Care Innovations Summit in Washington, D.C. Co-hosted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, West Wireless Health Institute and the journal Health Affairs, the gathering brought together about 1,000 health care stakeholders (So says an HHS press release. I’ve been watching the […]
Health and Human Services Committee Roundup
Medicaid shortfall will be met – later State lawmakers signaled yesterday the current Medicaid budget shortfall would be taken care of later this year. In the last budget, legislators from the General Assembly directed the Department of Health and Human Services to cut hundreds of millions from Medicaid, the program, that provides health care for […]
ICYMI: ‘Straight Up Proud’ Of A Proven Mental Health Model
This story was originally published on January 25, 2012. By Taylor Sisk Sometimes a simple sense of belonging can make all the difference in the world. That’s particularly true for those living with severe and persistent mental illness, and it’s the foundation of a model of mental health care. It’s called the clubhouse model, and […]