Physicians from the UNC Department of Family Medicine’s YOUR HEALTH™ 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 […]
Posted inCost of Care, Healthcare Workers, NC Health Briefs
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 […]
Posted inFeatured, Medicaid, Public Health, State Health Policy
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 […]
Posted inCOMMENTARY, Featured, Mental Health, Public Health, State Health Policy
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 […]
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Changes At The Top Of Department of Health And Human Services
More changes are coming at the top of the state’s Department of Health and Human Services in the wake of the departure of Secretary of Health and Human Services Lanier Cansler. Cansler announced he would be stepping down from his post nearly two weeks ago. Now other leaders in the Department will be switching chairs. […]
Posted inConsumer News, Cost of Care, HOUSE Calls
HOUSE Calls: Questions About Emailing Your Doctor
Dear HOUSE Calls, I took a picture of my partner’s wound on his leg and emailed it to his doctor and asked what we should do. He prescribed an antibiotic. Is this the wave of the future? Can doctor’s bill for this type of consultation? This is a hot topic, thanks for raising it. There […]