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2019 Health & Human Services Budget – House & Senate

June 24, 2019 by Rose Hoban

2019 Health & Human Services Budget – House & Senate - North Carolina Health News

Just in time for the conference committee budget, here are how the Senate and the House of Representatives each proposed to spend on health and human services.

By Rose Hoban After 2018’s unusual budget process this year’s budget has unfolded in a more “traditional” way. The House unveiled it’s proposal to spend $5.569 billion on health and human services priorities in early May. The Senate finished it’s work on the budget in early June, asking for a total appropriation of $5.552 billion […]

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Move over, Triangle: Health care startups growing in Charlotte

March 15, 2019 by Yen Duong

Move over, Triangle: Health care startups growing in Charlotte - North Carolina Health News

While Research Triangle Park is known as a hotbed for innovation, health care startups are thriving and growing in finance-focused Charlotte.

By Yen Duong While suit jackets and briefcases still outnumber hoodies and backpacks in downtown Charlotte, a startup scene is blossoming in the bank-heavy city. Many startups revolve around “fintech,” or financial technologies, to support the local banking businesses, but health care businesses have been popping up as well. “Because of the schools acting as […]

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Advocates On Road Trip to “Change the Rural Narrative”

April 9, 2018 by Taylor Knopf

Advocates On Road Trip to “Change the Rural Narrative” - North Carolina Health News

Advocates at NC Rural Center are visiting all North Carolina’s rural counties to better understand the story of rural N.C. and learn its biggest struggles. Last week, on the table: broadband and why its absence hurts rural communities.

By Taylor Knopf Last year, folks at the NC Rural Center set out on a “Rural Road Trip” to visit all 80 of North Carolina’s rural counties. The goal: To find out what makes these communities tick and what they struggle with. But also, to reframe the rural narrative. John Coggin, NC Rural Center director […]

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Tele-Monitoring Can Reduce Medical Appointments For Low-Risk Pregnancies

March 29, 2018 by Kaiser Health News

Tele-Monitoring Can Reduce Medical Appointments For Low-Risk Pregnancies - North Carolina Health News

Telehealth is starting to be deployed in many ways, including monitoring developments in low-risk pregnancies. These and other telehealth practices could improve health care in rural areas, as well as increase convenience for urban patients.

By Michelle Andrews Kaiser Health News When Allison Matthews was pregnant with her first child four years ago, her obstetrics clinic scheduled frequent appointments to make sure everything was proceeding normally. “I was taking time off work and it wasn’t doing a lot for me,” said Matthews, who was considered at low risk for complications […]

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Health Care Providers Battling Cyber Attackers

February 21, 2018 by Mark Tosczak

Health Care Providers Battling Cyber Attackers - North Carolina Health News

These days providers both large and small have to be on guard against IT attacks, which can be costly in terms of time, money and inconvenience.

By Mark Tosczak On Oct. 8, 2017, a computer was stolen from a UNC dermatology practice in Burlington; on its hard drive were medical records for some 24,000 patients. A few days later, Pinehurst-based FirstHealth of the Carolinas shut down many of its computer systems for two weeks as technicians battled a ransomware virus designed […]

N. C. Medical Society Foundation Gets Grant to Improve Preventive Care in Rural Areas

November 5, 2015 by Editor

N. C. Medical Society Foundation Gets Grant to Improve Preventive Care in Rural Areas - North Carolina Health News

By Taylor Sisk The North Carolina Medical Society Foundation was last month awarded a $440,500 Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust grant to help health care providers in rural communities across the state form accountable care organizations. The ACO model is based on physician practices making a commitment to preventive care and enhanced coordination of services […]

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Eastern Band of Cherokees Unveil Their New Hospital

October 19, 2015 by Editor

Eastern Band of Cherokees Unveil Their New Hospital - North Carolina Health News

The Cherokee community welcomed guests last Thursday to the ribbon-cutting of their state-of-the-art 155-000-square-foot health care facility. By Taylor Sisk Jerry Wolfe has spent the vast majority of his 91 years within shouting distance of Rattlesnake Mountain. The mountain keeps watch over the Cherokee village, hub of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians’ Qualla […]

NCGA Senate Health and Human Services Budget: First Look

June 16, 2015 by Editor

NCGA Senate Health and Human Services Budget: First Look - North Carolina Health News

The budgets of the two chambers of the N.C. General Assembly are a study in contrasts, especially when it comes to funding Health and Human Services. We take a first look at the Senate’s new budget, introduced Monday afternoon. By Rose Hoban In small, packed rooms around the General Assembly complex, senators rolled out a […]

The Ebola in Liberia website developed at UNC-Chapel Hill to help the Liberian government track the spread of the epidemic currently raging in West Africa.

The Ebola Outbreak’s Cyber Connections to North Carolina

October 3, 2014 by Hyun Namkoong

The Ebola Outbreak’s Cyber Connections to North Carolina - North Carolina Health News

UNC-Chapel Hill Associate Professor Steven King and Ken Harper, a professor from Syracuse University, launch a website to do real-time tracking of the Ebola virus in Liberia. By Hyun Namkoong The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has dominated headlines for several months, and North Carolina became the first state in the U.S. to have a […]

Health Plans Scramble To Calculate 2015 Rates

April 29, 2014 by Editor

Health Plans Scramble To Calculate 2015 Rates - North Carolina Health News

By Jay Hancock Kaiser Health News With the results sure to affect politics as well as pocketbooks, health insurers are already preparing to raise rates next year for plans issued under the Affordable Care Act. But their calculation about how much depends on their ability to predict how newly enrolled customers – for whom little […]

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