Office of State Medical Examiner

Uncontrolled Pain: The Other Side of the Opioid Crisis

October 16, 2018 by Taylor Knopf

Uncontrolled Pain: The Other Side of the Opioid Crisis - North Carolina Health News

Pain patients say they can’t find doctors to treat their conditions. Many are distraught, some are suicidal. Others are rallying together to make their voices heard.

By Taylor Knopf People who have relied on their medication just to get out of bed, care for their children or tend their garden are struggling to find doctors who will prescribe opioids amidst the current drug overdose epidemic. Online support groups are filled with desperate pleas from people unable to find a doctor to […]

To Make Better Policy, States Seek Better Death Certificates

September 2, 2016 by Editor

To Make Better Policy, States Seek Better Death Certificates - North Carolina Health News

States often struggle to understand what causes deaths in their residents because essential data is missing. By Michael Ollove Stateline Robert Anderson may know more about death than anybody else in the United States. Anderson is chief of mortality statistics for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Information about death flows into his suburban […]

House lawmakers come back for one more budget vote and are likely to wrap up work for the year Friday or Saturday.

NCGA Compromise Budget Commits to Medicaid Reform, But Details Remain Slim

September 14, 2015 by Editor

NCGA Compromise Budget Commits to Medicaid Reform, But Details Remain Slim - North Carolina Health News

Close to three months late, the state budget is finally here. By Rose Hoban Members of the health care community who have been waiting for months, actually years, for a final deal on the long-anticipated overhaul of North Carolina’s Medicaid program will have to wait a few days longer. That’s because language on Medicaid reform […]

Gov. Pat McCrory presented his recommended $21.5 billion budget Thursday morning.

McCrory’s $21.5 Billion Budget Holds Health Care Spending Mostly Steady

March 6, 2015 by Editor

McCrory’s $21.5 Billion Budget Holds Health Care Spending Mostly Steady - North Carolina Health News

Budget season begins with Gov. Pat McCrory’s $21.5 billion proposal. By Rose Hoban In the coming year, Gov. Pat McCrory said he would like to spend about $5.3 billion on state health care needs as part of a budget totaling $21.5 billion. The governor rolled out his budget proposal at the emergency management center on […]

The autopsy suites in the new state lab in Raleigh expanded the capacity of the Office of State Medical Examiner. The new facility opened in early 2013.

Lawmakers Address Need for Improvement in Medical Examiner System

September 30, 2014 by Editor

Lawmakers Address Need for Improvement in Medical Examiner System - North Carolina Health News

After a damning investigation in the Charlotte Observer, lawmakers address lacks in the state's system for examining deaths.

By Rose Hoban On the television show CSI, the female medical examiners often wear high heels and smart suits; the men wear dark glasses and designer windbreakers. They bring the evidence back from a crime scene, put it into a lab machine, and toxicology reports get spit out in minutes. They have up-to-date computer systems […]

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