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Coronavirus Today – Tuesday, March 17 – Restaurants and bars closed

March 17, 2020 by Editor 2 Comments

Coronavirus Today – Tuesday, March 17 – Restaurants and bars closed - North Carolina Health News

As the number of COVID-19 cases in the state climbs to 40, Cooper bans eating at restaurants and bars. Meanwhile, several hospitals across the state have been canceling non-essential surgeries and programs to feed children while they’re out of school begin.

Governor closing bars and restaurants If you were hoping to make it out to your favorite bar to raise a pint in honor of St. Patrick today, your Irish luck just ran out. As of 5 p.m. today, Gov. Roy Cooper ordered all restaurants and bars in North Carolina to be closed except for providing […]

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What stories grabbed you in 2019? NC Health News most-read stories of the year, continued.

December 31, 2019 by Editor

What stories grabbed you in 2019? NC Health News most-read stories of the year, continued. - North Carolina Health News

NC Health News published more than 300 stories in 2019. These are rest of the topics which were widely read, shared and commented on.

By NC Health News staff PFAS, 1,4 dioxane still troubling NC waters In the Wilmington area, the reaction was swift to news in 2017 that potentially unhealthy levels of GenX and other “forever chemicals” had been found in drinking water drawn from the Cape Fear River. There, officials had someone to blame. The state Department […]

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Radio device shows promise as liver cancer treatment, NC study finds

October 15, 2019 by Yen Duong

Radio device shows promise as liver cancer treatment, NC study finds - North Carolina Health News

A device created by Wake Forest Baptist Health researchers is on its way to treating liver cancer with radio frequencies.

By Yen Duong Radio waves can entertain and inform you when driving around, but tweak the frequency and amplitude just right and it could save lives, according to a new study by researchers from Wake Forest Baptist Health. Researchers are working on getting FDA approval for a treatment device that kills tumor cells of hepatocellular […]

More than a medical school: health care giants Atrium Health and Wake Forest Baptist Health want to consolidate

April 18, 2019 by Yen Duong

More than a medical school: health care giants Atrium Health and Wake Forest Baptist Health want to consolidate - North Carolina Health News

Charlotte-based hospital behemoth Atrium Health and Wake Forest Baptist Health announced the beginning of talks to combine their organizations and build a medical school in Charlotte.

By Yen Duong Even after last year’s failure to merge with UNC Health Care, Atrium Health isn’t giving up on consolidations. Last week, Wake Forest University, Wake Forest Baptist Health and Atrium announced that by the end of the year, they would have a proposal for how to join forces. While the prestige of a […]

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Doctors breaking away from hospitals say they can provide medical care for less

March 19, 2019 by Mark Tosczak

Doctors breaking away from hospitals say they can provide medical care for less - North Carolina Health News

In Charlotte, one of the most expensive health care markets in the country, scores of doctors have split off from the area’s giant hospital systems. They can say they can provide better health care, for less.

By Mark Tosczak In the prosperous suburbs north of Charlotte, some 42 primary care doctors have broken away from hospital giant Novant Health and joined with Holston Medical Group, a large, independent practice spread across three states. For Dr. David Cook, a family medicine specialist and one of the physicians leading the effort, his first […]

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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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BCBSNC, major hospitals say they’re coordinating to provide more “value-based” care

January 16, 2019 by Rose Hoban

BCBSNC, major hospitals say they’re coordinating to provide more “value-based” care - North Carolina Health News

There have been experiments with creating more effective ways to pay for health care, but Tuesday’s announcement marks the largest initiative in the state to date to wean health care systems off of fee-for-service payments.

By Rose Hoban For more than a decade, the pages of health policy journals have been filled with research and commentary describing how health care providers in the U.S. need to move away from simply getting paid for doing more patient procedures. Instead, the push has been toward eliminating unnecessary care and focusing on care […]

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Wake Forest Baptist Still Reviewing Thousands of Pathology Cases

April 13, 2018 by Mark Tosczak

Wake Forest Baptist Still Reviewing Thousands of Pathology Cases - North Carolina Health News

At least 10 patients received improper diagnoses and in at least four cases, received the wrong treatment.

By Mark Tosczak April 13, 2018 Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is reviewing more than 9,000 cases from its pathology lab, seeking to uncover any additional instances of errant cancer diagnoses. In March, the Winston-Salem-based health system said it had found 10 cases of patients where pathology lab errors “led to a change in diagnosis […]

Wake Forest Baptist Back in Medicare’s Good Graces

April 11, 2018 by Mark Tosczak

Wake Forest Baptist Back in Medicare’s Good Graces - North Carolina Health News

After lab-based errors placed the hospital's federal reimbursement in jeopardy, WFBMC has cleared its name with federal regulators.

By Mark Tosczak UPDATE: Although the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid have rescinded the Medicare termination for Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, the federal agency told the health system it must fix problems with its pathology lab by June 12, or be cut off, NC Health News learned Thursday from CMS. Wake Forest Baptist Health […]

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