Dual nursing, business degree program aims to improve health care administration
Published: Monday, August 14th, 2023 @ 8:59 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Psychiatric nurses aim to help North Carolina’s mental health
Published: Monday, June 19th, 2023 @ 12:28 am
By: ECU News Services
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On Tuesday, the House Health Committee will consider several bills that critics say are likely to raise insurance costs for consumers.
Published: Thursday, June 1st, 2023 @ 12:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Stephanie Brinson is an advanced practice registered nurse seeing thousands of patients a year, along with five other APRNs, in a Garner practice open seven days week.
Published: Monday, May 8th, 2023 @ 1:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A new legal brief from the John Locke Foundation urges the N.C. Supreme Court to avoid a decision that could harm health care access in North Carolina.
Published: Monday, March 6th, 2023 @ 12:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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ECU health sciences prepare its graduates to lead the rural workforce
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 @ 4:29 am
By: ECU News Services
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In a court motion filed Oct. 17, Planned Parenthood is asking a state court to block a law that prevents nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, and physician assistants from administering the abortion pill in North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, November 17th, 2022 @ 11:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The 2021 session of the General Assembly began in January, as the world was entering its second year of the pandemic. The hope was the COVID fog would lift, allowing a return to normalcy, at least in a relative sense, and that lawmakers could go about business as usual.
Published: Tuesday, February 15th, 2022 @ 3:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced the approval of its staffing support request, in partnership with Atrium Health, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response.
Published: Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022 @ 11:52 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yesterday afternoon, sponsors of the SAVE Act gathered a stakeholder meeting at the North Carolina General Assembly.
Published: Tuesday, October 12th, 2021 @ 6:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A car crash changed the future for East Carolina University’s Dr. Pamela Reis — and the future of thousands of students, mothers and their babies.
Published: Thursday, July 22nd, 2021 @ 5:28 pm
By: ECU News Services
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In this blog, I’ll highlight two good pieces of health care policy set to be heard in committee soon.
Published: Monday, April 26th, 2021 @ 1:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawmakers have introduced a pair of bills that would give broader scope-of-practice opportunities for advanced practice registered nurses in North Carolina.
Published: Friday, March 12th, 2021 @ 11:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Nurse Residency Program at Vidant Medical Center (VMC) achieved accreditation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation Practice Transition Programs through July 2024.
Published: Thursday, June 4th, 2020 @ 11:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina has rolled back many regulations in health care during the Coronavirus outbreak.
Published: Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 @ 4:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Along with the rest of the nation, North Carolina is facing an unprecedented health challenge with the COVID-19 virus.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2020 @ 12:24 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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What comes to mind when you think of the term “health care delivery?” Most people probably think of entities like doctors’ offices, insurers, hospitals, and pharmacies.
Published: Wednesday, February 19th, 2020 @ 10:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Master’s programs in business, criminal justice, education and nursing recognized
Published: Thursday, January 16th, 2020 @ 3:32 am
By: ECU Sports
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Thousands of elderly patients lost their health care provider, and nurse practitioner Michelle Schmerge had to watch them go.
Published: Tuesday, January 7th, 2020 @ 3:04 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Greg is a proud conservative, husband, father, and leader who seeks to continue a lifetime of selfless service through public office.
Published: Friday, December 6th, 2019 @ 10:46 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Hometown Debate Series concluded Thursday, Oct. 17, in Henderson, as legislators and policy advocates debated the delivery of medical services.
Published: Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019 @ 10:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Thanks to new grant funding, graduates from several ECU College of Nursing departments will be poised to provide health care that makes a big difference in small communities.
Published: Thursday, September 26th, 2019 @ 9:33 am
By: ECU News Services
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Vidant Medical Center (VMC) was selected as one of the American Academy of PAs’ (AAPA) Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management’s (CHLM) winners of the 2019-2020 Employer of Excellence Awards.
Published: Saturday, June 8th, 2019 @ 3:58 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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As North Carolina's population ages, and demands for health care rise, nurses need the freedom to do more
Published: Wednesday, March 6th, 2019 @ 11:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Here’s a simple illustration of the urban/rural population divide in North Carolina: The state’s two most-populous counties — Wake and Mecklenburg — are home to about as many people as the total number of residents in the 18 smallest counties
Published: Thursday, June 21st, 2018 @ 12:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In North Carolina, nurse practitioners (NP) can't treat patients unless they establish a collaborative practice agreement with a supervising doctor - a written contract that outlines patient management, prescribing authorities, and how the NP and physician will communicate with each other
Published: Sunday, May 13th, 2018 @ 6:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell is raising red flags about a proposed merger between publicly owned ECU Physicians, the medical practice of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, and Vidant Medical Group, a private entity that would assume controlling interest
Published: Sunday, April 1st, 2018 @ 12:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yesterday, bipartisan legislation co-introduced by U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) that streamlines and eases the burden on the process whereby active-duty military, reservists and veterans apply for their commercial driver's license was signed into law
Published: Tuesday, January 9th, 2018 @ 6:20 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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The infant mortality rate remains frustratingly high in North Carolina compared to the national average, a report from the state Department of Health and Human Services finds
Published: Monday, November 13th, 2017 @ 10:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yesterday, bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) that streamlines and eases the burden on the process whereby active-duty military, reservists and veterans apply for their commercial driver's license passed out of the S
Published: Friday, September 15th, 2017 @ 10:11 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) joined Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Mike Rounds (R-SD), and Mark Warner (D-VA) at a press conference to introduce the "Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act," which makes common-sense changes to staffing policies at the Department of Veterans Affairs to...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 2:46 am
By: Chris Downey
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The East Carolina Heart Institute (ECHI) at Vidant Medical Center has received the Get With The Guidelines - Heart Failure Gold Plus Achievement Award from the American Heart Association. The recognition signifies that the East Carolina Heart Institute at Vidant Medical Center has reached an...
Published: Saturday, May 23rd, 2015 @ 11:59 pm
By: Chris Downey
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The North Carolina General Assembly is currently considering the Modernizing Nursing Practice Act, which seeks to remove certain practice barriers for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses. The legislation would remove costly physician supervision requirements for Nurse Practitioners, Certified...
Published: Thursday, April 30th, 2015 @ 9:06 pm
By: ECU News Services
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North Carolina could save as much as $4.3 billion while easing, if not eliminating, a looming doctor shortage by updating statutes that restrict the operations of high-level nurses, a Duke researcher says.
Published: Thursday, April 30th, 2015 @ 1:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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