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A national report card on hospital patient safety has ranked North Carolina in third place among hospitals in the U.S. that had mostly “A” ratings when it comes to patient safety, up from sixth place this past spring.
Published: Monday, March 25th, 2024 @ 5:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will host a live fireside chat and tele-town hall on Tues., Feb. 20, from 6 to 7 p.m., to discuss how to support and improve heart health as well as prevent and manage heart disease.
Published: Saturday, March 2nd, 2024 @ 2:30 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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A recent decision in a western North Carolina certificate-of-need legal dispute could affect dozens of other CON cases across the state.
Published: Wednesday, February 7th, 2024 @ 11:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Last week, a 25-year-old detransitioned North Carolina woman filed a lawsuit against those she claims were responsible for convincing her to undergo gender-reassignment medical procedures when she was a minor.
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 @ 8:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Building on its ongoing COVID-19 events, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will host a live fireside chat and tele-town hall on Wednesday, Feb. 22, from 6 to 7 p.m. to discuss the importance of heart health as well as heart disease prevention and management.
Published: Sunday, February 26th, 2023 @ 2:27 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Groundbreaking Report Concludes Nonprofit Hospitals Paid Top Executives Over $1.75 Billion in the Past Decade, Doubling CEO Compensation Faster than Previously Thought
Published: Saturday, February 18th, 2023 @ 11:00 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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North Carolina's largest hospital systems profited from billions COVID relief funds and Medicare payments.
Published: Wednesday, July 6th, 2022 @ 5:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Steelion Chase “Steele” Whichard, age 27, a resident of Washington, NC died Sunday April 17, 2022, at Cone Health Alamance Reginal Medical Center in Burlington.
Published: Tuesday, April 19th, 2022 @ 12:40 pm
By: Announcements
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced nominations and appointments to North Carolina boards and commissions.
Published: Friday, April 8th, 2022 @ 8:15 am
By: Governor's Office
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COVID-19 Situation Update: February 16
Published: Thursday, February 17th, 2022 @ 9:50 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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COVID-19 Situation Update: February 9
Published: Sunday, February 13th, 2022 @ 7:06 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina National Guard is deploying guard members to Alamance Regional Medical Center, part of the Cone Health System, in Burlington, N.C. to support staff and hospital operations. The 25 NCNG soldiers and airmen will arrive Thursday morning.
Published: Thursday, February 10th, 2022 @ 11:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina State Health Plan and the National Academy of State Health Policy find that nonprofit hospitals have billed millions of dollars to disadvantaged patients.
Published: Thursday, January 27th, 2022 @ 10:09 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In the face of nationwide competition for testing supplies and shortages of testing staff, the NCDHHS is pulling all available levers to support existing testing sites, to open more sites across the state and to increase access to at-home collection kits.
Published: Wednesday, January 12th, 2022 @ 11:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, the North Carolina Healthcare Association (NCHA) announced its position approved by the association’s board of trustees supporting COVID-19 vaccination requirements for healthcare workers.
Published: Sunday, August 15th, 2021 @ 7:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Walk-in and drive-up vaccinations now provided without appointment
Published: Friday, April 23rd, 2021 @ 12:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen visited the Piedmont Health SeniorCare center in Pittsboro to see patients in the Chatham County community receive the vaccine.
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2021 @ 10:38 am
By: Governor's Office
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is partnering with health systems, local health departments and community health centers across the state to host large community vaccine events for people currently eligible to be vaccinated.
Published: Saturday, January 16th, 2021 @ 11:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Taxes and employee benefits are at the center of the race for N.C. treasurer.
Published: Wednesday, October 14th, 2020 @ 12:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Greensboro-based Cone Health and Norfolk, VA-based Sentara Healthcare on Wednesday announced plans to merge the two hospital systems.
Published: Monday, August 17th, 2020 @ 3:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) selected 13 businesses to join its pool of qualified vendors to support the state’s response to COVID-19, bringing the total number of vendors to 39.
Published: Monday, July 20th, 2020 @ 11:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Group will work to identify and address inequities highlighted by COVID-19
Published: Thursday, July 16th, 2020 @ 2:40 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Gov. Roy Cooper encourages everyone to get a test for COVID-19, especially people who attended mass gatherings or protests.
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020 @ 12:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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During Sunshine Week — seven days highlighting the public’s right to know about what happens behind the government’s closed doors — much of North Carolina’s health care system remains in the shade.
Published: Saturday, March 21st, 2020 @ 9:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Jessica L. Triche, MD, a family physician from Bath, N.C., was installed as President-Elect of the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians, Inc. (NCAFP) on Friday, December 6, in Asheville.
Published: Tuesday, December 10th, 2019 @ 7:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senate Bill 537 creates a $20 million loan program, which will funnel taxpayer dollars to distressed rural hospitals.
Published: Tuesday, November 12th, 2019 @ 6:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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With lungs already damaged by vaping, patients could face higher risks of complications from influenza.
Published: Friday, October 11th, 2019 @ 11:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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When a patient’s lungs began to fail, doctors had no ready explanation — until they read media reports of vaping-related illnesses.
Published: Tuesday, October 8th, 2019 @ 9:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Doctors expect more people to die of vaping-related illnesses in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 @ 5:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s cities host some of the nation’s most monopolistic hospital markets.
Published: Thursday, September 19th, 2019 @ 8:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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While the fighting over Medicaid and the state budget persists, Republicans’s effort to save rural hospitals with a state-funded loan program will move forward.
Published: Wednesday, August 14th, 2019 @ 12:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Hospitals have called the treasurer’s bluff. The deadline for hospital signups onto the State Health Plan expired Monday, yet the plan remains bereft of major hospital networks.
Published: Sunday, August 11th, 2019 @ 5:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State Treasurer Dale Fowell has sweetened a deal for hospitals to sign on to his Clear Pricing Project.
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2019 @ 8:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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