A petition to ease restrictions on MRI machine ownership for community hospitals was struck down Wednesday by the State Health Coordinating Council's Technology and Equipment Committee, a division of the the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Published: Saturday, April 2nd, 2016 @ 6:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Health care policy decisions usually come as federal dictates, so it's a rare opportunity when state legislators have full authority to grant North Carolinians more freedom over their health care options.
Published: Monday, September 7th, 2015 @ 6:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina has no environmental rules for shutting down solar projects safely, state officials say, and may lack sufficient facilities to dispose of the glass, steel, industrial lubricants, and toxic elements after solar panels in the state's expanding solar industry reach the end of their usefu
Published: Wednesday, July 29th, 2015 @ 8:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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My budget incorporates initiatives from the North Carolina Government Efficiency and Reform program (NC GEAR) that will save more than $14 million in year one and more than $57 million in year two of the biennium, with a savings over ten years conservatively estimated at more than $615 million in...
Published: Friday, March 13th, 2015 @ 3:43 am
By: Chris Downey
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It is easy to understand why North Carolina hospitals are adamant about keeping the state's Certificate of Need (CON) regulations locked in the law books. After all, what law better protects their fortresses from potential competitors who could possibly provide more innovative services in less...
Published: Sunday, December 7th, 2014 @ 6:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Dr. W. Randolph Chitwood Jr. and cardiovascular physicians and staff accepted recognition Jan. 14 for being part of the first heart center in the Carolinas and Tennessee to install and use an advanced piece of imaging equipment.
Published: Friday, January 17th, 2014 @ 1:59 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Robotic equipment at the Rehabilitation Center at Vidant Medical Center is giving pediatric and adult patients with neurological conditions the opportunity to gain strength and endurance and possible even a chance to walk again.
Published: Monday, November 5th, 2012 @ 1:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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