/tags/unc-health-care UNC Health Care en-US Copyright Tue, 02 Apr 2024 18:31:44 GMT /health/2024-04-02/prtf-nc-mental-health-mood-disorder-psychiatric-wunc-investigation-story-3 Advocates say North Carolina's mental health care system would improve by providing more care in community and home-based settings. But an "institutional bias" in the state means that likely won't happen for years, or even decades. Tue, 02 Apr 2024 18:31:44 GMT /health/2024-04-02/prtf-nc-mental-health-mood-disorder-psychiatric-wunc-investigation-story-3 Jason deBruyn /politics/2023-05-22/looser-regulations-could-benefit-unc-and-bcbsnc-but-consumer-advocates-worry A couple of bills under consideration at the General Assembly this year could dramatically loosen regulations for two of North Carolina's largest health care institutions. Mon, 22 May 2023 19:30:09 GMT /politics/2023-05-22/looser-regulations-could-benefit-unc-and-bcbsnc-but-consumer-advocates-worry Jason deBruyn /health/2020-03-15/triangle-hospitals-prepping-for-spike-in-covid-19-patients It's an odd moment for the people who work in North Carolina healthcare. They read the reports of what is happening in Italy, South Korea and China, where… Mon, 16 Mar 2020 00:56:03 GMT /health/2020-03-15/triangle-hospitals-prepping-for-spike-in-covid-19-patients Jay Price /health/2019-06-17/unc-health-care-suspends-some-complex-heart-surgeries-at-childrens-hospital Officials with UNC Health Care on Monday announced several initiatives they say will restore confidence in its pediatric heart surgery program, including… Mon, 17 Jun 2019 18:50:13 GMT /health/2019-06-17/unc-health-care-suspends-some-complex-heart-surgeries-at-childrens-hospital Rusty Jacobs, Elizabeth Baier /health/2019-01-06/pay-raise-coming-for-9-000-unc-health-care-workers The ripping sound of Velcro snapped through a patient room as Meredith Pounds prepped to wrap a blood pressure meter around someone's arm. Bearings… Mon, 07 Jan 2019 03:46:21 GMT /health/2019-01-06/pay-raise-coming-for-9-000-unc-health-care-workers Jason deBruyn /health/2018-12-21/unc-health-care-to-manage-jacksonville-hospital UNC Health Care reached a management agreement with Onslow Memorial Hospital, making the coastal North Carolina health center the 11th UNC affiliated… Fri, 21 Dec 2018 20:16:14 GMT /health/2018-12-21/unc-health-care-to-manage-jacksonville-hospital Jason deBruyn /health/2018-11-28/with-new-center-unc-rex-ratchets-up-cancer-care-competition UNC Rex Healthcare announced a plan to build a $65 million cancer center at its west Raleigh campus. The new center will ratchet up competition with Duke… Thu, 29 Nov 2018 02:38:51 GMT /health/2018-11-28/with-new-center-unc-rex-ratchets-up-cancer-care-competition Jason deBruyn /news/2018-11-01/healthcare-executive-to-replace-outgoing-unc-president-margaret-spellings Dr. Bill Roper, CEO of the UNC Health Care, will replace outgoing UNC System President Margaret Spellings on an interim basis starting in the new year.… Thu, 01 Nov 2018 19:18:28 GMT /news/2018-11-01/healthcare-executive-to-replace-outgoing-unc-president-margaret-spellings Lisa Philip /health/2018-09-13/unc-healthcare-offers-free-virtual-urgent-care-service-during-storm Dealing with a sick child or a minor ailment can be especially tough while waiting out a storm. UNC Healthcare has a solution for anyone in North Carolina… Thu, 13 Sep 2018 18:18:33 GMT /health/2018-09-13/unc-healthcare-offers-free-virtual-urgent-care-service-during-storm Liz Schlemmer /health/2018-05-31/roper-to-step-down-as-ceo-of-unc-health-care-and-dean-of-medical-school UNC Health Care CEO Dr. William Roper announced he will step down.Roper, who also serves as the dean of the UNC School of Medicine, plans to stay on for… Thu, 31 May 2018 19:56:03 GMT /health/2018-05-31/roper-to-step-down-as-ceo-of-unc-health-care-and-dean-of-medical-school Jason deBruyn