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43703
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This article illustrates how some doctors working for major medical facilities have switched over to primary care to better assist their patients. The article also mentions how the Affordable Care Act had negative as well as positive effects on the medical system and how doctors work with or around these effects today.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 42 Issue 12, December 2022,
p52-55
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28572
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Eugene Woods is the new CEO of Carolinas Health Care System. Woods is ready to expand North Carolina’s largest hospital system amid concerns that it packs too much power. Among the greatest challenges are government mandates and pressure to treat sick people collaboratively while limiting time spent in hospitals.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 37 Issue 3, March 2017,
p66-71, il, por, map
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36170
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A medical care program in America provided knee and hip surgery for Cubans not able to obtain these treatments on their native soil. Expressions of English and Spanish not always understood created a language barrier at times between the patients and surgical team. The nonverbal signs of surgery success, though, required no translation or interpreter.
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36248
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Employment benefits offered by the profiled thirty four companies, ranged from small to large, included mentorships, child and pet friendly policies, free dental care, flexible work scheduling, tuition reimbursement up to $5,000, paid volunteer days, and all-expense paid trips for top performers. Profiled companies included Hill, Chesson, and Woody; N2 Publishing; Practicon; CCS Construction Staffing; Insperity; Williams Mullen; Alston and Bird LLP; and CPI Security.
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36251
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Part of winning the ongoing battle with cancer included factors that many patients not of limited means may take for granted: transportation and cost of insurance and treatments. Attesting to the necessity of affordable health care included descriptions of cutting-edge procedures and benefits of the modern multi-faceted, collaborative approach to treatments.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 37 Issue 6, June 2017,
p40, 42, 44-45
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36256
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In citing Cardinal Innovations Healthcare as a major cause for the continuing issues involving health care in North Carolina, some experts believed it was a case of paying more attention to the symptoms rather than disease. For such experts, focusing on issues such as the company’s excessive salaries, employee bonuses and questionable spending took attention away from what mattered most: providing quality health care for all North Carolinians.
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39942
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Contemporary medical challenges directly impacting the community, health professionals in facilities such as Pitt County’s health department and Vidant Medical Center are optimistic about overcoming. Reason for optimism is reflected in a timeline, containing highlights such as the eradication of diseases such as smallpox, and in the observations of Dr. Earl Trevathan, whose career left him witness and contributor to sixty years of medical advancements.
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Rankin, Watson Smith, 1879-1970; Bickett, Thomas Walter, 1869-1921; Pitt County Health Department--history ; Health care; Chronic diseases; Trevathan, Earl ; Vaccines; Vidant Health; Communicable diseases; Medicaid; Diabetes--Prevention; Health care and maintenance programs ; North Carolina Medical Society
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30185
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North Carolina health care providers are dealing with changes in population and procedures, the latter brought by the Patient Privacy and Affordable Care Act. They also manage growing rates of chronic diseases and face multiple challenges in providing care. A panel of health care experts examines these issues and prescribes solutions.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 36 Issue 5, May 2016,
p14-20, il, por
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36275
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On the downside to the takeover of AI in employment sectors: the elimination of jobs traditionally targeted for elimination, such as factory work; the elimination of highly paid positions such as software designing. Changes that may be a mixed blessing include a minimum guaranteed income provided by the government. However, what may be criticized now as a sign of a socialistic society may one day be regarded as the basis of economic survival.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 36 Issue 2, February 2016,
p67-68
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40065
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The profiled ECU physician’s assistant program graduate helps generate Vance Family Medicine’s family-like atmosphere. As for the combination of caring and capability medical professionals like Tanya Darrow exhibit, it’s particularly valuable for the region she works. It contains a considerable number of communities medically underserved as well as rural.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 14 Issue 3, Spring 2016,
p28-31
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Medically underserved populations--rural populations--North Carolina, Eastern; Health care accessibility; Health facilities; Health care; Medical care; Medical care facilities; Medically underserved areas; Family medicine; East Carolina University. Brody School of Medicine; Rural medicine; Physicians' assistants; East Carolina University--College of Allied Health Sciences
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22565
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This article lists the best hospitals in North Carolina by outright best hospitals, patient picks, cutting-edge hospitals, and top-performing hospitals
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 35 Issue 3, March 2015,
p3, por
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35250
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The medical profession played an important role in her decade’s journey of healing. As Rose Turner proved, though, healing also involved a divine entity.
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35300
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The medical profession played an important role in her decade’s journey of healing. As Rose Turner proved, though, healing also involved a divine entity.
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14.“The Warmth of a Sister’s Love.” by Triplett, Derek Carolina Country Vol. 47 Issue 8, August 2015
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35324
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Derek Triplett related the event that caused him and his sister to truly bond: a car accident that encouraged her to become one of his caregivers. It’s a bond that has endured for nearly two decades and came to include their respective children.
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27732
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State and UNC Chapel Hill researchers have created a map to show where well water could pose risks to newborns. Water wells throughout the center of the state are saturated with manganese which can cause heart defects in newborns. Researchers hope these maps will help prevent future birth defects.
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