UNC Health Care is ending its services at a behavioral health facility in Raleigh and will be laying off 246 employees, according to a layoff notice filed with the state of North Carolina. However, Wake County, which owns the facility, says it is seeking another provider.
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UNC School of Medicine researchers and colleagues at the University of Texas Southwestern reveal the inner workings of cellular communication and processes important for cell migration and potentially metastasis in newly published paper.
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The UNC School of Medicine lab of Jason Franz, PhD, created virtual reality experiments to show how a potentially portable and inexpensive test could reduce falls and related injuries in people with multiple sclerosis.
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For the first time, scientific collaborators at the UNC School of Medicine, UC-San Francisco, and the University of Buffalo created molecules to selectively bind to MT1 melatonin receptors on the surface of cells and modulate circadian rhythms in animal models of jetlag. Their work was published in “Nature”.
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UNC Senior Alliance, a pay-for-performance health care organization focusing on new tools and means of delivering healthcare, is the No. 1 such group among 34 nationally, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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Patients and visitors now have a smartphone app to help them navigate the UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill as well as UNC Rex Healthcare in Raleigh plus gain access to additional information from health records to urgent care wait times.
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UNC Health Care is now offering a one-click mobile app that enables patients and healthcare providers to connect for live video visits and consultations.
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People in need of health care during Hurricane Florence can get virtual assistance free of charge thanks to UNC Health Care and national service provider Doctor on Demand.
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Jason Burke, a former executive at SAS, now leads a team of some 40 people at UNC Health Care that is seeking to find ways in which “big data” analytics can be used to improve health care. In the first part of a QA, Burke talks about the challenges and opportunities his team faces.
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