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Health 2.0 Attempts to Understand the ePatient of the Future
Digital technologies are changing the way doctors work and the way health care gets delivered. But is that always a positive thing? By Stephanie Soucheray More than 100 entrepreneurs, health workers...
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Remote Health Monitoring Proves Successful, State Stops Funding
A community health clinic in rural Hertford County launched a telehealth program to fill a local need, but became a national leader in the provision of chronic disease monitoring. By Amy Adams Ellis...
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A Health-Monitoring Program Charts Success, Seeks Funding
This is the second of a two-installment story on a North Carolina-based organization’s successful use of remote patient monitoring. You can read part 1 here. By Amy Adams Ellis Nurse Rhonda Cotton...
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Local Technology Could Help Ease N.C. Fracking Concerns
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Docs Sue DHHS Over NCTracks Trainwreck
By Rose Hoban A group of medical practices filed a class-action suit today against the state Department of Health and Human Services over what they call the “negligently developed and designed”...
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Food Stamp Backlog Cleared, Some Places More Successfully Than Others
As counties scrambled to meet a federal deadline to resolve a backlog of food stamp applications and recertifications, those with more resources and that were better prepared fared much better. By...
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New Rule Gives Patients Direct Access To Their Lab Reports
By Ankita Rao Kaiser Health News Calling your doctor to get lab results might be a thing of the past: A new federal rule will allow patients to have direct access to their completed laboratory...
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Obamacare Faces Scrutiny at Legislature
The Affordable Care Act took the stage in three different venues at the General Assembly Tuesday, in both supporting-actor and lead roles. By Rose Hoban Act 1 – Is NC health care competitive enough?...
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Food Stamp Backlogs Portend More Social Service Woes
The complicated and troubled NC FAST computer system used for determining eligibility for social service benefits took center stage at the legislature Thursday. By Rose Hoban Scarcely 48 hours after...
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Broadband, a Screen and a Mic Connects Patients to Psychiatrists
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services now reimburses more telepsychiatry services, potentially increasing access to psychiatric services, but experts say more can be done with telehealth to...
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A Rural Practice Fights to Stay Solvent
For one of the only pediatric providers in Hertford County, providing care to an underserved rural population is the dream. But the troubled rollout of NCTracks turned that dream into a nightmare. By...
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Exploring the Waves for New Medical Knowledge
Researchers in eastern North Carolina are culling the waters of the coast to find ingredients for new drugs and treatments for disease. By Whitney L.J. Howell Think about the ocean, and visions of...
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Fostering Health Care Innovation
A showcase at UNC-Chapel Hill highlights innovations coming from labs on campus that turn into companies, jobs and new therapies and diagnostics. By Rose Hoban In old episodes of Star Trek, medical...
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NCGA Budgets Make Cuts in Biotech Funding
Cuts in both the House and Senate budgets have members of the biotechnology industry concerned. By Rose Hoban Driving through Research Triangle Park at night, it’s not uncommon to see the lights of...
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Removing Barriers to Virtual Doctor Visits
In the digital age, telehealth should be a no-brainer. But barriers have slowed adoption by doctors and patients. Telehealth enthusiasts are looking for some help from the legislature to lower some of...
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Medicare Slow to Adopt Telemedicine Due to Cost Concerns
By Phil Galewitz Kaiser Health News Donna Miles didn’t feel like getting dressed and driving to her physician’s office or to a retailer’s health clinic near her Cincinnati home. For several days, she...
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Students Create Health Care Apps for Competition
By Dylan Field A team of five undergraduate students and one Ph.D. student took home two awards, including the Grand Prize at the inaugural Triangle Health Innovation Challenge on Sunday afternoon. In...
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Biotech Leaders Recap, Look Ahead
Executives from the biotechnology sector gathered this week to look back at this years’ legislative session and begin planning for next year. By Rose Hoban Usually by the time the N.C. Biosciences...
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For Those with Disabilities in Need of Work: There’s an App for That
Last week’s assistive technology conference in Raleigh showcased tech solutions to help people with disabilities function better at home and work. By Rose Hoban Seventh-grader Lizzie Willis will talk...
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The Other Side of Thanksgiving
What happens after you eat that big meal on Thursday? N.C. Health News set off to find out. By Gabe Rivin Thanksgiving is a notorious day of overeating, as family members stuff themselves with turkey...
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