is well under way on a four-year project constructing the North Carolina Cancer Hospital, the fifth hospital in the University of North Carolina Hospitals system. In addition to the 324,000-square-foot cancer hospital, Skanska is also building a 105,000-square-foot physicians' office building ...
The Wide Open Charitable Foundation will be collecting new, unwrapped toys, games and crafts for the pediatric patients at UNC Children's Hospital and surrounding Children's Hospitals in North Carolina. These items will be collected during the holidays and donated after the first of the new year...
Hospitals and healthcare systems have confirmed the growing benefit of having trained engaged volunteers to support the healthcare team and increase patient satisfaction.5.6 Lay health advisors have a rich history in North Carolina of utilizing trained volunteers to promote health and disease prevention....
Much of the uncertainty stems from continuing discoveries about cancer’s true complexity. Mills’ colleagues at MD Anderson, for example, recently made a particularly dispiriting realization that has already transformed cancer care at MD Anderson and other hospitals. Technology Terms in Cancer Genomic...
(D. L. Rawaf); University College London Hospitals, London, England, United Kingdom (D. L. Rawaf); Academic Public Health, Public Health England, London, England, United Kingdom (S. Rawaf); School of Social Sciences and Psychology, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, ...
The widespread fires that are devastating the Los Angeles area is one of the most destructive in the city's history, but the impact of it extends far beyond structural damage. Sneaky-small particles in wildfire smoke can cause a variety of health problems. ...
Conclusions and Relevance In this cross-sectional study, surgery at NCI centers vs community hospitals was associated with higher insurer spending for a surgical episode without differences in care utilization among patients with private insurance undergoing cancer surgery. A better understanding of the fa...
I'm wondering that the hospital in which you work changed their policy or did your previous position change their policy? Dr. Kathryn Cappell: I haven't actually mentioned this story to them yet or asked them to change their policy. I do feel it's pretty common at the different hospitals...
cancer, medical records and pathology reports were sought from treating physicians and hospitals to confirm the diagnosis and obtain information on pathology, treatments, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) values at diagnosis, increases in PSA after treatment (PSA or biochemical recurrence), and metastasis...
On the policy side, Congress enacted the NIH Revitalization Act that addressed representation of women and minority patients in NIH-sponsored research through the creation of Minority Community Clinical Oncology Programs, collaboration in strategic initiatives with the CDC and teaching hospitals, and specia...