Study by Duke University School of Law researchers and the North Carolina Office of State Treasurer finds that North Carolina's hospitals obtained legal judgments, including interest charges, from patients with medical debt
Published: Friday, September 29th, 2023 @ 11:23 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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She woke up Monday morning complaining about feeling “kinda punk.” After breakfast I found her on the front porch wrapped in a blanket, shivering in the 90-degree temperature.
Published: Thursday, September 21st, 2023 @ 12:01 am
By: Tom Campbell
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A Russian group of hackers stole information from a Pennsylvania health network and then published naked photos of cancer patients online when the hospital refused to pay a ransom.
Published: Thursday, March 16th, 2023 @ 1:05 am
By: Daily Wire
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Transgender patients who undergo hormone therapy have a significantly increased risk of serious health problems, such as stroke, heart attack, and pulmonary embolism, according to a new study.
Published: Saturday, March 4th, 2023 @ 7:30 am
By: Daily Wire
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Many people who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder often relive highly-charged fearful and emotional memories while they sleep, and neuroscientists from Virginia Tech have recently discovered what is behind this phenomenon using models of the brain, the news outlet for Virginia Tech reported
Published: Sunday, February 19th, 2023 @ 9:32 am
By: Daily Wire
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The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that medically-assisted death for patients with terminal illnesses is not protected under the state’s constitution.
Published: Monday, December 26th, 2022 @ 9:23 am
By: Daily Wire
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Registered Nurse Claire Bishop was devasted by the thought that TikTok might be banned in the U.S., a "nightmare scenario" which would force her to actually care for sick patients instead of just doing the latest, most trendy dances with the other nurses.
Published: Saturday, December 17th, 2022 @ 10:57 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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Honor Bestowed for his Efforts to Protect Patients Through Price Transparency
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2022 @ 12:20 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Three-time ECU graduate focuses on serving eastern North Carolina patients
Published: Friday, September 16th, 2022 @ 2:53 am
By: ECU News Services
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ECU alumna returns to care for patients in her rural, underserved hometown
Published: Wednesday, September 14th, 2022 @ 2:54 am
By: ECU News Services
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Providers can continue treating uninsured patients with the monoclonal antibody bebtelovimab after the product went on the commercial market last week because of a plan implemented by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
Published: Monday, August 22nd, 2022 @ 10:47 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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ECU medical students honor patients who taught them lasting lessons
Published: Thursday, April 21st, 2022 @ 5:02 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Vidant Health is a mission-driven organization with a strong, steadfast responsibility to serve and care for all of eastern North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, September 1st, 2021 @ 11:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Annual fundraiser raises more than $13K for local pediatric cancer patients
Published: Sunday, May 2nd, 2021 @ 4:54 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Unions won a new stronghold in North Carolina. Patients will pay the price, experts say.
Published: Monday, September 21st, 2020 @ 4:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Vidant Health is committed to protecting the security and privacy of our patients.
Published: Tuesday, September 15th, 2020 @ 11:26 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Liberal Majority On The NC Supreme Court Hand Trial Bar a Win at the Expense of Doctors and Patients
Published: Wednesday, August 19th, 2020 @ 1:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) estimates that as of Monday, 9,115 North Carolinians with COVID-19 are likely to have recovered from their symptoms.
Published: Thursday, May 14th, 2020 @ 8:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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After South Korean health experts discovered that some former coronavirus patients were testing positive again after recovering from the disease, officials thought that the patients could be relapsing — or, the even less likely but far worse option — could be contracting the virus again.
Published: Saturday, May 2nd, 2020 @ 11:19 am
By: Daily Wire
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Regulations continue to prevent advanced nurse practitioners from volunteering to care for sick or injured people in North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2020 @ 2:44 am
By: Carolina Journal
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ECU Physicians launches virtual visit technology to triage suspected COVID-19 patients
Published: Saturday, March 21st, 2020 @ 2:55 am
By: ECU News Services
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Rural patients could get more access to dental care, as dental hygienists can now treat patients in high-need areas without direct supervision, the N.C. Rules Review Commission decided Thursday, Jan. 16.
Published: Monday, January 20th, 2020 @ 5:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Dental hygienists could gain more freedom to treat patients in rural areas and nursing homes.
Published: Friday, January 17th, 2020 @ 8:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Thousands of elderly patients lost their health care provider, and nurse practitioner Michelle Schmerge had to watch them go.
Published: Tuesday, January 7th, 2020 @ 3:04 am
By: Carolina Journal
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President Donald J. Trump is delivering on his promise to bring more healthcare price and quality transparency for American patients.
Published: Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 @ 11:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The two main factors that should be considered when evaluating how hospital mergers affect a health-care market for patients are prices and quality.
Published: Wednesday, June 5th, 2019 @ 5:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) co-sponsored bipartisan legislation to eliminate the five-month waiting period before ALS patients can receive the Social Security Disability Insurance benefits they earned by contributing to Social Security.
Published: Monday, March 11th, 2019 @ 6:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, President Trump signed into law historic legislation - the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act - to strengthen our efforts to combat the opioid crisis.
Published: Thursday, October 25th, 2018 @ 3:04 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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With bone marrow donors in short supply, thousands of cancer patients die every year waiting for a match
Published: Tuesday, August 8th, 2017 @ 3:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"They called me the miracle man." This is how Ronald Sharpe, from Pendleton, N.C. in Northampton County, described meeting the clinicians who helped to give him a second chance at life. Sharpe's liver was severely injured following a motorcycle accident in March 2016.
Published: Saturday, July 23rd, 2016 @ 10:47 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Yesterday's front page of the News & Observer features the North Carolina Hospital Association, a free-market lobbyist, and legislators battling over pending legislation that could potentially terminate the state's highly bureaucratic Certificate of Need (CON) law. Senator Tom Apodaca favors...
Published: Tuesday, April 21st, 2015 @ 3:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Hospital volunteers come in all shapes and sizes, but rarely do we expect a member of the team to have four legs and a tail. Vidant Medical Center has offered animal-assisted therapy for many years as a treatment intervention for patients with varying diagnoses.
Published: Friday, April 10th, 2015 @ 5:26 pm
By: Chris Downey
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The HIV Program operated out of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University is outpacing peer programs nationwide in keeping patients healthier and limiting the spread of HIV.
Published: Monday, December 1st, 2014 @ 10:48 pm
By: ECU News Services
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For the sixth consecutive year, Vidant Medical Center has received the Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold-Plus Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for the treatment of stroke.
Published: Thursday, November 20th, 2014 @ 11:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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