Lost your vaccine card? Need to verify? Here’s how. - NC Health …
WEBAug 10, 2021 · Here’s how to access the verification if you got vaccinated at a local health department, at a mass vaccination site that was run by the state’s DHHS. Step One: Go to the NCDHHS COVID-19 Vaccine Portal. The vaccine portal can be accessed at: https://covid-vaccine-portal.ncdhhs.gov. Step Two: Sign in using your login information.
More coverage on Mission Hospital - North Carolina Health News
WEBFeb 17, 2024 · By Andrew R. Jones. Asheville Watchdog. At least three patients died and others were endangered at Mission Hospital in 2022 and 2023 following significant delays and lapses of care in the emergency department and other areas, according to a scathing U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services report obtained Thursday by Asheville Watchdog.. The 384-page document details why CMS placed the ...
Vidant looks to tie future more closely to ECU - NC Health News
WEBJun 24, 2021 · East Carolina University and one of the largest hospital systems in the state have announced the “first step” toward full clinical integration, eyeing a future “ECU Health” that will rival existing partnerships in North Carolina. On Wednesday, the university’s board of trustees approved the appointment of Michael Waldrum, CEO of ...
NC colleges ramp up focus on nursing programs | NC Health News
WEBAug 10, 2024 · Between 2022 and 2024, UNC Charlotte increased the number of undergraduate nursing students from 100 per year to 128 per year, and the $2.4M from the UNC system grants will allow the school to continue to increase enrollment by another 31%, adding another 40 nursing students annually by 2027, university officials told The Ledger.
A nationwide problem, worse in North Carolina - NC Health News
WEBDec 2, 2021 · Recent numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that over the last year, the crisis grew even worse. More than 100,000 people across the country died of overdoses between April 2020 and April 2021. Over that period, the nationwide overdose death rate rose 27 percent. In North Carolina, it grew by 37 percent.
One year into NC's new abortion law, patients and providers feel …
WEBJul 1, 2024 · One year into new abortion limits, N.C. patients and providers struggle to shoulder the load restrictions bring. Increased restrictions have ushered in a new landscape of care with patients navigating more logistical hurdles and travel. Abortion providers have reworked operations to comply with the new law.
Former employees say NC psych hospital rife with violence, abuse …
WEBMay 6, 2024 · Former employees say short-staffed NC psych hospital rife with violence, abuse. More than a dozen former employees say understaffing at Brynn Marr Hospital contributes to what they describe as a dangerous place for patients and employees. Hospital officials say allegations of violence, sexual assaults, overmedication and lack of mental health ...
NC making workforce plan for Medicaid enrollees - North Carolina …
WEBMay 21, 2024 · DHHS Sec. Kody Kinsley said the state’s Medicaid rolls have grown at a “breakneck pace” in the months since expansion went live. Expansion-qualifying residents accounted for about 15 percent of North Carolina’s 2.9 million Medicaid enrollees at the beginning of May. “North Carolina’s expansion growth has been one of the fastest in ...
What happens when someone in mental distress goes to the ER?
WEBSep 8, 2023 · North Carolina-based WARM line 833-390-7728: This mental health support line is staffed 24/7 by peer support specialists — people with their own experiences of mental illness — at Promise Resource Network in Charlotte. Other “warm” lines run by peer support specialists based in the United States can be found here.
Domestic violence, abuse spiked last year - North Carolina Health …
WEBFeb 4, 2021 · Last year, the 38 counties that responded to records requests from NC Health News filed 24,760 reports involving domestic violence. In contrast, those same counties had 22,776 domestic violence reports in 2019. Thirty of them filed more reports in 2020 than in the previous year. North Carolina domestic violence advocates and experts worry ...