The semester-long program was developed by the UNCW Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE), UNCW College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) and New Hanover Regional Medical Center’s (NHRMC) Innovation Center.
The program is aimed at being a “team-based, interactive and handson learning experience,” said Diane Durance, director of the CIE.
The class will be structured around teams that will find pain points in the health care industry and work to develop solutions through a design thinking process.
While the program is new, the concept has been in the development process over the past couple of years, Durance said.
The talk will be held Friday, April 16 at noon at facebook.com/ywcalcf.
Each month YWCA’s Talk On Health will bring a panel of experts together to discuss health disparities. The goal of this series is to provide mental and physical health evidence-based education to the community.
The virtual series will enable YWCA to educate, advocate, and empower others, specifically communities of color, to take charge of their health and work with the systems to close the gap regarding health disparities.
This week’s panel includes Lolita B. Bryant, DNP MSN-NE, RN.; Imelda N. Odibo, MD FACOG; and Lee Ann Garner, MD, FACOG.
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Starting Wednesday, all North Carolinians are now eligible for a Covid-19 vaccine. WHQR spoke with Dr. West Paul, chief clinical officer at New Hanover Regional Medical Center about the challenges ahead.
NHRMC Chief Clinical Officer Dr. West Paul (left) and WHQR s Ben Schachtman (right).
BS: Dr. West Paul, thanks for joining us. Let’s start with logistics Governor Cooper opened up the state to all vaccination groups this week, can the hospital ramp up?
PW: That s a good question. And I will tell you, our vaccine teams here were able to do really 1,000s in a day move that to a novel concept, which was The Pointe movie theaters [at Barclay], which strangely enough, really, the layout of that offered itself to a mass vaccination.
By Scott Nunn, posted About 3 hours ago
A New Hanover County employee receives a COVID-19 vaccine last month. The health department said it would not be immediately affected by a nationwide pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. (Photo courtesy of New Hanover County)
The nation’s massive vaccination effort hit a snag Tuesday when, citing safety concerns, two federal health agencies called for a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
Officials at the CDC and FDA are reviewing six cases in which a rare and severe type of blood clot developed after the person received the J&J vaccine, which, unlike the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, requires only one dose.