Upcoming Events

Apr 23 12- 1:00	Program on Health Workforce Research & Policy The Impact of Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice Laws on Retail Clinic Cost, Utilization, and Welfare Joanne Spetz, PhD, FAAN, Professor, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies & School of Nursing, Faculty Researcher, Center for Health Professions, University of California, San Francisco --Sheps Center 1st floor, DeFriese Room 150
May 17 9-10am	Comparative Effectiveness Research Methods Series: Applications to Health Services Research Comparing Episodes of Care and Bundled Payment Approaches <Link to more info and seminar materials> Sally Stearns, PhD, Professor, Department of Health Policy & Management --Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conference Room, 3rd floor
Jun 14 9-10am	Comparative Effectiveness Research Methods Series: Applications to Health Services Research Comparing Providers and Provider Teams <Link to more info and seminar materials> Darren DeWalt, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine --Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conference Room, 3rd floor
Jul 19 9-10am	Comparative Effectiveness Research Methods Series: Applications to Health Services Research Comparing Health Care Systems and Facilities <Link to more info and seminar materials> Mark Holmes, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Health Policy & Management --Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conference Room, 3rd floor
Aug 23 9-10am	Comparative Effectiveness Research Methods Series: Applications to Health Services Research Comparing Health Care Facilities <Link to more info and seminar materials> Alan Brookhart, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology --Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conference Room, 3rd floor
Sep 13 8-10am	Comparative Effectiveness Research Methods Series: Applications to Health Services Research Alternatives to the Conventional RCT Michael Kosorok, Ph.D., Professor & Chairman, Department of Biostatistics Peter Thall, Ph.D., Professor, Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Location: Carolina Club, Alumni Hall I (Breakfast will be provided)
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Sept 9-10am	Comparative Effectiveness Research Methods Series: Applications to Health Services Research Speaker and time to be announced --Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conference Room, 3rd floor
October 9-10am	Comparative Effectiveness Research Methods Series: Applications to Health Services Research Speaker and time to be announced --Sheps Center, Rosenfeld Conference Room, 3rd floor

What's New?

The NC Health Profession Data System has released a report entitled, "Trends in Graduate Medical Education in North Carolina: Challenges and Next Steps." [report]
Sandra Greene has been reappointed to the North Carolina State Health Coordinating Council. For more information, click here.
The NC Health Professions Data System has released the 2011 health professions data. [Data book] [Data]
The NC Health Profession Data System has released a report entitled, "Trends in Medical Education in North Carolina." [report]
The NC Health Profession Data System has released a report entitled, "The Diversity of North Carolina's Health Care Workforce" and presented the findings at the North Carolina Health Professions Diversity Conference on August 29, 2012. [report] [slides]
A year-end report on the project to develop an online, dynamic model for projecting physician supply and demand has been completed by a Sheps team led by Erin Fraher. [report]
The NC Health Profession Data System has released the Fall 2011 Allied Health Job Vacancy Tracking Report. [report]
The American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute has released an update to their online, interactive atlas of the surgical workforce in the US. This updated version includes data on surgical sub-specialties, population data, and health access indicators. [Atlas]

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Directions

From Raleigh, Greenville and other points east
From Durham
From Winston-Salem and other points west
Parking
Maps
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Local Transit Services
Online guide | PDF of buses scheduled to and from the Sheps Center

From Raleigh, Greenville and other points east:

From Interstate 40 West, take EXIT 266 (HIGHWAY 86 South). Turn left at the exit ramp light, towards Chapel Hill.
Travel 3 miles (or 8 traffic lights). The 8th light is the corner of Martin Luther King Jr Blvd and Umstead Road (the police station is on the left just before this intersection). Turn RIGHT onto Umstead Road. Here you will see our 3-story building on your immediate left.
Make the first LEFT turn, then an immediate LEFT again into our parking lot.

From Durham:

From HIGHWAY 15-501 South, cross Interstate 40 traveling towards Chapel Hill.
After the McDonald’s and Jiffy Lube (on the left) fork to the RIGHT onto FRANKLIN STREET. (Distance: 1 mile)
Pass the Siena Hotel (there is a Texaco at the light), turn RIGHT at the light onto ESTES DRIVE. (Distance: 0.8 miles)
Turn LEFT at the second traffic light onto MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLVD. (Distance: 0.9 miles)
The next light is the corner of Martin Luther King Jr Blvd and Umstead. Here you will see our 3-story building across from you on your right. Turn RIGHT onto Umstead Road.
Make the first LEFT turn and turn LEFT again into our parking lot.

From Winston-Salem and other points west:

Take Interstate 40 East (which merges with Highway 85 North). Stay on 40 EAST going towards Raleigh.
Take EXIT 266 (HIGHWAY 86 SOUTH). Turn RIGHT at the exit ramp light, towards Chapel Hill.
Travel 3 miles (or 8 traffic lights). The 8th light is the corner of Martin Luther King Jr Blvd and Umstead Road (the police station is on the left just before this intersection). Make a RIGHT onto Umstead Road.
Make the first LEFT turn, then an immediate LEFT again into our parking lot.

Parking:

Parking permits are required for parking. Vehicles without parking passes are subject to ticketing and/or towing.
Parking permits may be picked up at the 2nd Floor Receptionist desk.

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