In the primary care initiative a center will be developed within the UNC General Internal Medicine practice that will be used to integrate decision aids for diabetes, chronic pain, and weight loss surgery into primary care clinic practice.
Employment of Adults with Disabilities under the North Carolina Medicaid Infrastructure Grant (MIG)
The goal is to assist the MIG2 effort to develop a comprehensive and lasting employment infrastructure in North Carolina that coordinates disparate state service delivery systems in order to maximize employment for people with disabilities, increase the state’s labor force through the inclusion of people with disabilities, and protect and enhance workers’ healthcare, other benefits, and needed employment supports.
Nursing Home Medication Error Project
In response to Senate Bill 1016 which mandates that nursing homes report medication errors, this project is developing and implementing a nursing home medication error reporting system for the State of North Carolina.
Drug Effectiveness Review Project (DERP)
Utilizing the infrastructure of the RTI-UNC EPC, this research aims to summarize the available evidence comparing the efficacy, effectiveness, and harms of drugs in many widely used drug classes.
National Information System on Health Services Research (HSRProj)
This project develops and maintains a Information System on Health Services Research that collects available information on ongoing research projects funded by both public and private sector agencies for the National Library of Medicine.
Division of Health Services Regulation Support of NC Hospital Discharge Databases
This project supports the Division of Health Services Regulation in the development and use of the NC hospital discharge database, emergency room database, and the ambulatory surgery database.
Primary Care Research Fellowship
The goal of this fellowship is to train primary care physicians for research-focused academic careers.
UNC-CH Training Program in Health Services Research
Training program to provide academic training and direct experience in the application of the research skills from a number of disciplines to the study of the organization, financing, utilization, and delivery of personal health care services.