A case study published July 28 in NEJM Catalyst examines the efforts of Partners for Kids (PFK), the nation’s largest pediatric accountable care organization (ACO), in managing the needs of Medicaid-eligible children with disabilities in Ohio. Paula H. Song, PhD, associate professor of health policy and management at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public… Read more »
Review of quality measures and instruments available to promote assisted living’s integration into the evolving healthcare landscape
Researchers from the University of North Carolina’s Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research and School of Social Work, with funding from The Center for Excellence in Assisted Living (CEAL), completed a review of measures and instruments useful to maintain and improve quality in assisted living, and which may help assisted living providers become… Read more »
UNC-Chapel Hill’s Care4Moms project to research, make recommendations on needs of mothers with medically fragile infants
The study’s results will help improve health outcomes for mothers, their babies and future pregnancies. July 25, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CHAPEL HILL, NC – An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine has received nearly $900,000 in federal funding to identify and address the needs… Read more »
Thomas recognized for her commitment to mentorship with John M. Eisenberg Excellence Award
Kathleen Thomas has received the John M. Eisenberg Excellence in Mentorship Award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The award was created to honor the legacy of Dr. John Eisenberg and has been presented annually since 2001 to an outstanding faculty member in a National Research and Service Award (NRSA) institutional training program,… Read more »
Evidence review leads to recommendations on future research aimed at protecting and improving health of workers
Evidence review leads to recommendations on future research aimed at protecting and improving health of workers Researchers from the Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) recently completed a systematic evidence review of integrated interventions to improve the health and safety of workers that was used… Read more »
Mark Holmes appointed new director of the UNC Sheps Center for Health Services Research
The UNC-Chapel Hill Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research is pleased to announce that Dr. George “Mark” Holmes has been appointed as the director of the UNC Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, one of the oldest and largest academic health services research centers in the United States. “With his record of… Read more »
Sheps researchers present at NRSA Conference and AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Boston
AcademyHealth is one of the largest health services research conferences of the year, and Sheps researchers will be presenting throughout the conference June 25-June 28th. See details below: NRSA CONFERENCE – Sheraton Boston Hotel Saturday June 25th Plenary Session 8:00-8:30am Independence Presentation of the John M. Eisenberg Excellence in Mentorship Award Ballroom (Winner: Kathleen… Read more »
Brenner publishes study examining how a screening decision aid can improve communication about colorectal cancer
Alison Brenner, PhD, MPH, deputy director of research for the Decision Support Lab at the Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services, was first author and Dan Reuland, MD, MPH, a UNC Lineberger member and professor in the UNC School of Medicine, was senior author of a paper published in the American Journal of Preventive… Read more »
Statement from Tim Carey, Director
“At The Sheps Research Center, we are committed to the policy of inclusion. By that we mean welcoming membership and supporting participation of people with differing abilities; people from different racial, ethnic, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds; and people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. At this time, we reaffirm our commitment to this policy… Read more »
Sheps home to new national leadership program for clinically active health care providers from all disciplines
A new training program invites health care providers from all backgrounds, including clinicians, nurses, social workers, dentists and allied health professionals, to apply for training and support to tackle real, complex health programs in their communities to build a Culture of Health nationwide. Clinicians play a unique role in improving health as health care providers,… Read more »
Sheps researchers partnering on PCORI Engagement Award to build capacity for patient-centered outcomes research within community behavioral health organizations serving Latinos
Luke Smith, MD, Executive Director of El Futuro, Inc, recently received a Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award, Tools for Engagement – Building capacity for PCOR within community behavioral health organizations serving Latinos (PUENTES), from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, in partnership with co-principal investigators Monica Pérez Jolles PhD and Kathleen C Thomas, PhD, MPH… Read more »
NC TraCS Offers New $2K Voucher to Support Stakeholder Engagement
The engagement of patients and other healthcare stakeholders is a critical part of translational research, and yet many scientists and clinicians find it difficult to interact with the world outside the ivory tower. Thankfully, they don’t need to go it alone. NC TraCS established two Community Advisory Boards (CABs) in Greensboro and Wake County to… Read more »
10th Annual Chapel Hill Pharmaceutical Sciences Conference May 12–13
The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy will host the 10th Annual Chapel Hill Pharmaceutical Sciences Conference May 12–13 on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The theme of conference is “Addressing Methodological and Ethical Issues in Pediatric Medication Safety Research ” and will include several keynote presentations by leaders… Read more »
Expedited Medicaid Access Increases Use of Mental Health Services, But Does Not Reduce Recidivism for People Recently Released from Prison
ARLINGTON, Va. – Providing expedited access to Medicaid to people with serious mental illness as they are released from prison increases their use of mental health and general medical services, but does not reduce criminal recidivism, according to new research published online March 15th in Psychiatric Services in Advance. People with serious mental illness depend on public-sector… Read more »
PCORI Grant Award: Pragmatic Asthma Trial
Patient Empowered Strategy to Reduce Asthma Morbidity in Highly Impacted Populations (PESRAMHIP) UNC Principal Investigator: Tamera Coyne-Beasley, MD, MPH Project Budget: $13,857,788 over 5 years The North Carolina Network Consortium (NCNC), a consortium of practice based research networks in NC in partnership with NC TraCS and the Sheps Center, is participating in a large, pragmatic… Read more »
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