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--- Posted: Thu, Apr 5 2012 - 10:03am ---
The WNC Triple Aim Council has added "mental health - acute treatment" to its portfolio of projects designed to reduce cost, improve population health and increase patient satisfaction. This team will be co-chaired by Bridget Barron, Nursing Service Director, PATHS at Pardee and Louis...
--- Posted: Thu, Apr 5 2012 - 10:00am ---
A webinar meeting of the Laboratory workgroup of Group Purchasing occurred in late March. The agenda included: Premier updates (Premier benchmarking data, butterflies - utilization discussion, tourniquets and heel warmers - Premier contracted suppliers and best options, Premier labinars...
--- Posted: Thu, Apr 5 2012 - 9:59am ---
Western North Carolina (WNC) hospitals and health departments are continuing their work to implement a regional Community Health Assessment process to meet county-level and hospital CHA requirements. Secondary data about health and environmental items with sources for this data have been...
--- Posted: Thu, Apr 5 2012 - 9:23am ---
The Network is pleased by the continued growth of the Continuum of Care (CofC) market to offer Group Purchasing services for other health care partners. Since the beginning of 2012, the Network has added the following new members: Buncombe County; Western Carolina University; Clay County Health...
--- Posted: Thu, Apr 5 2012 - 9:22am ---
WNC Healthy Kids is beginning a social messaging campaign within western North Carolina called '5-2-1-Almost None!' The message is for kids to eat at least 5 servings of vegetables and fruits per day, spend no more than 2 hours per day in front of a screen (aside from schoolwork), get at...
--- Posted: Thu, Apr 5 2012 - 9:19am ---
The Materials Management workgroup of Group Purchasing held eastern and western meetings on February 16th and 17th to hear presentations about dialysis products, clinical differences of Abbott and Covidien's nutritional feeding pumps and sets, and the new contract awards for Ethicon's suture,...