Public Health
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AMA Calls On Physicians To Turn the Tide of the Opioid Epidemic
Last week, the nation’s physicians received a direct appeal from AMA President Steven J. Stack, MD, urging them to take swift action to end the opioid epidemic that has claimed more than […]
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Medical Board Seeks Input on New Opioid Prescribing CME Requirement
The North Carolina Medical Board (NCMB) is seeking preliminary public comment on draft rules for implementing a new state requirement that all who prescribe controlled substances obtain mandatory continuing medical […]
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NC Public Health Division Updates Zika Guidelines and Issues Flu Advisory
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Adulterated Heroin Alert
The Injury and Violence Prevention Branch of the North Carolina Division of Public Health is alerting providers to report of possible clenbuterol/heroin cases in central North Carolina. Scott Proescholdbell, MPH, […]
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Drug Diversion Serious Threat To Patients
The North Carolina Division of Public Health’s Healthcare Associated Infections Prevention Program recently sent a letter to local health department directors alerting them to the problem of drug diversion by […]
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Save the Date for M3
Be sure Sept. 15-18 is blocked out on your calendar so you can be part of the new M3: Merging Medicine and Management conference at the Grandover Resort in Greensboro […]
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NCMS Seeks Faculty for Opioid Prescribing CME
The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) has received funding support from The Physicians’ Institute for Excellence in Medicine to conduct up to three CME events this year on best practices […]
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In the News
AMA Launches Company In Silicon Valley, MedPage Today, 1-12-16 Medicare Expands Coordinated Care for 8.9M Beneficiaries, The New York Times, 1-11-16 State Attorneys General Joining Probe Of Health Insurance Mergers, […]
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NCMS meets with Office of Rural Health on Prescription Drug Abuse
Earlier this month, North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) staff met with Office of Rural Health representatives to discuss how to partner to combat the state’s prescription drug abuse problem. In […]
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WHO Declares Guinea Ebola-Free
Effective yesterday, Dec. 29, 2015, state and local public health officials have discontinued active monitoring of travelers from Guinea arriving in North Carolina in light of the World Health Organization’s […]
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