Medicaid budget goals unmet, 10-9-11, The News and Observer

Staff writer Lynn Bonner reports that NC DHHS has not yet met savings goals for the state Medicaid program.

Hospital wars: Mergers mean survival in Asheville area, 10-10-11, Asheville Citizen-Times

Writers Jon Ostendorff and John Boyle report on the importance of recent hospital mergers in Western North Carolina.

‘People’s Pharmacy’ authors tell how to survive hospital stay, 10-11-11, The News and Observer/Charlotte Observer

Staff writer Karen Garloch reports on how the authors of the “People’s Pharmacy” used collaboration and engagement to respond to the death of a relative who was being treated at Duke Hospital.