Please continue to send your feedback, ideas and/or questions to 黑料网Physicians@unchealth.unc.edu in the meantime.

January Clinician Town Halls Slidedeck

January Clinician Town Hall Recordings:*

• • Opening – 0:09
  • Ease of Practice – 1:47
  • Get Patients Home – 8:24
  • Clinic Care Access – 15:58
  • Q&A – 21:11
  • Closing – 29:28

• • Opening – 0:49
  • Ease of Practice – 3:35
  • Get Patients Home – 10:25
  • Clinic Care Access – 16:35
  • Q&A – 24:26
  • Closing – 27:32
• • Opening – 0:27
  • Ease of Practice – 1:50
  • Get Patients Home – 8:00
  • Clinic Care Access – 13:15
  • Q&A – 23:30
  • Closing – 30:32

Questions can also be submitted in advance to聽黑料网Physicians@unchealth.unc.edu.

*Note:聽Each session covered the same topics: Ease of Practice, Get Patients Home, and Clinic Care Access.

Q&A Responses

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I hope that you and your families enjoyed a happy Holiday Season. Each year on Christmas, my family enjoys spending time together and taking our time exchanging gifts and opening presents in a way that is as relaxed as possible. In what can often be a hectic season, I always value the opportunity to slow down and spend quality time with those most important to me.

Having time to reflect on the past year, a few things stand out.聽Most recently, seeing the impacts of Hurricane Helene and how you cared for people in their times of need, touching the lives of so many in our state and beyond, is a memory I will truly never forget. As I look ahead, I know we will continue to care for people in different ways when and where they need us. I鈥檓 excited by the progress we are making on the many active initiatives of our Forward Together 2030 Strategic Plan that will help us better care for our patients and support our teammates.

As Ralph Waldo Emerson famously said, 鈥淲hat lies before聽us聽and what lies behind聽us聽are tiny matters compared to what聽lies within us.鈥�

The last year has once again confirmed that what lies within each of you individually 鈥� and our system collectively 鈥� is a deep commitment to serving our patients, supporting each other, and doing all we can to fulfill our mission.

The positive change we strive to make in the new year will be the culmination of many small moments. The compassion you show to patients and the ways you go above and beyond to providing a healing environment. The ways that you walk with them through stressful times and celebrate each positive step in their journey. The way teams work creatively to support each other and find innovative ways to solve problems. From my position, I am privileged to see and hear these stories often and no matter what challenges the next few months might bring I know it is the compassion and strength within each of you that will help us meet our mission this year. It is truly an honor to be a part of this One Great Team.

Sincerely,

Wesley

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We are thrilled to announce that early in 2025, 黑料网 Health will roll out the Abridge ambient AI documentation platform to 黑料网 Health physicians and APPs as a key part of the聽Forward Together 2030聽initiative. Abridge is embedded into Epic@黑料网, and it transforms patient-clinician conversations into structured clinical notes, providing virtual AI-driven scribing.

One clear goal of Forward Together 2030 is to reduce burden of delivering care and improve the satisfaction for our clinicians while maintaining 黑料网 Health’s high quality of patient-centered care. We conducted a thorough year-long pilot evaluation of multiple industry-leading Epic-integrated ambient documentation platforms. The pilot involved approximately 100 primary care and specialty physicians and APPs from various 黑料网 Health owned and managed entities. The results have been remarkable 鈥� 81 percent of pilot users reported a moderate or large decrease in workload, and 80 percent who also use in-person scribes preferred using the Abridge solution.

As one pilot user noted, 鈥淚t’s been a game changer. I can complete my work while I鈥檓 at work and not have to work from home. I鈥檓 in heaven. Now I don鈥檛 have a laptop between me and my patient anymore. I feel more connected.鈥�

Our goal is to roll this out quickly to our teams with implementation starting in early February. In the coming weeks, you or your local leaders will receive a survey to gauge your interest in using the Abridge ambient scribe platform. Your responses will identify clinicians interested in this innovative tool, gather essential user information, and guide the phased roll-out of the platform across both owned and managed entities in the months ahead.聽Please respond promptly and spread the word to your interested colleagues! Our contract with Abridge will provide a pathway for all of our physicians and APPs to participate.

While the platform is currently optimized for use in ambulatory settings, we are actively collaborating with Abridge to explore early access to functionality for Emergency Department and inpatient settings for our clinicians.

Under the leadership of Dr. Susan Moore, President of 黑料网 Rex Physicians and owner of the FT2030聽Medical Group Optimization聽workstream, this effort has been a true team endeavor. We would like to extend special thanks to Dr. Sachin Gupta, Chief Medical Officer for the 黑料网 Physicians Network, and Dr. David McSwain, 黑料网 Health Chief Medical Informatics Officer, for their outstanding leadership through the FT2030聽Ease of Practice聽work group. Special thanks also to Vineeta Khemani, ISD Executive Director for Enterprise Architecture and Clinical Systems, and the entire ISD team for their outstanding contributions to implementation, project management, evaluation, contracting and vendor relationships.

We also would like to thank all our physicians and APPs who were part of our AI scribing pilots. Your efforts were instrumental in bringing this transformative聽Forward Together 2030聽initiative to life.

We are confident Abridge will greatly enhance our ability to deliver exceptional care while reducing workload and improving satisfaction for clinicians across 黑料网 Health.聽Working together as One Great Team, we are making 黑料网 Health a better place to both receive and deliver healthcare.

Thank you for all that you do for our patients and our communities,
Matt & Brent

Matt Ewend, MD
Chief Clinician Officer, 黑料网 Health
President, 黑料网 Physicians

Brent Lamm
Chief Information聽Officer, 黑料网 Health

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North Carolina has the second largest rural population in the United States and is projected to be among the top states experiencing the worst registered nurse shortages by 2026.

In addition to supporting new graduates, the program will focus on the development and support of nursing preceptors in rural communities. The Ingram Institute is also partnering with NC AHEC to fund a RN refresher program geared toward existing RNs who have lapsed licenses. Many of these nurses have needed to focus on personal or family needs and want to return to the workforce. However, training costs are a barrier.

Following the pilot program, a model for increasing North Carolina鈥檚 rural nursing workforce will be incorporated across 黑料网 Health鈥檚 system, which spans from the mountains to the coast. The effort aligns with the institute鈥檚 goal to support workforce development initiatives, pathway programs and more across North Carolina and is part of wider efforts in 黑料网 Health鈥檚 Forward Together 2030 strategic plan and the 黑料网鈥檚 Accelerate: Forward Together plan.

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Neha Varrier, one of this semester’s Bio 119 students, was completing her shift when she heard a noise in the hallway. When assessing the situation, she found a patient unresponsive. She hit the code button and immediately started CPR until help arrived. The patient achieved Return of Spontaneous Circulation (ROSC) and was transferred to the ICU for further monitoring.

Neha was awarded the Leadership Challenge Coin for her bravery and advocacy for patient care.

Thank you and congratulations, Neha!

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• Curricular Innovation, $10,000-$100,000 per awarded project ($200,000 awarded annually)
• Educator Professional Development, $5,000-$15,000 per awardee ($50,000 awarded annually)

Please see below for additional information on the objectives, activities and pillar measures for the education pillar.

Applicants should prepare a document (MSWord or PDF) that includes the following items:

• 1-page proposal, which includes the following:
  • Background and rationale
  • What Education Pillar Strategic Plan objective would this project enhance and address?
  • Identify specific outcomes linked to the proposed activity.
  • How does this proposal address the overall Strategic Plan Education Pillar measures?
  • Itemized budget

You may submit multi-year proposals for up to three years.

Application Process
Please email Shantia Thomas the proposal as outlined above.
Applications are due by Dec. 4, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. with decisions communicated by Dec. 18, 2024.
Funding will be made available beginning January 2025.

Selection Criteria
Proposals will be evaluated in the following areas including, but not limited to, alignment with SOM mission, education pillar goals/funding priorities, impact, innovation, and feasibility.

Written Reports
Awardees must submit mid and final reports.

Questions can be directed to Elizabeth Steadman, PhD.

SOM: Accelerate Forward Together education pillar

Overall Education Pillar Measures:

• In-State Placement Post Graduation (%)
• Data Accessibility and Data Driven Decision-Making
• SOM Education Satisfaction

Objective: Invest in the infrastructure and technology needed to support SOM decision making and ensure SOM has capacity to provide the best education and training for all learners

Activities:

• Leverage the Education Data Warehouse to optimize data collection and reporting across the School of Medicine.
• Integrate the educational data warehouse into SOM reporting and decision-making processes.
• Establish a framework to ensure integration of best practices in AI and technology in the curriculum.
• Explore possibilities to collaborate with other non-SOM and SOM entities to identify best practices in new technology in the curriculum.
• Enhance efficiency by optimizing administrative processes through the alignment of services.
• Create a standardized process to evaluate current space utilization and determine an optimal solution for distribution of space.

Objective: Provide equitable access to affordable education and enhance educational support for all SOM learners

Activities:

• Expand donor pool and explore other mechanisms to increase and optimize scholarships, funding support, and support services to better equip students to manage debt.
• Develop, align, and implement coordinated outreach programs to engage 黑料网, key partners, and other institutions to increase awareness of educational programs offered by 黑料网.
• Identify barriers with the learner recruitment process and opportunities to enhance communication with potential SOM learners.
• Increase transparency around admission requirements and identify and reduce other obstacles to recruitment of a diverse range of learners.
• Evaluate current services offered and identify gaps in services or technology offered.
• Identify best practices and explore opportunities to increase inter-professional engagement of alumni and SOM learners.

Objective: Ensure SOM programs and curriculum effectively train learners to address the biomedical
and healthcare workforce needs of the healthcare system, the state, and world.

Activities:

• Develop a centralized database to streamline the identification of needs for different pathway programs and effectively track their outcomes.
• Increase promotion of rural health opportunities to grow increase student exposure to rural health.
• Increase the number of preceptors and rotation placements available to students throughout the state.
• Identify and address key barriers that hamper the growth and sustainability of current and future health science programs.
• Invest in and leverage Medical Education to train future healthcare professionals.
• Provide additional support for residents and fellows to provide new growth opportunities.
• Expand BBSP and develop new basic sciences programs to train scientists to advance academic and industry research locally and globally.
• Identify and address key barriers that hamper sustainability of current global health opportunities and growth of new opportunities.
• Evaluate the current approval/safety process for global health education and determine best practice for the SOM.

Objective: Create an environment that enables all educators to provide high quality training and education and for learners from diverse backgrounds to reach their full potential

Activities:

• Align incentive structures across the school to ensure consistent support for educational efforts.
• Standardize course expectations and increase training and support for educators.
• Evaluate strategic time allotment for the academic mission.
• Update curriculum/training to ensure learners have an opportunity to develop necessary skill sets to navigate complex environments.
• Increase access to mentorship programs.
• Develop a list of comprehensive career guidance services and distribute to all learner groups.

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