1.9%
COVID Symptoms in ER
406
Hospitalizations Statewide
2.7
PPM Wastewater Particles
0
COVID + UNC Health SE
Community News & Events
Latest Updates
Survey Findings

Key take-aways

  • So far… Monday at 6:00 pm is the preferred day and time
  • Once a month – already started!
  • Need to communicate by email and text equally for notifications
  • eMail/text topics of meeting

Requested speakers/topics

  • Physician recruitment and retention
  • Heart failure & right heart failure treatment
  • Vascular imaging

Top categories

  • Practice Spotlights
  • New Provider introductions
  • Okoye and Health Department updates

To be added

  • CDC updates
  • Hospital discharge communication
  • Reducing patient risks as a community
  • Text alert system
ID Updates - Okoye
No link found between COVID-19 vaccination in early pregnancy and birth defects

 

 

 

Lab Updates - Erin Hunt
Blood culture shortage has officially ended
Construction updates
Radiology Updates - Thomas Blaine
No new updates
Robeson County Department of Public Health - Tracy Jones
Measles update
Opioid Epidemic Updates

Will be sending out survey to gather information regarding current services and workflow for patients with SUD

  • Initial consult
  • Inpatient, IOP, traditional outpatient
  • Direct patient care and support services
  • Want to connect and elevate community-wide opportunities and entry points for those suffering with SUD directly or indirectly

Breeches Buoy Addiction Medicine Services

Acute consultation services for ED, Inpatient, and Maternal Health

CORE – Community Organized Relief Effort & NC Star Network

Narcan distribution, harm & stigma training

RCORP – Robeson Rural Communities Opioid Response Consortium

Community Events

Robeson County Medical Society

Physician/PA Membership Mixer

Tuesday, May 6th @ 6:00 PM

219 Elm Speakeasy

219 North Elm Street

Lumberton NC

RSVP 910-416-4193

 

Meetings continue on first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 pm by Zoom

Go to North Carolina Medical Society to become a member of the State and County societies

 

Fellowship Application Process - UNC Health SE
Cardiology Fellowship Application process – pending approval
Lumbee Tribe - NIH Grant
iCRISP

Cherry Beasley – Director of Tribe HHS

Indigenous Community-Informed Research Infrastructure to address Substance Misuse and Pain Management

1) Develop a Substance Misuse Research and Community Advisory Committee

2) Create a Lumbee Substance Misuse Data Dashboard and Storyboard

3) Formation of a research training protocol

4) Lay the groundwork for an indigenous cultural adaption of pain management

New Provider Introductions

Maria Ferris – Pediatric Hospitalist

IRB Approved Research

IRB approved studies with open enrollment

15.202 Alliance A151216
Adjuvant Lung Cancer Enrichment Marker Identification and Sequencing Trial (ALCHEMIST)

17.236 SMART PILL BOTTLE
Improving Well-Being for Breast Cancer Patients Taking Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy

19.296 PDIGREE Alliance A031704
PD Inhibitor (Nivolumab) and Ipilimumab followed by Nivolumab Vs. VEGF TKI Cabozantinib with Nivolumab: A Phase III Trial in Metastatic Untreated Renal Cell Cancer

20.302 Screening Protocol to Determine Tumor Antigen Adaptimmune Screening

Expression and HLA Sub-Type for Eligibility
Determination for Clinical Trials Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Autologous T Cells Expressing Enhanced TCRs in Subjects with Solid or Hematological Malignancies

20.321 The DCN Passport: A Novel, Patient-Centered Approach to Improve Care for Gastric / Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer Across an Academic-Community Oncology Network

20.322 GI/GEJ Registry
Duke Gastric and Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer Patient Registry

21.330 IRONMAN Prostate Cancer Outcomes: An international Registry to Improve Outcomes in Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer (IRONMAN)

21.333 Well-Being After Breast Cancer Surgery (ABCS)

21.334 ICAN NC R01 mHealth behavior cancer pain intervention for medically underserved patients

21.336 DCN MRT
Advancing Cancer Care in the Rural Southeast: Enhancing Precision Medicine and Institutional Collaboration in Community Cancer Centers

21.340 ONE TEAM Study
Onco-primary care networking to support TEAM-based care

22.347 Project Reach Alliance A211901
Reaching Rural Cancer Survivors Who Smoke Using Text-Based Cessations Interventions

23.354 Advanced Directives Education and Knowledge

23.355 Characterizing Pediatric Patients Seeking Behavioral Health Care in a Rural ED