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Impacts of Changing Federal Policy on Insurance Rates and Access to Primary Care

By Brieanne Lyda-McDonald, MSPH, Project Director, NCIOM

Healthy North Carolina 2030 (HNC 2030) identifies key public health indicators for our state. The State Health Improvement Plan has engaged statewide leaders in ongoing efforts to improve the health…

Raising Direct Care Worker Compensation in North Carolina

By Patrick Y. Tang, MPH, Project Director, NCIOM

Direct care workers in North Carolina earn a median wage of $13.62 per hour (2022 data). To put that in perspective, that is 18.5% less than the median wage of…

Bringing the Community Together: Task Force on Veterans’ Health Begins Work to Improve Systems of Care

By Austyn Kobs, NCIOM Veterans’ Health Task Force Intern

On May 22, 2025, the North Carolina Institute of Medicine (NCIOM) convened a diverse group of stakeholders for the official launch of its Task Force on Veterans’ Health. Held at…

June 12, 2018

NC Chamber Cites NCIOM Task Force in Consideration of All-Player Claims Database

By Kaitlin Ugolik Phillips The North Carolina Chamber of Commerce has recommended that the state consider creating an All-Payer Claims Database, citing the North Carolina Institute of Medicine’s 2017 Task…

June 8, 2018

From the President and CEO

By Adam Zolotor Welcome to the new NCIOM blog! Beginning today, we will be publishing blog posts at least weekly. We will be providing updates on current and future work,…

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