The North Carolina Institute of Medicine presented Gina Upchurch, Founder and Executive Director of Senior PharmAssist, with the Award for Excellence in Health Policy Leadership at the NCIOM 2018 Annual Meeting today.
NCIOM’s 2018 Annual Meeting will examine what team-based care looks like in practice, challenges in development and implementing team-based care, the impact of team-based care on team members and patient outcomes, and more.
On June 18, 16 members of the North Carolina General Assembly representing both parties and a range of experience will graduate from a months-long course in health policy armed with a better understanding of the issues facing their constituents.
According to the article, published in the current issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal, the switch from prescription opioids to illicit drugs like heroin and fentanyl has moved the geographic heart of the problem in North Carolina.