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Piedmont Health Celebrates National Health Center Week 2019

As we struggle with toxic politics and partisan bickering, it may seem like our government is on the verge of dysfunction – if we’re not already there. But life goes on, and that includes health care. You may remember the alarm about the “funding cliff” last year,...

When Piedmont Health SeniorCare was launched on Dec. 1, 2008, it was a new concept that was not very well known even among health-care providers. Allowing the elderly to receive a variety of health and social services at home and in SeniorCare’s Burlington facility...

Thanksgiving is here, and hopefully you have a lot to be thankful for but however you have fared in 2018, it will be over before you know it. It’s not too early to be thinking about and planning for that occurrence. And this being Piedmont Health’s last newsletter of...

Candis Harrison needed help. “I was obese, my blood pressure was off the charts, my sugar was off the charts, I was diabetic…I was in bad shape, health wise,” the 38-year-old assembly plant worker recalls. That was back in 2016. Today, it’s a different story. “Now, I...

Over the past few years, you have heard me (and others) complain about what the North Carolina Legislature has not done to help patients and health-care providers. I want to give you an update on what the legislature has done. No, the Republican-controlled Legislature...

Piedmont Health Services, Inc. will mark National Health Center Week 2018 with a series of events starting Aug. 7. The events are part of a national campaign…

CHAPEL HILL (May 11, 2018) – Chapel Hill area residents are invited to bring their entire families to enjoy a day of fun and activities at KidFest 2018 on Saturday, June 2, 2018. The event is at the Chapel Hill Community Health Center at 1828 Martin Luther...

Chapel Hill (May 11, 2018) – Burlington-area residents are invited to bring their entire families to enjoy a day of fun and activities at KidFest 2018 on Saturday, May 19, 2018. The event is at the Burlington Community Heath Center at 1214 Vaughn Road and...

At Piedmont Health, we are always growing and improving, and I’m happy to report on one of those efforts. One of the initiatives we are working on in 2018 is continuing to strengthen our ties to the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Piedmont Health...

Piedmont Health Service employees, board members, supporters and friends gathered April 20 at the Carrboro Community Health Center for a dual-purpose event: to thank Dr. Carol Klein for her 35 years of service and to show off...

How can outreach workers and health–care providers collaborate effectively? That’s a subject about which Piedmont Health seems to know a thing or two. Representatives of Piedmont Health’s Farmworker Health Program, along with the N.C.Farmworker Health Program (NCFHP),...

Is there a connection between your head and your heart, or more specifically between your mouth and your heart? This is not a particularly new question. In fact, in the 1920s the possibility that poor oral health might result in poor overall health led to many...

It is with great concern that I update you on the Community Health Centers funding cliff. As most of you know, the federal funding source for health centers expired at the end of 2017. Congress needed to renew the program by Sept. 30, 2017 to keep Community Health...

On April 28, 2018, an era will come to an end at Piedmont Health Services. On that date, Dr. Carol Klein will retire after 35 years here. Carol has been at Piedmont Health long enough that she has treated not only the parents of some of her current patients, but their...

John supports his family by driving a truck, but at one point he was close to losing his truck drivers' license due to his health; he has diabetes. John is a patient at the Moncure Community Health Center, so he does not ignore his diabetes. But eating right and...

It’s only October, but already we have accomplished a lot in 2017. Some of the things that have happened in 2017 (so far) that we’re proud of include: Gloria Brown, Community Relations Specialist and health center advocate, was awarded Health Center Advocate of 2017...

The N.C. Community Health Center Association is urging friends and supporters to speak out on the “health center funding cliff.” On September 30, 2017, 70% of Community Health Center funding expired and has yet to be renewed. That means health centers are utilizing...

The last few months of the year bring annual rituals and routines, such as going trick or treating or gathering for Thanksgiving dinner. But these days the Outreach and Enrollment Team at Piedmont Health has two other year-end routines on their mind – assisting...

Carrboro Community Health Center’s Dental Department better than ever. The dental department at the Carrboro Community Health Center is back after a temporary relocation due to renovations – that’s the news from Piedmont Health Services. The department reopened –...

September will be the first National PACE Month, according to the National PACE Association, which hopes it will become an annual observance. In Burlington, Piedmont Health SeniorCare will recognize N.C. PACE Awareness Month, proclaimed by Gov. Roy Cooper, as well as...