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UNC Health Care and Cape Fear Valley Health System discuss expanding affiliations
CHAPEL HILL - Cape Fear Valley Health System (CFVHS) and the University of North Carolina Health Care System (UNC Health Care) have had administrative discussions in recent days regarding expanding their clinical affiliations.
Aug. 2, 2005
UNC Health Care and Cape Fear Valley Health System discuss expanding affiliations
CHAPEL HILL - Cape Fear Valley Health System (CFVHS) and the University of North Carolina Health Care System (UNC Health Care) have had administrative discussions in recent days regarding expanding their clinical affiliations.
Enhancing clinical affiliations in Fayetteville could involve placing and training residents. Such training opportunities could assist CFVHS and its medical staff in patient-care service delivery and over time, provide for physician retention in the region for CFVHS medical staff practices.
Clinical affiliations could also include UNC faculty appointments for the CFVHS medical staff, which could offer more continuing medical education opportunities sponsored locally and jointly by UNC faculty and Cape Fear Valley physicians.
UNC has initially offered interest in extending clinical services to Cumberland County and region residents that may not now be available, such as reproductive endocrinology. Cape Fear Valley and the UNC Health Care System may jointly explore the feasibility of establishing an emergency helicopter transport unit to facilitate quick evacuation of critical patients from the region’s rural areas to either health care system.
“Cape Fear Valley already enjoys a strong relationship with UNC in other areas,” said Richard H. Parks, CEO of Cape Fear Valley Health System. “Our highly regarded cancer program is currently affiliated with UNC for medical oncology research protocols. We are actively seeking other ways in which we can work together to improve care for our patients in the future.”
“We are examining the potential for additional collaborations and look forward to working with Cape Fear Valley to expand access to care for residents of the Cape Fear region,” said Gary Park, President of UNC Hospitals.
With 616 beds, Cape Fear Valley Health System serves residents of a six-county region of Southeastern North Carolina. Its flagship institution is Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, a 426-bed acute-care hospital.
The UNC Health Care System includes UNC Hospitals, a 688-bed facility in Chapel Hill, and Rex Healthcare, a 388-bed facility in Raleigh.
ABOUT UNC HEALTH CARE:
The UNC Health Care System is a not-for-profit integrated health-care system owned by the state of North Carolina and based in Chapel Hill. It exists to further the teaching mission of the University of North Carolina and to provide state-of-the-art patient care. UNC Health Care is comprised of UNC Hospitals, ranked consistently among the best medical centers in the country; the UNC School of Medicine, a nationally eminent research institution; community practices; home health and hospice services in seven central North Carolina counties; and Rex Healthcare and its provider network in Wake County.
Media contact: Stephanie Crayton, (919) 966-2860, scrayton@unch.unc.edu
