Physician-in-Chief's Message
April 6, 2020
Dear Colleagues,
 
I hope each of you had some time with your family this weekend. UNC continues to classified as Tier 1. Of note, the model from the University of Washington now shows a more flat curve for North Carolina; physical distancing may really be making a difference. I am also sharing a really beautiful essay from The New Yorker .
UNC COVID Updates
Inpatient Care
  • Thanks to all the inpatient providers and their tireless work over the last several weeks.
  • The testing-in-place strategy has worked well over the last several weeks and we, to date, have had no positive inpatient results despite moving to widespread testing.
  • If there are questions regarding patient placement given testing please do not hesitate to reach out to the COVID attending or Children’s Administrator on call, both of which can be found on the WebExchange directory.
Ambulatory Care
  • The UNCMC specialty clinic is closed. ACC clinic space is available for emergent patients that need to be seen in CH. Raleigh clinic is available for urgent and emergent face-to-face visits.
  • All clinics are increasing virtual visits; virtual visits templates are now available.
  • Residents rejoined the Franklin Street continuity clinic team to begin learning the knowledge and skills needed for telemedicine.
  • Please check the Pediatric COVID Resource site for the most up to date information about all scheduling processes. 
  • Thank you to all the ambulatory providers and staff for their hard work during this time of transition!
COIVD in EPIC
Did You Know - that within Epic there is a link to the UNC Health COVID hub page. You can find it under References. There are several links to clinical resources and the NC Children’s COVID page has been added as well as in case you need to find it from within EPIC.
For the Department of Pediatrics, I will be holding a 30 minute virtual meeting with each division this week to touch base and discuss deployment. Please try to attend if possible.
I look forward to seeing you virtually! 

Thank you for all that you are doing! Our telephone/ virtual visits have significantly increased this past week due to your hard work. Together, we will get through this pandemic.

Gratefully,
919-417-3130 (cell)