Duke University Health System

  • Protecting privacy: Handling third-party requests

    October 21st, 2008

    In your work at Duke University Health System, you may be asked to share patient health information, or PHI, with a third party. If not a job responsibility, never disclose…

  • Sale benefits hospital auxiliary

    October 21st, 2008

    Duke University Hospital volunteer Linda Martin (left) helps Doris Mitchell of Radiology as Mitchell takes a look at rings on sale Oct. 16 during a fund-raiser for the hospital auxiliary held…

  • Scan Shows Cause of Blurred Vision

    October 21st, 2008

    Michael Kelly, manager of clinical imaging at the Duke Eye Center, is featured in this video.

  • Heart Association finds Duke Med ‘fit-friendly’

    October 21st, 2008

    Duke Medicine has been recognized by the American Heart Association as one of the 2008 Start! Fit-Friendly Companies. Duke Medicine was named a platinum company and Duke Raleigh Hospital was…

  • Regional reopens Radiation Oncology Clinic

    October 20th, 2008

    Durham Regional Hospital reopens radiation oncology unit.

  • Commuter alert: Exit ramp works means delays

    October 20th, 2008

    Expect brief delays for the next few weeks when driving north on U.S. 15-501 near the N.C. 751 (Cameron Boulevard) exit. The Exit 17 ramp to N.C. 751 is narrowed to one…

  • Researchers open door to scent-memory link

    October 20th, 2008

    Ever smell a whiff of pumpkin pie and find yourself transported back to your grandmother’s house on Christmas day? Or catch a whiff of perfume and suddenly wonder about an…

  • Nursing magazine names Duke a top hospital

    October 20th, 2008

    Duke University Hospital has been named one of ADVANCE for Nurses top hospitals in the magazine’s second-annual Readers’ Choice survey for the Southeast, including North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and metro areas…

  • 7 getting awards on Medical Alumni Weekend

    October 20th, 2008

    The Duke Medical Alumni Association will present several Oct. 24 in conjunction with Medical Alumni Weekend, Oct. 23-26: Distinguished Faculty Award Augustus O. Grant, M.D., Ph.D., HS 1977-‘80, professor of…

  • Write essay; get fit

    October 20th, 2008

    Ready for a lifestyle makeover? Grab a pen or computer. LIVE FOR LIFE is holding an essay contest, “Eat Wise and Exercise,” offering as one of its prizes a 10-week lifestyle makeover.…