UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty Council September 14 A brief introduction to UNC Health Care and the UNC School of Medicine

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UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty CouncilSeptember 14A
brief introduction to UNC Health Care and the
UNC School of Medicine

• William J. Roper, MD, MPH
• Vice Chancellor, Medical Affairs
• CEO, UNC Health Care
• Dean, UNC School of Medicine

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Vision UNC Health Care System

• To be the Nations Leading Public Academic Health
  Care System
• National recognition
• Public mission
• Academic institution
• Leading, Teaching, Caring.

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Our Guiding Principles

• Deliver excellent care and operate leading
  programs
• Engage with people to meet their health
  challenges
• Maintain a stable financial foundation

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UNC Health Care System

• 1,500 UNC faculty physicians and residents
• World-class academic medical center
• Top-ranked public medical school
• Four modern hospitals
• Nationally recognized centers of clinical
  excellence

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UNC Health Care System

• Network of UNC-owned community medical practices
  across central North Carolina.
• Home health agency and hospice program.
• ER and urgent care facilities in Chapel Hill
• Air and ground patient transportation system

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UNC Hospitals at a Glance

• 708 Licensed beds
• 6.4 days, Average length of stay
• 5,768 Employees (paid FTE)
• 1,188 Attending physicians
• 714 House staff (residents)
• 31,934 Discharges (not newborns)
• 741,980 Clinic visits
• 61,200 ER visits
• 22,347 Surgical Cases
• 279 Transplant Cases
• 4,000 Births (deliveries)
• 61,797 Volunteer Hours
• Gary, Park, President, UNC Hospitals

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UNC Hospitals Uncompensated Care vs. State
Support
Amounts in Millions of Dollars
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Uncompensated Care

• 500,000/per day
• More than 800 patients per day receive
  uncompensated care
• Approximately, one-third of all daily admissions
  receive financial assistance.

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Rex Healthcare

• Acquired by UNC in 2000
• 394-bed hospital in Raleigh
• Rex Family Birth Center, Rex Surgery Center
• Rex Heart Vascular Center
• Rex Cancer Center, Rex Convalescent Care Center
• Rex Surgery Center of Cary
• Rex Rehabilitation Nursing Care Center of Apex
• Rex Family Practice of Wakefield
• Rex Wellness Centers of Cary, Raleigh and Garner
• Rex Senior Health Center in southeast Raleigh

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UNC Physicians Associates

• 900 primary and specialty care physicians
• 17 clinical departments
• Ambulatory Care Center
• Outpatient Clinics in Community
• Marshall Runge, Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs,
  School of Medicine

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Vision UNC School of Medicine

• To be the Nations Leading Public School of
  Medicine
• Aspiration for top national status
• Public academic institution
• Etta Pisano, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs,
  School of Medicine.

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UNC School of Medicine

• 160 students in each first year class
• Class of 2010
• 23.9 years old (average age)
• 73 females (46)
• 87 males (54)
• 88 North Carolina residents

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Basic Science Compensation Plan

• Two components to salary
• Academic Salary cannot be reduced at start of
  plan, faculty salary became the academic salary
• Variable component - negotiated each year with
  the chair - typically 5-15K not formula
  driven. Based on salary recovery from grants,
  outstanding teaching, special service
• Academic salaries increase with state increase
• Variable component can go up or down, but not
  intended to change rapidly with new grant
  applications
• Total salary cannot go down more than 15 in one
  year.
• Existing faculty can opt out of this, but all new
  faculty must participate.

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Clinical Compensation Plan

• Three components to salary
• Academic Base Salary 7 year average of the
  AAUP Faculty Salary Survey published in Academe.
• Productivity component - negotiated initially
  and is reviewed each year with the chair and
  can be adjusted up or down based on Clinical
  Duties, RVUs and salary recovery from grants,
  outstanding teaching, special service
• Contingent supplemental payments - can be paid
  out Quarterly, or Semi-Annually, or Annually
  depending on the facultys members clinical
  productivity based on measurable criteria and the
  departments financial stability.
• Variable component can go up or down, but not
  intended to change rapidly.
• Total salary cannot go down more than 15 in one
  year due to the financial condition of the
  department.

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NC Area Health Education Centers (AHEC)

• Goal to meet primary health care needs of NC
• 9 AHECs statewide
• Community-based health science student rotations
  in Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Dentistry
• Partnership provides high-quality, easily
  accessible education for health professionals in
  all 100 counties
• Provides access to good health care

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Research

• 298.6 million in medical research in FY 2007
• Nearly 50 of total campus research
• Interdisciplinary collaborations across campus
• NIH Roadmap for Medical Research Grants
• UNC top recipient of roadmap grants
• 8 in 2005
• 11 in 2006
• Translational Research
• NIH Clinical Translational Science Awards

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Growth and Opportunity

• Genetic Medicine Building
• The largest and most
• sophisticated research
• building ever built
• at UNC Chapel Hill
• North Carolina Cancer Hospital
• Future home of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive
  Cancer Center

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Growth and Opportunity

• Chatham Hospital
• Management agreement
• New facility construction
• School of Medicine Expansion
• Partnership with Carolinas Healthcare System
• 160 210 students
• Bed Tower Operating Rooms
• Finishing plans
• Need space right away

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Growth and Opportunity

• The University Cancer Research Fund
• The UNC Institute for Global Health and
  Infectious Disease
• Commitment to Caring

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Thank You