With $3.7 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health, Carolina launched in August a five-year project to establish the Center for Virtual Care Value and Equity.
The grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences will support research on the use of online services, remote monitoring and text-based messaging to deliver health care services remotely.
The center is led by Saif Khairat, associate professor and Beerstecher-Blackwell Distinguished Term Scholar in the UNC School of Nursing. Khairat’s projects have enhanced health care services and research within the digital health world.