We would like to learn about how people who apply for healthcare financial assistance experience the application process, including things that make the application process work well or that were challenging. At this time we are not able to offer interviews to people who applied to UNC or Duke, we are interested in hearing from people who applied to other programs (such as Atrium, Novant, Wake, Vidant, ECU, Cape Fear Health Net, Physicians Reach Out, or Project Access).

We are conducting this study because we want to learn how to help people decide if lung cancer screening is right for them. Our goal is to test materials (a brief video and a short online survey) that discuss the benefits and harms of lung cancer screening. We are looking for people who smoke now or who used to smoke cigarettes and who would be willing to participate in an interview.

Our study seeks to understand the patient outcomes of individuals struggling with social needs and whom have a diagnosis of a chronic illness.

This study will evaluate the implementation of a community engagement plan and approach for implementing an at-home SARS-CoV-2 antigen self-testing intervention.

The primary objective is to establish a comprehensive registry of hospitalized patients with respiratory failure. The registry will be a platform for forthcoming research initiatives. This registry's purpose is to collect vital participant data and specimens, capitalizing on the substantial expertise in respiratory and immunologic translational science at the University of North Carolina.

We are exploring the experiences of family members whose loved ones had severe brain injuries and transitioned to hospice while on a breathing machine and had the breathing machine removed at hospice.

We are working to translate and validate a survey that looks at symptom management and quality of life for patients in Malawi getting palliative care treatment to make sure that the survey is applicable, relatable, and understandable for these patients.

This is a study assessing the impact of Geriatrics SCPs on medical student attitudes toward careers working with older adults and their career choice. The results will guide medical schools in whether to start or continue this type of program for medical students.

We are studying the triage decision making process of healthcare providers. Our goal is to understand what factors influence the triage decision making process. With the growing burden of emergency department overcrowding and strained hospital capacity, the need to keep patients out of the emergency department is great, when safely able to do so. A better understanding of how and why patients are triaged can help direct work to safely care for patients in the outpatient setting.

We are surveying Internal Medicine Residents about their knowledge and attitudes regarding open notes for patient documentation. Understanding their knowledge level will allow us to provide education in the future