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FEATURES 5 New Patient Portal Provides More Features Access your health records, schedule appointments and pay bills online. 6 Making Room for Hope at the Ronald McDonald House A local charity that serves seriously ill children and their families gets a much-needed expansion. 8 Room to Breathe One family's challenges with respiratory problems. DEPARTMENTS 3 UNC Health Care News UNC Health Care nurses chosen as some of the best in the state. Plus, UNC Health Care offers a new program for Medicare beneﬁciaries. 12 Nutrition How to make school lunches healthier. Plus, try our recipe for Low-Fat Strawberry Mousse. 14 Calendar Check out the health and wellness events happening this season. PERSPECTIVES Roller Coaster Ride to Wellness FOR MANY FAMILIES, a health crisis can be a life-altering event, followed by ongoing hospital visits and endless doctors' appointments. Still, among the chaos, life outside the hospital moves forward, as happy memories are made and childhood milestones are reached. Read about how one couple navigated their family through a series of health issues, from heartbreak to joy and a roller coaster ride of emotions in between. In this issue, the Cumbie family shares their story about how each of their kids was affected by breathing issues at birth. We hope you enjoy reading about the remarkable journey that led them to North Carolina and UNC Health Care. On page 5, we have an update about our new patient portal, My UNC Chart. Since it was launched this spring, we have had a great response, and many patients have signed up for an online account. To learn more about the improved features, including our new mobile app, check out this article. Please continue to send your thoughts about Well and your ideas for future issues to the editor at publications@unch.unc.edu.We love to hear from you! What would you like to read about next? You also can sign up for a free subscription by visiting www.unchealthcare.org and clicking "Well magazine." We hope you enjoy this issue of Well! Kind regards, Well editorial team UNC Health Care Sign Up for Our E-Newsletter! We are developing an e-newsletter to complement Well. If you would like to sign up to try it out, please send your e-mail address to publications@unch.unc.edu. On the Cover: UNC respiratory patients and fraternal twins Mary Camden and David Cumbie Jr. blow bubbles at the park; photo courtesy of Brian Strickland. Well is published four times annually by UNC Health Care. Copyright 2014 © UNC Health Care. Contributing writers: Matt Englund, Stephanie Soucheray-Grell and Liz Watt. Information in Well comes from a wide range of medical experts and is not intended to treat or diagnose any individual situation. If you have any concerns or questions about specific content that may affect your health, please contact your health care provider. Send correspondence and address changes via: e-mail, publications@unch.unc.edu; mail, Well, Public Affairs and Marketing, James T. Hedrick Building, 211 Friday Center Drive, Suite G021, Chapel Hill, NC 27517; phone, (984) 974-1032; Web, www.unchealthcare.org. 2 Summer 2014 Well PHOTO: BRIAN STRICKLAND well SUMMER 2014 http://www.unchealthcare.org http://www.unchealthcare.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Well - Summer 2014

Well - Summer 2014
Contents
UNC Health Care News
New Patient Portal Provides More Features
Making Room for Hope at the Ronald McDonald House
Room to Breathe
Nutrition
Calendar

Well - Summer 2014