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ECU Health joins effort to explore electric flight in health care
ECU Health is joining an initiative to use electric aircraft to bolster rural health care. The kickoff of the Electric Logistics and Integrated Flight Testing, or eLIFT-NC initiative, was announced Wednesday. The eLIFT-NC initiative aims to explore how electric aviation can better connect hospitals, airports and rural communities to improve access to medical supplies, equipment and disaster recovery resources while maintaining strong safety and infrastructure standards. The process will begin with training and initial operations before expanding to additional routes and potential hospital-to-hospital missions. The program will also help inform the infrastructure and systems needed for long-term implementation. The initiative was announced Wednesday by Gov. Josh Stein, representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration, N.C. Department of Aviation, BETA Technologies, Joby Aviation, Metro Aviation, ECU Health and other state healthcare organizations. One of the aircraft, built by BETA technologies, landed at the Pitt-Greenville Airport on Monday as part of a test flight from Raleigh to the Outer Banks. ECU Health provided lightweight cargo for the aircraft to carry during its flight. In March, the NCDOT Division of Aviation announced it had been selected to participate in the FAA’s Advanced Air Mobility and Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Integration Pilot Program (eIPP)
Axios Raleigh
Before Atrium merger, WakeMed agreed to use UNC medical residents for at least 10 more years
For nearly 50 years, the UNC School of Medicine has had a partnership with WakeMed to train medical students and residents at its hospitals. Why it matters: But WakeMed's looming merger with Atrium has put that partnership's long-term future into question, especially as Atrium has a close partnership with the Wake Forest School of Medicine and is currently helping it expand to the Charlotte area . Driving the news: UNC's partnership with WakeMed will continue for at least another 10 years after the two entities renewed an agreement this year, a spokesperson for WakeMed told Axios. State of play: WakeMed hasn't historically been affiliated with a medical school but has worked with the UNC School of Medicine, which has a surplus of students, The Assembly previously reported . Nearly all of the 50 medical residents who work at WakeMed come from the UNC School of Medicine, though some also come from Duke, according to WakeMed . UNC Health also put in a bid to acquire WakeMed after the Atrium deal went public. However, WakeMed did not pursue that deal after entering into an agreement with Atrium. What they're saying: A spokesperson for UNC Health said in a statement it remains
Tega Cay Sun
CaroMont Health Plans Hospital On Highway 557 In Lake Wylie
CaroMont Health announced Sept. 16 that it has bought land on S.C. Highway 557 in Lake Wylie and plans to build a hospital there, with a projected opening in 2031. The hospital would be the Gastonia, N.C., health system’s first in South Carolina. CaroMont said in its announcement that the facility would primarily serve residents...