Impact

"They (Mountain Area Health Education Center - MAHEC) were with us from start to finish through the EHR selection process -- evaluating our needs, helping us sort out the pros and cons and, most importantly, guiding us in securing maybe the best deal ever!" states Jon Medin, Director of Growth & Marketing at Asheville-based Mercy Urgent…
Mountain AHEC Story

Sisters of Mercy Find Refuge in MAHEC During Search for New EHR Vendor

Practice Support

Helping you meet the new demands of health care.

Are demands on your time and energy increasing exponentially? Are you looking to pursue evidence-based strategies to improve care and take advantage of federal and new payer model incentives?

The North Carolina Area Health Education Centers (NC AHEC) Program can help. Consultants from your local AHEC can work with you to optimize the use of your electronic health record (EHR), redesign your care delivery systems, improve patient outcomes, and meet national, state and private payer program requirements.

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Electronic Health Record Consulting

NC AHEC has assisted over 1,100 primary care practices in adopting an EHR and supported over 2,000 providers in achieving Meaningful Use!

Quality Improvement Consulting

We provide expert, on-site quality improvement consulting as well as workshops, training, webinars, peer-to-peer learning events and group collaboratives to enhance care and improve patient and care team satisfaction. We combine informed, technical knowledge with seasoned practicality to help practices improve patient care outcomes.

News & FAQs

Impact

Marilyn, an adjunct clinical instructor at Asheville-Buncombe Tech Allied Dental Clinic, has been attending continuing education courses at MAHEC since around the time she graduated in 1981. She used to occasionally travel out of the area to maintain her licensure credits, but she doesn't have to travel much anymore thanks to the quantity, quality, and variety of CPD courses provided through NC AHEC.
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Marilyn

What We Do

In the rapidly changing health care industry, we meet the ever-evolving education and training needs of health professionals.

Our continuing professional development (CPD) programs are important resources that provide health care professionals with the training and continuing education they need to meet state licensure and specialty certification and to stay abreast of new research, emerging technologies, and the latest innovations and advancements in their fields.


We reach health care professionals in all 100 North Carolina counties with our regional and online CPD programs.

In 2017, more than 215,000 total participants attended more than 9,000 continuing professional development programs provided by NC AHEC.

We support a diverse range of CPD activities that encourage innovation and meet health professionals' licensing and certification requirements.

We offer a variety of ways for health care professionals to reinvest in their careers and remain life-long learners: grand rounds, preceptor development, certificate courses, refresher courses, workshops and conferences, skill development, information sharing, technical assistance and consultation, learning collaboratives, journal clubs, and more!

 


Our programs are often taught by health sciences faculty from the state’s five medical academic centers, bringing university expertise into North Carolina communities.

Through our statewide course calendar and nine regional Area Health Education Centers, we provide quality continuing professional development (CPD) programs designed to meet the education and training needs of health care providers in the allied health, dental health, medicine, mental health, nursing, pharmacy, public health, and emerging health professions. Our programs are often taught by health sciences faculty from the state’s five medical academic centers, bringing university expertise into North Carolina communities.

Strategic Initiatives

Our programs, courses, and events are constantly evolving to meet the specific needs of the various health professions and to meet the regional-specific needs throughout the state and to address the priority health issues of North Carolina. Continuing professional development priorities in 2018 include interprofessional practice education (IPE), opiate addiction, rural workforce development, behavioral health, and pay-for-value/practice transformation.

Visit the NC AHEC statewide course calendar to find live programming events near you and online courses available anywhere, anytime.