Chapel Hill - The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research a health services research center affliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The center encompasses an interdisciplinary program of research, consultation, technical assistance and training focusing on the accessibility, adequacy, organization, cost and effectiveness of health care services. Statistics and in-depth policy studies are available from each of the different programs within the Sheps Center. North Carolina Health Professions Data System - The North Carolina Health Professions Data System has been developed at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to collect and disseminate timely and reliable data on selected licensed health professionals in North Carolina. Although selected data are available beginning in 1976, continuous and equivalent data files have been maintained since 1979.
Data is searchable online.
It is a unique partnership between the university health science centers and local communities. The program's goal is to meet the primary health care needs of the state by improving the supply, distribution and quality of health care professionals. Today, nine regional AHECs comprise the AHEC system and are supported primarily by state and local funds. NC Board of Nursing - The North Carolina Board of Nursing is a regulatory agency, comprised of elected nurses, appointed citizens and staff, charged with ensuring safe, effective nursing care for the citizens of North Carolina. The Board is responsible for enforcing the North Carolina Nursing Practice Act.