PRESS RELEASE ARCHIVES

2007

North Carolina Family Physician Receives Public Health Award at American Academy of Family Physicans Annual Meeting in Chicago

October 3, 2007 - L. Allen Dobson, Jr., M.D., FAAFP, a family physician from Mount Pleasant, N.C., was awarded the 2007 Public Health Award by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)...Read more.

NCHICA Elects Tom Earnhardt as 2007-2008 President

September 26, 2007 - The North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance, Inc. (NCHICA), a nonprofit consortium that aims to improve health and care in North Carolina...Read more.

Cabarrus Family Medicine Joins Carolinas HealthCare System

August 31, 2007 - Cabarrus Family Medicine (CFM) has officially joined the Carolinas Physicians Network (CPN), a regional network of medical practices operated by Carolinas HealthCare System (CHS). Cabarrus Family Medicine...Read more.

Cabarrus Family Medicine Physician Receives Certificate in Travel Medicine

August 26, 2007- Charles W. Rhodes, MD, Senior Executive Vice President and Medical Director at Cabarrus Family Medicine has successfully passed...Read more.

Cabarrus Family Medicine Supports Future Leaders

July 20, 2007- Fro the third consecutive year, one student at each high school in Cabarrus County was awarded the Cabarrus Family Medicine College Scholarship. Cabarrus Family Medicine began this scholarship prgram to honor...Read more.

Cabarrus Family Medicine Manager Receives National Certification

June 8, 2007- Christy Hatley, CMM, office manager at Cabarrus Family Medicine - Poplar Tent Family Physicians and the Sports Medicine and Injury Center, has successfully passed the national Certification Examination for Certified Medical Manager (CMM)...Read more.

Cabarrus Family Medicine Receives National Recognition for Using Best Practices in Patient Information Management

May 5, 2007- Physician Practice Connections standards encourage use of patient registries, electronic systems to measure quality and improve care...Read more.

Cabarrus Family Medicine Offers Scholoarship to Local High Schools

March 3, 2007 - As a contribution to local schools and the community, Cabarrus Family Medicine is offering a $1000 scholarship to one exemplary graduation senior from each of the six area high schools, including A.L Brown High School, Central Cabarrus High School...Read more.

2006

Family Medicine Outside the Doctors’ Office: Treating Students & Athletes

July 26, 2006 - We’re only a few official weeks into summer and children have many more lazy mornings and daytime romps with their friends left to go. Yet it’s already time to begin preparations for the next school year, especially for first-time kindergarteners... Read more.

Cabarrus Family Medicine Supports Future Leaders

July 25, 2006 - For the second consecutive year, one student at each high school in Cabarrus County was awarded the Cabarrus Family Medicine College Scholarship. Cabarrus Family Medicine began this scholarship program to honor some of its county’s future leaders... Read more.

Dr. Allen Dobson Named Champion of Change

May 10, 2006 - Dr. Allen Dobson, President and CEO of Cabarrus Family Medicine, has been selected by the North Carolina Institute of Medicine as a “Champion of Change in North Carolina Medicine” for his work in developing Community Care of North Carolina... Read more.

Cabarrus Family Medicine Opening Clinic in Research Campus

April 6, 2006 – Can Cabarrus Family Medicine change the health of an entire community? With a new facility on the North Carolina Research Campus and the assistance of University of North Carolina institutions, at least three of its doctors think so... Read more.

Message: You need not be thin as a stick

Event on improving women’s self-image

March 23, 2006 – Women who buy into cultural pressures to be stick-thin run the dangerous risk of developing an eating disorder and lower self-confidence, experts say. In an effort to promote a healthier body image, Cabarrus Family Medicine will host a jeans fashion show Tuesday as part of this year’s National Eating Disorders Awareness Week... Read more.

Cabarrus Family Medicine Offers Scholarship to Local High Schools

March 22, 2006 - As a contribution to local schools and the community, Cabarrus Family Medicine is offering a $1000 scholarship to one exemplary graduating senior from each of the six area high schools... Read more.

Fashion show to inspire comfort with body image

March 16, 2006 – It’s gutsy. For average, everyday women to stand on a stage and announce their jean size to the public isn’t something most females would be willing to do.

But 14 female employees of Cabarrus Family Medicine will do just that on March 28.

“Be Comfortable in Your Genes,” a film and fashion show, is designed to empower women to be comfortable with their own realistic body image... Read more.

“Be Comfortable In Your Genes” Film and Fashion Show

March 8, 2006 - As many as 10 million American females and 1 million males are troubled with an eating disorder, a statistic that has been rising every decade since 1930. Even more individuals “struggle with body dissatisfaction and sub-clinical disordered eating attitudes and behaviors,” according to the National Eating Disorders Association... Read more.

Cabarrus Family Medicine E-Prescribing Increases Patient Care, Safety, Efficiency

February 24. 2006 - Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina released information earlier this month announcing their program that will promote and fund the adoption of electronic prescribing to select physicians across the state. Yet, doctors and patients of Cabarrus Family Medicine, a family practice in Cabarrus & Stanly Counties, was one of the first healthcare facilities in the nation to fully implement electronic prescribing... Read more.

Want to eat smart and move more, but find it hard to fit into your day?

Local organizations provide a solution.

January 18, 2006 - On February 2nd, Families Eating Smart & Moving More will kick off another year of teaching families how to live healthier lifestyles, based on its plan, shop, and fix method of preparation... Read more.

2005

Excellence in Original Research Recognized by the American Academy of Family Physicians

LEAWOOD, Kan., December 28, 2005 – Concord, NC based physician Dr. Kevin Burroughs was recently recognized for his outstanding original research during the 2005 American Academy of Family Physicians' Scientific Assembly meeting... Read more.

"Under its new Medicaid director, state seeks to control rising costs."

December 4, 2005 - North Carolina has turned to a doctor to ease its chronic pain over Medicaid and its costs. Dr. L. Allen Dobson this year became the first doctor to run the state's Medicaid program... Read more.

"You don't have to exercise harder to lose weight -- just smarter."
CFM Conducts Study on Exercising Smarter

September 24, 2005 - That's what Exercise Physiologist Mike Lepp tells his clients. Now physicians at Cabarrus Family Medicine want to prove just that... Read more.

Future President of NCHICA Named

September 22, 2005 - Tom Earnhardt, PA-C, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Cabarrus Family Medicine, has recently been named the future president of the North Carolina Information and Communications Alliance (NCHICA)... Read more.

Cabarrus Family Medicine’s Kannapolis Office Relocates to NC Research Park

September 7, 2005 - Cabarrus Family Medicine is delighted to have the opportunity to continue our tradition of providing care to the Kannapolis community by being a part of the North Carolina Research Park... Read More.

Exercise Smarter, Not Harder: Metabolic Testing at Cabarrus Family Medicine

August 25, 2005 – “Are you having trouble losing weight even though you exercise regularly?” This is the catchphrase of the flyer that Dr. Mark Robinson is passing out to recruit participants for a weight loss study. This same question is asked to those who are interested in signing up for metabolic testing, a new service that CFM has recently begin offering... Read more.

Cabarrus Family Medicine Supports Future Leaders

July 26, 2005 - As a contribution to local schools and the community, Cabarrus Family Medicine has recently begun a local scholarship program, in which $1000 is rewarded to one exemplary graduating senior from each of the six high schools in Cabarrus County... Read more.

Cabarrus Family Medicine Residency Program Holds Graduation Ceremonies

June 24, 2005 – The Cabarrus Family Residency Program and NorthEast Medical Center graduated eight family medicine residents in commencement exercises held June 23, 2005 in the Hamrick Theatre at NorthEast Medical Center... Read more.

Dobson Appointed to Key State Position

Former Hospital COO Accepts New Position

April 22, 2005 - Dari Caldwell, former Chief Operating Officer for NorthEast Medical Center, has accepted a position as director of quality for Cabarrus Family Medicine... Read more.

Dari Caldwell Accepts Position with CFM

April 21, 2005 – Beginning Tuesday, April 26, Dari Caldwell, RN PhD will begin working part time at Cabarrus Family Medicine, PA as the Director of Quality. Her duties will include measuring the clinics’ quality and refining patient care systems for the organization and its 7 clinic locations... Read more.

Resident Featured in Our State, North Carolina Magazine

On Purpose: Volunteers at the Center for Purposeful Living teach human goodness, selfless sacrifice, responsibility, and teamwork.

January, 2005 - Dr. Benjamin Pusser calmly examines an injured, visibly distraught patient in the high-octane world of the emergency room, dispensing sound medical treatment, heartfelt compassion, and words of comfort. This, he believes, is his calling in life... Read more.