Press Releases

One-of-a-kind piece features 12 local cancer survivors For many, calendars are useful to keep track of important dates throughout the year. For cancer patients, calendars represent daily milestones in their journey to survivorship. For the sixth year, Novant Health Cancer Center has created a calendar that lets survivors tell their own story and gives newly diagnosed patients a daily dose of inspiration.

Thorough visits with focus on prevention and follow-through Novant Health announces the opening of its first concierge-style medical practice, Novant Health Hallmark Care, dedicated to providing extraordinary access and enhanced healthcare.

Health system identifies nearly 6,000 people with diabetes in campaign to "search and rescue" the millions in America who are unaware they have the disease.

Area Patients to Benefit from Enhanced Surgical Capabilities Novant Health Prince William Medical Center announces the advancement of its robotic-assisted surgery program with the addition of the da Vinci Si HD Surgical System®. A dozen specially trained surgeons who are board-certified in general surgery, gynecology and urology now have a new way of treating patients, including single-site surgery.

Novant Health Matthews Medical Center is celebrating the holidays by hosting an indoor tree-lighting ceremony and holiday celebration in its lobby for the community, staff and physicians from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 21. The lobby will be filled with beautifully decorated and uniquely designed holiday trees displayed by community and civic groups, nonprofit organizations, churches, businesses and individuals.

The Avon Walk for Breast Cancer season concluded with the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Charlotte this weekend, raising $1.65 million to advance access to care and funding breast cancer prevention and treatment research. The Avon Walk Charlotte attracted more than 800 participants from 41 states (and Washington D.C.), in addition to two countries. Additionally, 146 breast cancer survivors and 128 men joined together to raise life-saving funds and awareness for breast cancer.

Novant Health, through Novant Health Shared Services, announced today that they will work with Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System, in collaboration with Resource Optimization & Innovation (ROi), to improve access to and affordability of quality healthcare in their communities.

Honor, Love & Remember: New Remembrance Wall offers unique way to honor or remember someone special, while helping others An artfully sculptured tiled painting, a new Remembrance Wall, has been unveiled at Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center’s Jack Matney Memorial Labyrinth Courtyard. This unique art now provides you with a special way to pay tribute to loved ones and friends, while supporting a worthy cause—the expansion of cancer, heart and hospice services for Novant Health’s greater Charlotte market.

Bobcats Sports & Entertainment President & Chief Operating Officer Fred Whitfield, along with Novant Health Chief Consumer Officer Jesse Cureton, will host more than 500 guests at the Hilton Charlotte City Center on Saturday, October 26, 2013, for the sixth annual “My Hero Gala” black tie fundraiser to support the Novant Health Community Care Cruiser and the Cats Care Foundation. This year’s event will be presented by Deloitte and features a live auction as well as Bobcats players, coaches and executives in tuxedos, gowns and basketball shoes.

Shared services initiative will help reduce costs, improve patient care Novant Health and Memorial Health announced today a collaborative shared services partnership with Liberty Regional Medical Center in Hinesville, Ga., that is designed to reduce expenses and improve patient care. Novant Health will partner with Memorial Health, a Novant Health Shared Services affiliate in Savannah, Ga., to extend services to Liberty Regional.

Participants will hear from expert speakers and have the opportunity to sign-up for plans with trusted brokers Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center will host an educational session on the Health Insurance Marketplace (also known as the Health Insurance Exchange) for interested community members on October 23 at the medical center. This drop-in event, which will feature two formal presentations by expert speakers and the opportunity to sign up for plans with trusted brokers, will run from 3 to 7 p.m. with the formal presentations taking place at 3:30 and 5:30 p.m.

Qualifications for award include demonstrated results in safety, affordability and convenience for patients Novant Health received the prestigious Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Stage 7 Ambulatory Award for its adoption and use of an electronic health record (EHR). One of only six systems in the country – and the first in the Carolinas - to attain the highest level of EHR use, this award represents the successful transformation of care in Novant Health’s more than 350 physician clinics across three states.