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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.

Schedule an appointment with a doctor in one click Novant Health has launched a convenient solution for new patients to schedule an appointment with the click of a button. Previously limited to calling doctor’s offices during business hours, new patients seeking an appointment can now view in real-time a nearby doctor’s availability and schedule their appointment from a computer at any time night or da

A women’s wine tasting, shopping and beauty event presented by Summit Plastic Surgery & Dermatology Join Novant Health Foundation Brunswick Medical Center and other wine-sipping, fashion loving women as the Foundation hosts its first Glitz, Glamour & Glow event, sponsored by Summit Plastic Surgery and Dermatology, at 101 Stone Chimney Place, in Supply on November 2, from 1 to 4 p.m. Chair for this year’s event, Whitney Sauls, says that all proceeds from Glitz, Glamour & Glow will benefit the health of women & children in Brunswick County.

A child’s legacy lives on through large toy donation to Novant Health Hemby Children’s Hospital Pediatric patients will now have hundreds of additional toys to make their stay at Novant Health Hemby Children’s Hospital more enriching. On Sept. 3, a local family donated 350 plus toys, which will be shared between Hemby Children’s Hospital and the Novant Health Blume Pediatric Hematology & Oncology Clinic, in honor of 4-year-old Connor—who beat cancer but lost his battle to HLH (Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis) in March of this year.

Novant Health has named Donald Sedgley as the new president of Novant Health Haymarket Medical Center. Sedgley has more than 23 years of experience in healthcare operations, systems measurement, clinical improvement and program management. Responsible for providing overall strategic direction, leadership and operational oversight of Novant Health’s 15th medical center, Sedgley will oversee the 60-bed, $100 million, four-story facility that will employ a staff of 200-300.

Cancer Risk Clinic Aims to Minimize Chance of Developing Cancer in High-Risk Patients Many cancers develop from genetic mutations or hereditary traits that can exponentially increase a person’s risk of developing cancer in their lifetime. People with these biological predispositions to certain cancers can greatly reduce their chance of developing the illness with proper knowledge, precaution and planning.