Press Releases

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Novant Health Charlotte medicine resident, Dr. James Muller, is one of 12 family medicine residents from across the country to receive the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Award for Excellence in Graduate Medical Education. Muller was selected for his leadership ability, community involvement, social commitment, exemplary patient care and interpersonal relationships.

WILMINGTON, N.C. – Exceptional care has inspired a family to make a generous gift to the New Hanover Regional Medical Center Foundation to support hematology and oncology patients.

WILMINGTON, N.C. – Today Novant Health celebrated a groundbreaking at the site of one of two Michael Jordan Family Medical Clinics in Wilmington.

Vizient Inc. has recognized Novant Health as a top performer in 2022 for the Supplier Diversity Excellence Ranking and Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center with the Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Ranking.

WILMINGTON, N.C. – Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center recently achieved accreditation from SRC as a Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery. This accreditation by SRC, a nonprofit patient safety organization, recognizes New Hanover Regional Medical Center’s commitment to patient safety and providing the latest in high quality robotic-assisted surgery for complex gynecological, urological and general surgery procedures, which are performed using the da Vinci surgical system.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – For the fourth consecutive year, Novant Health was named a 2022 recipient of Diversity Impact Awards by the Association of Employee Resource Groups (ERG) & Councils. The Diversity Impact Awards — which were announced at a ceremony Sept. 23 – honor ERGs, diversity councils and other people who lead and support diversity and inclusion efforts within their organizations. Along with Novant Health’s recognized business resource groups (BRGs), the late Ophelia Garmon-Brown, MD, M.Div., a former Novant Health family physician, was honored with the Executive Sponsor of the Year Award for her inspiring work as the Novant Health Coexist BRG executive sponsor. 

WILMINGTON, N.C. – New Hanover Health Advantage, sponsored by Novant Health, is proud to offer three comprehensive plan options in 2023 for residents of New Hanover, Pender and Brunswick counties. The plan options include two Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug plans, as well as a new Medicare Advantageonly plan, and all are designed to give residents extra benefits with the local providers they trust.

In partnership with the Novant Health Innovation Lab, Novant Health Wallace Cancer Institute in Salisbury is the only cancer facility in North Carolina to offer patients the option of using a Penumbra REAL®i-Series virtual reality headset while receiving infusion treatments or undergoing diagnostic imaging. This technology was funded by a generous donation from Salisbury resident Samantha Haspel and her husband Robert Ring to the Novant Health Rowan Medical Center Foundation. Their donation was made though monies gifted to them as wedding presents.

Cone Health and Novant Health have signed an agreement giving Novant Health an interest in HealthTeam Advantage (HTA) — the Medicare Advantage company started by Cone Health. Cone Health remains the majority shareholder.

Health system expands on its previously earned NCQA Health Equity Accreditation WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Following participation in an eight-month long pilot evaluation program, Novant Health has earned accreditation in the first cohort of the National Committee for Quality Assurance’s (NCQA) Health Equity Accreditation Plus program. Novant Health is only one of two health systems in the country to leverage its time and resources to participate in the pilot and receive the NCQA Health Equity Accreditation Plus status.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Sept. 21, 2022 – Novant Health announced today it is deploying innovative tools for leadership development and training with Moth+Flame, an award-winning virtual reality (VR) provider and technology studio.

WILMINGTON, N.C. – To support mothers around the clock, Novant Health has expanded lactation services by providing private, one-on-one video consultations between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. daily to patients in the Wilmington region. The on-demand, virtual lactation consultations will connect parents who need overnight support with a lactation expert so patients can share concerns, ask questions and get advice with little to no wait.