Press Releases

Startups and young companies looking to break into the U.S. healthcare industry now have the unique opportunity to become Innovation Nexus members at Novant Health. A yearlong, paid membership program from the Novant Health Innovation Lab, Innovation Nexus offers an insider’s view of Novant Health’s innovation ecosystem.

BURGAW, N.C., – Novant Health has secured $1.5 million in funding from The Golden LEAF Foundation to boost rural medicine in Pender County and improve health outcomes.

Novant Health today announced Novant Health Nourishes, a campaign designed to address food insecurity in partnership with the Novant Health Foundation. Building on a variety of initiatives aimed at tackling food insecurity, Novant Health Nourishes provides community members the opportunity to ensure no neighbor goes hungry by helping to fund Novant Health’s emergency food pack program.

CHARLOTTE, N.C., – On the morning of Jan. 26, nine Novant Health team members received guardian angel recognition at a special pinning ceremony at the Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center Foundation.

Effective March 3, Novant Health will increase its current minimum wage from $15 per hour to $17 per hour. More than 4,400 Novant Health team members systemwide will benefit from the living wage increase. This, combined with team member salary increases for 2023, represents an investment of more than $100 million.  

In December 2022, Novant Health Community Engagement contributed more than $1 million in charitable contributions to community partners* across communities in Charlotte, Winston-Salem and Wilmington.

WILMINGTON, N.C. – Today, Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of its 108-bed Novant Health Neurosciences Institute - New Hanover. Conveniently located on the hospital’s 17th Street campus, the Novant Health Neurosciences Institute will allow patients in Wilmington and the surrounding area to receive the latest in comprehensive stroke, brain, spine and neurological care.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Jesse Cureton, Novant Health executive vice president and chief consumer officer, was recognized Jan. 16 with a Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Emerging Leader Award by the National Diversity Awards. Cureton is being honored for his work building innovative consumer experiences that prioritize health equity, as well as employee experiences that are national models for diversity, equity and inclusion. 

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center Foundation is celebrating a new year by announcing officers and the addition of new board members to provide stewardship and oversight of its operations and activities.

WILMINGTON, N.C. -- Novant Health has named Heather Davis, DO, vice president of clinical affairs for the Coastal region.

Novant Health has been recognized with the prestigious Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Stage 7 Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) and Outpatient Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (O-EMRAM) awards for 2022. The health system has been consistently recognized by HIMSS for its adoption and use of the electronic health record since 2013. Stage 7 is the highest an organization can achieve for not only establishing strong digital health capabilities through its electronic health record, but also demonstrating that it can apply the technology in a useful and meaningful way.

Novant Health, a not-for-profit health care system serving the Carolinas and Georgia, has added Dr. Christopher "Jay" Duggins to its board of trustees. A practicing anesthesiologist with Providence Anesthesiology Associates in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he is also past chair, Duggins has been involved with Novant Health in various capacities for more than 18 years.