Press Releases

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Due to decreased demand, Novant Health today announced that it will reduce the hours of operation for its COVID-19 testing locations in Winston-Salem and East Mecklenburg. The health care system will also close COVID-19 testing operations at its Salisbury location.

WINSTON-SALEM, NC – Novant Health, a not-for-profit health care system serving the Carolinas and Georgia, welcomes David P. King of Chapel Hill, N.C., to its board of trustees. Joining as the 22nd member, King is a respected healthcare consultant, providing strategic and operational advice to numerous industry stakeholders. King previously served in leadership roles at Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (Labcorp), one of the largest medical testing laboratory and drug development businesses in the world, including as executive chairman, chief executive officer, president and general counsel. He was instrumental in leading the company’s transformation from a pure-play U.S. testing laboratory to a global life sciences company. In 2019 Forbes named King to its list of America’s Most Innovative Leaders.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Following updated emergency use authorizations (EUA) from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Novant Health will begin offering Moderna and Johnson & Johnson boosters beginning Tuesday, Oct. 26.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – To better meet the needs of a fast-growing community, Novant Health, Martin Truex Jr. and Sherry Pollex today broke ground on a 5,000-square-foot children’s emergency services center within Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center. This $2.4 million investment will bring specialized emergency care to thousands of children and teens in the Lake Norman and Huntersville area who currently have limited access to, and choice of, nearby services.  

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Novant Health announced today that it has been recognized by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives’ (CHIME) “Digital Health Most Wired” program for the fifth year in a row. The CHIME Digital Health Most Wired program conducts an annual survey to assess how effectively healthcare organizations apply core and advanced technologies into their clinical and business programs to improve health and care in their communities. Novant Health scored a 9 out of 10 in both acute and ambulatory care.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Novant Health has recently entered the next phase of its $400 million comprehensive capital investment plan at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center. The multiphase construction project initially launched in 2019, with phase 1 plans currently underway to renovate existing patient rooms and enhance the women’s and children’s center. Phase 2 was recently launched in coordination with design partners Gresham Smith and McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture, to construct a new five-story, 193,480-square-foot critical care tower. Each phase of the construction process is strategically designed to enhance the patient experience and improve access to critical care services in Winston-Salem and the surrounding area. 

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Novant Health has named Dr. David Rizzieri as the system physician executive for the Novant Health Cancer Institute.  

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., — Following emergency use authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Novant Health today announced that it will begin administering a single booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to individuals within certain populations on Monday, Sept. 27. To date, the healthcare system has administered over 550,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine, which includes more than 277,000 fully vaccinated individuals.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - At a time when surging COVID-19 hospitalizations are putting great strain on health care systems across the country, Novant Health today announced the implementation of a new digital health program designed to help relieve the pressure on acute care facilities, prevent or earlier detect the need for readmission, and provide better continuity of care for patients. Novant Health’s COVID Care at Home will identify patients undergoing treatment for COVID-19 who can safely transition to care at home and discharge those patients with on-demand virtual care follow-up appointments and in-home support. New Hanover Regional Medical Center, now part of Novant Health, launched a similar program in April 2020 and has served more than 2,400 patients.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Novant Health has been named a 2021 recipient of six Diversity Impact Awards by the Association of ERGs & Councils. The Diversity Impact Awards honor employee resource groups (ERG), diversity councils and other individuals who lead and support diversity and inclusion efforts within their organizations.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Novant Health today released the following update related to its mandatory COVID-19 vaccination program for employees:  Today, 98.6% of more than 35,000 team members are compliant with Novant Health’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination program. Team members are considered compliant if they have received the following: the single dose Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) vaccine, a first dose of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine — or if they applied for, and were granted, a medical or religious exemption. Team members who have started a two-dose vaccine series will now have until October 15 to get their second dose and remain in compliance.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center Foundation was awarded a $410,000 grant from The Duke Endowment to implement a well-being and resiliency program focused on front-line nurses who experience high rates of professional burnout. The program builds upon a similar program Novant Health launched in 2013 to address burnout among physicians. More than 800 Novant Health physicians have participated, and the program has hosted over 1,000 physicians from 39 states. For the nursing program, The Duke Endowment grant funding will support six cohorts of 20 nurses each. Novant Health will fund three additional cohorts. Over the three-year grant period, the program will serve 180 front-line nurses. Program leadership will provide guidelines for participation and begin recruiting cohorts later this year.