Press Releases

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Novant Health today announced that it has started administering the COVID-19 vaccine to its first patients – North Carolina residents ages 75 and older – in keeping with the state’s distribution plan. The healthcare system continues to vaccinate team members within phase 1a of the prioritization framework, which includes heath care workers caring for and working directly with COVID-19 patients. To date, Novant Health has administered over 11,000 vaccines to team members and is administering hundreds more daily.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. ― Novant Health today announced an online COVID-19 vaccine virtual assistant tool that will allow the community to directly access vaccine resources or ask vaccine-related questions. The tool will utilize artificial intelligence and machine learning to seamlessly provide information about the COVID-19 vaccine.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Novant Health has named Tammy Jones as the new senior vice president and chief marketing officer. Jones has more than 15 years of experience in marketing and brand management, including five years at Novant Health. She reports to Jesse Cureton, executive vice president and chief consumer officer for Novant Health.

ICU nurses are first among patient-facing team members to receive vaccine CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Following the arrival of multiple ultralow freezers, extensive training of its team members and a successful day of mock distribution and administration, Novant Health inoculated its first front-line health care workers today, using the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Novant Health is now offering drive-thru flu vaccines at its COVID-19 screening centers located in Winston-Salem at the former Sears Auto Center at 190 Hanes Mall Circle and in Charlotte at the Central Piedmont Community College Harris campus parking deck at 3210 CPCC Harris Campus Drive. COVID-19 screenings will continue to be offered at these locations.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – On Dec. 14, The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit that evaluates the safety, quality and patient experience provided by hospitals across the country, released its fall 2020 Hospital Safety Grades. Novant Health is proud of its longstanding commitment to earning top safety and quality scores.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – In an effort to overcome vaccine hesitancy, Novant Health is partnering with Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles to encourage all community members to get vaccinated as soon as supply allows. The announcement follows recent national polling that shows a large number of citizens will opt out of getting vaccinated, citing concerns ranging from the vaccine being rushed to the vaccine having ulterior motives to its inequitable distribution.

BOLIVIA, N.C. – Novant Health is pleased to welcome Tiffany “Hope” Tyson, board-certified family nurse practitioner, to Novant Health Oceanside Family Medicine & Convenient Care in Shallotte, North Carolina. Tyson joined the clinic in December.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Novant Health has named Angela Yochem as executive vice president and chief transformation and digital officer. Yochem has served as the health system’s executive vice president and chief digital and technology officer since 2017. In this expanded role, Yochem will continue to lead digital products and services while assuming additional responsibilities related to transformational growth initiatives for the system.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Novant Health has named Angela Yochem as executive vice president and chief transformation and digital officer. Yochem has served as the health system’s executive vice president and chief digital and technology officer since 2017. In this expanded role, Yochem will continue to lead digital products and services while assuming additional responsibilities related to transformational growth initiatives for the system.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Kim Henderson has been named as an Executive in Residence for Queens University McColl School of Business. Henderson currently serves as system chief of staff to the CEO and senior vice president of executive leadership development at Novant Health. She graduated with her MBA from the McColl School of Business in 2012.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Building on its strategic partnership with SwipeSense, a healthcare technology company on a mission to eliminate harm and waste in healthcare, Novant Health is expanding SwipeSense technology for electronic hand hygiene monitoring, automated contact tracing, and real-time equipment tracking across the health system. The COVID-19 pandemic created more areas of opportunity to use technology to contain the virus. Novant Health’s use of SwipeSense creates an even stronger safety infrastructure within its facilities with real-time tracking of safety behaviors.