Press Releases

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – As COVID-19 cases continue to decline in our communities, Novant Health is adjusting its visitor restrictions. As of Monday, March 15, at 8 a.m., most adults and children hospitalized at Novant Health facilities in North Carolina will be allowed to have two visitors per day. Restrictions remain in place for COVID-19 positive patients who are hospitalized or in the emergency room, as well as patients who are under investigation for COVID-19. Exceptions may continue to be granted in special circumstances, such as end-of-life care.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Winston-Salem State University-Novant Health Physical Therapy Neurologic Clinical Residency Program recently received full accreditation from the American Board of Physical Therapy Residency and Fellowship Education. WSSU is the first historically Black college and university (HBCU) in the nation to offer a fully accredited PT residency program.  

Grant to support evidence-based interventions to address chronic disease and obesity in Rowan County SALISBURY, N.C. – Novant Health Rowan Medical Center Foundation was awarded a $450,000 grant from The Duke Endowment’s Healthy People, Healthy Carolinas initiative to support Healthy Rowan. Healthy Rowan is a coalition of 57 individual members and 25 agencies including county and city government, public schools, faith-based institutions, local businesses and nonprofit organizations that seek to improve health and quality of life in Rowan County through broad-based interventions aimed at obesity and chronic disease. NHRMC Foundation serves as fiduciary agent for the grant, which provides $150,000 annually over three years.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.  – As part of its ongoing commitment to improve access to care for patients in Winston-Salem and the surrounding area, Novant Health announced plans to invest $222 million to develop a state-of-the-art critical care tower on the Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center campus.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – As part of its commitment to improving the health of communities throughout Mecklenburg County and beyond, Novant Health today broke ground at Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center. The $180 million investment will bring acute care resources to the growing suburban population in south Charlotte at a 168,000-square-foot state-of-the-art medical facility. CLICK HERE to view video from the event.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Novant Health today announced a new primary location for COVID-19 vaccination appointments in the Charlotte market. Located in east Charlotte’s Triangle Shopping Center, this 29,000-square-foot space will serve as a permanent site with the ability to accommodate up to 3,000 appointments a day, as supply allows.

BOLIVIA, N.C. – Novant Health is pleased to welcome Katy Johnson, certified physician assistant, to Novant Health Oceanside Family Medicine & Convenient Care in Shallotte. She joined the clinic in January.

Partnership to improve affordable access to care expands to Jordan’s hometown of Wilmington, N.C. CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Today, Novant Health and Michael Jordan announced a $10 million gift to open two medical clinics in New Hanover County on the southeastern coast of North Carolina. The regional health care system and Jordan previously partnered to open two Michael Jordan Family Clinics in Charlotte, N.C., bringing comprehensive primary care, including behavioral health and social support services, to the area’s most vulnerable communities. Jordan’s gift will help Novant Health bring this same integrated care model to more rural and rural-adjacent communities in his hometown, offering much-needed services to those who are uninsured or underinsured. 

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. ― Novant Health has named John Gizdic as executive vice president and chief business development officer. In this role, Gizdic will oversee the development of Novant Health’s Eastern market and the corporate areas of integration, business development and sales, corporate health, and public safety. He will remain responsible for the coastal region, including New Hanover Regional Medical Center (NHRMC).

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. ― Today, Novant Health announced the opening of three Novant Health Express at Walgreens retail health clinics in North Carolina.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. ― Today, Novant Health and New Hanover Regional Medical Center (NHRMC) are celebrating the beginning of their partnership. The two North Carolina not-for-profit health systems have come together after more than a year of public evaluation of how NHRMC could best meet the needs of the growing region. The sale of NHRMC from New Hanover County to Novant Health opens new opportunities for collaboration and growth as well as additional medical education and clinical capabilities through an expansion of NHRMC’s relationship with UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine.

Winston-Salem, N.C., Jan. 28, 2021 – Through the coordinated efforts of Novant Health and Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, more than 400 school district employees received COVID-19 vaccines yesterday at Novant Health’s newly opened mass vaccination site at Hanes Mall.