Press Releases

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. ― Novant Health is expanding access to care across North Carolina through its partnership with Tyto Care, creator of the healthcare industry’s first all-in-one modular device and telehealth platform for on-demand, remote medical exams. This game-changing technology will allow worried parents across North Carolina to connect with a Novant Health provider who can virtually examine the heart, lungs, skin, ears, throat and abdomen of their children from wherever they are – potentially eliminating a rush to the emergency room or the doctor’s office.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. ― Novant Health patients can now schedule screening mammogram appointments on the Physician Finder tool at the North Carolina imaging locations. Self-scheduled screening mammogram appointments are available to patients over 40 years old and can be scheduled up to 90 days ahead of time. Diagnostic mammogram appointments will need to be scheduled through a provider.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. ― Novant Health is encouraging patients and their families to have their voices heard by becoming a Community Voice advisor. Community Voice is Novant Health’s patient and family advisory council (PFAC) and electronic patient and family advisory council (ePFAC) made up of patients, their loved ones and Novant Health team members, all working together to improve the patient experience. 

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center has incorporated a dedicated obstetrics emergency department (OB-ED) to its maternity service offerings.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. ― Novant Health Rehabilitation Hospital in Winston-Salem will celebrate its one-year anniversary with a free community health fair Tuesday, Oct. 8, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 2475 Hillcrest Center Circle.

KERNERSVILLE, N.C. – Novant Health-GoHealth Urgent Care invites the Kernersville community to visit its new location at 794 S. Main St. The state-of-the-art Main Street location replaces the previous clinic location on Gateway Center Drive. 

BOLIVIA, N.C. – Novant Health welcomed two new orthopedic providers at Novant Health Orthopedics & Spine in Supply, North Carolina. Physician assistants Devyn Lockley and Amanda Swiss joined the clinic in September.

THOMASVILLE, N.C. – Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center Foundation has received $150,000 from The Cannon Foundation to purchase a new stereotactic 3D breast biopsy system. The system will enable staff to offer a full schedule of biopsy procedures at the Thomasville Medical Center breast center. In addition to The Cannon Foundation grant, the Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center Foundation is committing $120,432 to purchase the $270,432 system.

DEERFIELD, ILL., & WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Today, Walgreens and Novant Health, a leading health care provider with 15 medical centers and more than 640 locations offering advanced medical treatments in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, announced a retail health clinical collaboration and services agreement, as well as a retail pharmacy-focused transaction. Walgreens will acquire nine of Novant Health’s retail pharmacies, while Novant Health will open new retail health care clinics at Walgreens stores in the Winston-Salem, Charlotte and Brunswick County, North Carolina, areas.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Four Novant Health nurses have been named to the prestigious Great 100 list for their excellence in nursing. These nurses were nominated by their peers on the basis of their outstanding professionalism, their demonstration of excellence and their commitment to making a difference in their communities through nursing.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. ― Novant Health’s board of trustees was one of five boards honored at the second annual NACD NXT™ Recognition Awards and named best in the nation for nonprofits. The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) is the authority on boardroom practices representing more than 20,000 corporate board members. The NACD NXT recognition, part of NACD’s NXT initiative, applauds exemplary board-leadership practices that promote greater diversity and inclusion, ultimately fostering long-term value creation.

KERNERSVILLE, N.C. – Novant Health Kernersville Medical Center will host its eighth annual Oooh Bra La La breast cancer awareness event on Thursday, Oct. 24, 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Novant Health Kernersville Medical Center Lambe Conference Center.