Press Releases

BOLIVIA, N.C. – Novant Health is pleased to welcome Dr. Ted Parcel to Novant Health Orthopedics and Spine - Brunswick. Parcel joined the clinic in January and is accepting new patients.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – On Dec. 17, five Novant Health medical centers were named a 2019 Top Hospital by The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit that evaluates the safety and patient experience provided by hospitals across the country. The Top Hospital Award comes following all five medical centers’ “A” Hospital Safety Grade, also from The Leapfrog Group.

BOLIVIA, N.C. ― The pharmacy team at Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center received the 2019 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) CEO’s Award for Courageous Service in recognition of the heroic efforts and inspiring, unselfish service during Hurricane Florence. Perry Allen, pharmacy manager at Brunswick Medical Center, received the award on behalf of all the hospital’s pharmacy team members.

BOLIVIA, N.C. – Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center is now offering cardiac calcium scoring for only $99 to help detect heart disease earlier. A cardiac score is a noninvasive, quick and simple CT scan that detects calcium buildup, or plaque, in the arteries and detects the risk for heart disease and a future cardiac event. Cardiac calcium scoring may also be covered by insurance.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. ― Three Novant Health physicians were featured in eight abstracts at the American Society of Hematology annual meeting, which was held Dec. 7 through 10 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The research focused on chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in adults, as well as hemophilia in children.

24,000-square-foot medical office building houses family medicine, pediatric care and OB/GYN clinics HARRISBURG, N.C. – Novant Health has opened a two-story, 24,000-square-foot medical office building in Harrisburg, North Carolina, providing easy access to comprehensive care in Cabarrus and North Mecklenburg counties. Three new clinics; Novant Health Pediatrics Harrisburg, Novant Health Harrisburg Family Medicine and Novant Health Mint Hill OB/GYN – Harrisburg; are all located inside the medical office building at Harrisburg Town Center: 6555 Kee Lane, Suite 200. All clinics are accepting new patients.

Meets highest national standard for pediatric epilepsy, delivering both surgical and nonsurgical treatments CHARLOTTE, N.C. – More than 3.4 million people in the U.S. have epilepsy (recurring seizures), and of those, nearly 500,000 are children. Novant Health today announced a world-class program to treat pediatric epilepsy, offering some of the most complete testing, treatment and monitoring found in the region, meeting the highest standards as an accredited level 4 center by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Novant Health is pleased to announce the grand opening of the Novant Health Neurosciences and Spine Center located at 190 Kimel Park Drive in Winston-Salem. The center will provide comprehensive neurology and spine care for Triad patients, all conveniently located under one roof.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. ― Novant Health has been recognized by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) in the “HealthCare’s Most Wired” program for the third year in a row. Novant Health was one of 16 healthcare organizations out of 16,165 to score a nine out of 10 in both ambulatory and acute care. “HealthCare’s Most Wired” recognizes health care systems for the adoption and strategic application of technology to achieve great outcomes. The “Most Wired” program evaluated the use of technology in multiple areas, including clinical quality and safety, interoperability, population health, patient engagement and analytics and data management.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. ― Press Ganey has selected Novant Health as the recipient of the 2019 Press Ganey Culture of Engagement Award. The award recognizes and honors an organization that demonstrates innovative talent management and organizational development strategies in their delivery of safe, high-quality, patient-centered care. Joy Greear, president and chief operating officer of Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center, and Karen Power, senior vice president of talent at Novant Health, received the award on behalf of Novant Health at the Press Ganey 2019 National Client & Executive Leadership Conferences on Nov. 18 in Orlando, Florida.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Novant Health today announced a partnership with KenSci to implement the company’s AI-based predictive system of insights platform. KenSci will help Novant Health streamline operational efficiencies within the medical centers and improve patients’ overall experiences by effectively informing care teams of patient status when and where it’s most needed. The platform will help Novant Health reduce variations in length of stay and readmissions, as well as dramatically improve patient flow in the emergency department, which will positively impact both inpatient census and patient satisfaction.

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. – Novant Health-GoHealth Urgent Care has opened its first urgent care in Huntersville, North Carolina, just north of uptown Charlotte at 9121 Sam Furr Rd. The new center is in Northcross Commons alongside Whole Foods Market, just off exit 25 on Interstate 77, providing the community with better access to high quality health care services.