Press Releases

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust recently awarded a $220,000 grant to the Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center Foundation to support the Family Connects Novant Health (FCNH) program. The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust has supported the program since its inception in 2016.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. ― Novant Health awarded 20 remarkable men and women the Novant Health Upward Mobility RN Scholarship, which supports team members who aspire to be registered nurses (RNs) and are experiencing financial hardship. Recipients of the scholarship are located in both Winston-Salem and Charlotte.

BOLIVIA, N.C. – Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center has added its second 3D mammography machine which will be available for mammography appointments Monday through Saturday. In addition, the new machine allows radiologists and general surgeons the chance to perform stereotactic breast biopsies.

BOLIVIA, N.C. – Novant Health is pleased to welcome Lana Simmons, family nurse practitioner, to Novant Health Family Medicine Pine Forest in Oak Island. Simmons joined the clinic in August and is accepting new patients.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – GoHealth Urgent Care, one of the country’s largest and fastest growing urgent care companies, together with its partner Novant Health, a four-state integrated network of physician clinics, outpatient facilities and hospitals, welcomes the community into the refurbished Novant Health-GoHealth Urgent Care center in the Waverly neighborhood of Charlotte, NC. The newly renovated center is located at 11840 Southmore Dr. in Charlotte, on the corner of Providence Rd. and Providence County Club Dr. It is off of 485 and near the Stone Creek Ranch community.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Novant Health today announced its physician and clinic growth for the second quarter of 2019 in the greater Charlotte market. Within the three-month time period, the health care system opened 11 clinics and added 28 physicians, bringing the total number of physicians in the greater Charlotte Market to 888.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. ― Eight Novant Health hospitals were recognized for excellence and quality in nursing care by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet Recognition Program. The Magnet Recognition Program serves as the gold standard for nursing excellence and provides consumers with the ultimate benchmark for measuring quality of care.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. ― Several Novant Health medical centers have been recognized by the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association for exemplary care of patients. The awards recognize the hospitals’ commitment and success in ensuring patients receive the most appropriate treatment for stroke and heart failure according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines built on the latest scientific evidence.

Funding will support screening and diagnostic services at Novant Health Presbyterian, Huntersville, Matthews and Mint Hill medical centers CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center Foundation has been awarded $239,921 in grants from Susan G. Komen Charlotte (Komen Charlotte). Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center received a $119,972 grant and Novant Health Huntersville, Matthews and Mint Hill Medical Centers received a joint $119,949 award. These grants will be used to fund screening and diagnostic services for under/uninsured and minority populations in Mecklenburg and surrounding counties.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Novant Health recently granted over $425,000 to local nonprofit organizations in the Winston-Salem area. In 2018, Novant Health announced a new alignment to their charitable giving, seeking to partner with nonprofit organizations that address identified health needs in the community and work to improve outcomes.

Grant to provide free eye exams and glasses to Mecklenburg County students who are economically disadvantaged CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center Foundation has received a $200,000 grant from The Duke Endowment to support Vision To Learn, a national nonprofit organization that operates mobile vision clinics to provide free screenings, eye exams and glasses to economically disadvantaged students. The foundation serves as fiduciary agent for the grant, which provides $40,000 this year and $160,000 incrementally until 2024 to serve students at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Novant Health, a nationally recognized leader in stroke care, has partnered with Viz.ai to bring the first U.S. Food & Drug Administration-cleared computer-aided triage system to the Carolinas. Novant Health will be deploying this applied artificial intelligence-based technology throughout the system, which will build on its commitment to provide access to the most advanced stroke care, beginning with Novant Health Presbyterian and Forsyth Medical Centers. Novant Health is the first in the Carolinas to partner with Viz.ai to bring its award-winning software that utilizes artificial intelligence to analyze images for suspected large vessel occlusion (LVO) strokes.