Press Releases

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Novant Health will host the “North Carolina High School Performance Combine” at Hough High School, in Cornelius, North Carolina, Saturday, April 21, at 9 a.m. High school athletes are encouraged to participate to see where they rank in relation to local and national competition. Data will be given after the event, allowing the athletes to track their own individual progress. 

BOLIVIA, N.C.– Novant Health is pleased to welcome Natalie Yount, FNP, to Novant Health Family & Internal Medicine South Brunswick. Yount joined the clinic in April and is accepting new patients.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Novant Health fully supports the surgeon general’s recommendation that families and friends of those at risk for overdose help combat the opioid epidemic by carrying naloxone, a medication used to temporarily reverse opioid overdose.

SALISBURY, N.C. – The gift of a second breast ultrasound imager should decrease the wait time for women who need diagnostic ultrasounds and ultrasound biopsies in Rowan County.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – On Saturday, April 14, Novant Health will host a special event called “Living Well with Diabetes: Community Support Day,” featuring free health screenings and more at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center Conference Center.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Novant Health is proud to announce that 14 of its acute care facilities have been recognized as “Leaders in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality” by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the country’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization. This the second year in a row that the Novant Health has received systemwide recognition. Novant Health Clemmons Medical Center made its first appearance this year in its first year as a full-service hospital following the facility’s 2017 expansion.

Health system invests in people and communities WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Novant Health today announced 2017 audited financial results for the year ended Dec. 31. For 2017, Novant Health reported net income of $477.9 million on operating revenues of $4.6 billion. The not-for-profit health system also reported $794.4 million in total community benefit (including charity care and unpaid cost of Medicare and Medicaid), up from $725.5 million in 2016. Novant Health provided $138.9 million in financial assistance to members of our communities in 2017.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Women’s Council of Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center Foundation, which has raised $525,000 since its founding in 2009 to improve the health of women in the community, is kicking off a special project for 2018 to celebrate its 10th year: to raise an additional $350,000 to support a new mobile mammogram unit to serve local women.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Novant Health is adding a new physician service line leader, Dr. Vincent J. Pompili, MD, as it continues to expand its heart and vascular capabilities. Pompili will lead heart and vascular services — including cardiac, thoracic and vascular surgery — across the Novant Health system’s four-state area.

BOLIVIA, N.C. – For the fourth year in a row, Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center will partner with several local Brunswick County organizations to host a free community baby shower on Saturday, April 28, at Mulberry Park in Shallotte.         

New clinic offers community additional access to outpatient psychiatric therapy         CONCORD, N.C. – Novant Health has expanded its behavioral health services to Concord with the recent opening of Novant Health Psychiatry. The new outpatient clinic provides children, adolescents and adults with diagnosis and treatment of mental health concerns, including anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder, depression, schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disorder, anger and chronic irritability, and other mood disorders.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – For more than 21 years, Girls on the Run Charlotte has provided life-changing after-school programming to girls ages 8-13. Today, the organization—whose evidence-based curricula is known for being both fun and effective—is announcing a new program offered during school breaks called Camp GOTR.