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Novant Health unveils possible plans for 70-bed Rock Hill hospital

Novant Health released a possible look at a 70-bed hospital in Rock Hill.

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Oct 14 • 10:52 AM EDT • Health • wsoctv.com
Novant Health provider urges flu vaccination as cases emerge early

Flu cases have already been reported in the region, and a Novant Health provider says people should consider getting vaccinated as the season gets underway.

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Oct 8 • 7:16 AM EDT • Health • wect.com
Novant Health reduces retirement match amid cost pressures

Novant Health announced changes to its retirement benefits Tuesday that will take effect starting next year.

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Oct 7 • 6:19 PM EDT • Health • wect.com
Novant Health reduces retirement match amid cost pressures

Novant Health announced changes to its retirement benefits Tuesday that will take effect starting next year.

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Oct 7 • 2:41 PM EDT • Health • wect.com
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Novant Health hiring event kicks off in Greenville

FOX Carolina's Scottie Hunter has the details.

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Oct 5 • 6:42 AM EDT • Health • wlfi.com
Novant Health hiring event kicks off in Greenville

FOX Carolina's Scottie Hunter has the details.

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Oct 5 • 6:42 AM EDT • Health • fox19.com
Novant Health hiring event kicks off in Greenville

FOX Carolina's Scottie Hunter has the details.

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Oct 5 • 6:42 AM EDT • Health • wbay.com
Novant Health hiring event kicks off in Greenville

FOX Carolina's Scottie Hunter has the details.

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Oct 5 • 6:42 AM EDT • Health • hawaiinewsnow.com
Novant Health hiring event kicks off in Greenville

FOX Carolina's Scottie Hunter has the details.

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Oct 5 • 6:42 AM EDT • Health • wkyt.com
Novant Health hiring event kicks off in Greenville

FOX Carolina's Scottie Hunter has the details.

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Oct 5 • 6:42 AM EDT • Health • live5news.com
Novant Health hiring event kicks off in Greenville

FOX Carolina's Scottie Hunter has the details.

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Oct 5 • 6:42 AM EDT • Health • wbtv.com
Novant Health hiring event kicks off in Greenville

FOX Carolina's Scottie Hunter has the details.

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Oct 5 • 6:42 AM EDT • Health • wsmv.com
Novant Health hiring event kicks off in Greenville

FOX Carolina's Scottie Hunter has the details.

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Oct 5 • 6:42 AM EDT • Health • wctv.tv
Novant Health hiring event kicks off in Greenville

FOX Carolina's Scottie Hunter has the details.

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Oct 5 • 6:42 AM EDT • Health • wect.com
Novant Health hiring event kicks off in Greenville

FOX Carolina's Scottie Hunter has the details.

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Oct 5 • 6:42 AM EDT • Health • azfamily.com
Novant Health hiring event kicks off in Greenville

FOX Carolina's Scottie Hunter has the details.

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Oct 5 • 6:42 AM EDT • Health • wdbj7.com
Novant Health hiring event kicks off in Greenville

FOX Carolina's Scottie Hunter has the details.

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Oct 5 • 6:42 AM EDT • Health • foxcarolina.com
Novant Health hiring event kicks off in Greenville

FOX Carolina's Scottie Hunter has the details.

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Oct 5 • 6:42 AM EDT • Health • newschannel10.com
Novant Health hiring event kicks off in Greenville

FOX Carolina's Scottie Hunter has the details.

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Oct 5 • 6:42 AM EDT • Health • fox8live.com
Prisma doubles down on Urgent Care while Novant pivots to virtual visits

Two large South Carolina providers are pursuing opposite strategies. Prisma Health is acquiring 36 Urgent Care Centers from Novant Health, doubling its portfolio. Novant is moving toward virtual offerings.

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Oct 4 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • postandcourier.com
Southport fire chief files lawsuit against Novant Health after mother’s fatal fall

Southport’s fire chief has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Novant Health and an attending doctor, alleging hospital staff ignored warnings that his 67-year-old mother was at high risk of falling before a fatal bathroom fall triggered an untreated brain bleed.

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Oct 2 • 7:07 PM EDT • Health • wect.com
Southport fire chief files lawsuit against Novant Health after mother’s fatal fall

Southport Fire Chief Charles Drew has filed a wrongful-death suit against Novant Health, alleging lapses in care led to his mother’s fatal fall and brain bleed.

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Oct 2 • 12:19 PM EDT • Health • wect.com
Novant Health sells 36 urgent care sites to S.C. system

Novant Health is selling 36 urgent care locations to Prisma Health, South Carolina’s largest healthcare system. Terms weren’t disclosed.

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Sep 25 • 4:32 PM EDT • Health • businessnc.com
Prisma Health to Acquire Urgent Care Centers

Prisma Health announced an agreement to acquire 36 urgent care locations in South Carolina (formerly Doctor's Care) from Novant Health, expanding access to convenient care for communities across the state. The acquisition includes approximately...

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Sep 25 • 9:40 AM EDT • Health • greenvillebusinessmag.com
Prisma Health to acquire 36 South Carolina urgent care centers from Novant Health

Prisma Health announced an agreement Thursday to acquire 36 urgent care locations across South Carolina from Novant Health.

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Sep 24 • 7:33 PM EDT • Health • live5news.com
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Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center operating on generator power after outage

A localized power interruption affected Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center earlier this morning. The hospital is operating on generator power, and patient care continues without interruption.

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Sep 24 • 8:41 AM EDT • Health • wxii12.com
Inside Novant Health’s new South Asheville Medical Park

Novant Health previews its new South Asheville Medical Park, including imaging, outpatient surgery and a mobile mammography unit.

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Sep 23 • 5:00 PM EDT • Health • citizen-times.com
Health Care Partnership outlines workforce progress

More local nursing graduates are staying in the region, according to officials offering an update on the progress of the New Hanover Healthcare Career Partnership at a public forum last night. According to Jack Watson, dean of UNCW’s College of Health & Human Services, the number of UNCW nursing graduates choosing to remain in the area after graduation has climbed from 27% to the mid-40% range. The New Hanover Healthcare Career Partnership aims to address the region’s healthcare worker shortage, with a key focus on nursing through strategic partnerships between UNCW, Cape Fear Community College (CFCC), New Hanover County Schools and the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce Foundation. "Each of the partners had pathway programs,” said Watson, “but they were almost at times done in a silo." One of the New Hanover Community Endowment's largest commitments to date, the collaborative received a $22.3 million grant in 2023, to be disbursed over three years, beginning in 2024. At the public forum, leadership addressed the nursing bottleneck created by the pandemic, and Laurie Whalin, president of the Novant Health Coastal Region, acknowledged that Novant Health had relied heavily on travel nurses during that period, with travel nurses making up about 47% of staff and nursing turnover at 35% at the height of the pandemic. "I can say we are in a tremendously different place today,” Whalin said at the forum. The number of travel nurses employed by the Novant Health Coastal Region has dropped to around 100 today, which Whalin says accounts for less than 4% of the workforce. Roughly two years into the grant term, major stakeholders in the collaboration pointed to various accomplishments tied to the initiative. According to Stephen Hill, vice president of talent development with the Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, 250 more nurses live in New Hanover County in 2026 than in 2023. Whalin added that between 2021 and 2025, the Novant Health Coastal Region has hired close to 1,200 registered nurses. Additionally, according to Whalin, over the past two years, hiring and retention of nursing graduates from UNCW increased by 103%, while hiring and retention of nursing graduates from CFCC increased by 70%. Mandy Mills, director of career & technical education at New Hanover County Schools, pointed to the launch of its first Health Sciences Academy program, established across the county's four traditional high schools (Hoggard High School, Laney High School, Ashley High School and New Hanover High School), which started with 38 students last year. Mills also pointed to growth in the district’s Nursing Fundamentals course, which grew from 10 seats in 2023 to 50 in 2025-2026 and is now offered at all four traditional high schools. Watson emphasized the growing nursing class sizes and offered an update on the school’s accelerated nursing degree, which launched last year. Eleven students graduated in the first class, and all passed their boards on the first try, Watson said. This year’s class has 24 students. When the endowment announced its $22.3 million grant for the collaborative in 2023, UNCW and CFCC were each slated to receive the bulk of the funds, at about $10 million each. UNCW’s plans for the grant money included expanding its simulation lab, Watson said. He added that construction is expected to begin on the simulation lab this year and will likely extend through next year. According to Mary Ellen Naylor, dean of Health & Human Services at CFCC, the college has experienced growth in its associate degree nursing retention, rising from 59% in 2023 to 76% for the May 2026 class. CFCC used part of its endowment funding to support wraparound services, including a housing stipend, tuition assistance, exam assistance, emergency assistance, drop-in daycare and clinical and educational supplies. "We have very strong … students, but once they get into the program, there are competing priorities,” Naylor said. “They are working multiple jobs. They have children. They're single parents." According to Naylor, in 2026, 94% of students who used support services are still enrolled or have graduated. Addressing a question from an audience member about an approaching “enrollment cliff,” driven largely by dropping birth rates, Watson and Naylor said demand remains strong at both schools. “Right now … we do have more applicants than we have spots in our nursing program, and it is still a competitive process to get into,” Watson said. “I do not foresee that changing.” "(We've) doubled enrollment in our nursing programs over the last few years, but just as Dean Watson said, we still have very robust applicant pools, so it is still very competitive to get in,” Naylor said. "We have the applicant pool to support that, but again, it's not as easy as just saying, 'Okay … we're going to take another 90 students.' It's making sure all the resources and infrastructure that we need to educate the students outside the classroom is there as well." In response to a question about applying the collaborative model to other healthcare positions besides nursing, Sophie Dagenais, CEO and president of the endowment, said she sees the potential for the model to expand to other healthcare jobs and even other industries, but that the endowment hopes to learn from this model first. “This is a grant that is in year two of three years, and first we wanted to learn what is this going to demonstrate, what will we learn and then how may we scale it possibly,” she said. According to endowment spokesperson Amber Rogerson, funds for the program are set to expire after June 2027. “It's too early to discuss what happens after that,” wrote Rogerson in an email, “though we know the partners are considering the future, and some of the work supported by the grants is now built into their regular operations.”

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Sep 23 • 2:13 PM EDT • Health • wilmingtonbiz.com
Health Care Partnership outlines workforce progress

More local nursing graduates are staying in the region, according to officials offering an update on the progress of the New Hanover Healthcare Career Partnership at a public forum last night. According to Jack Watson, dean of UNCW’s College of Health & Human Services, the number of UNCW nursing graduates choosing to remain in the area after graduation has climbed from 27% to the mid-40% range. The New Hanover Healthcare Career Partnership aims to address the region’s healthcare worker shortage, with a key focus on nursing through strategic partnerships between UNCW, Cape Fear Community College (CFCC), New Hanover County Schools and the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce Foundation. "Each of the partners had pathway programs,” said Watson, “but they were almost at times done in a silo." One of the New Hanover Community Endowment's largest commitments to date, the collaborative received a $22.3 million grant in 2023, to be disbursed over three years, beginning in 2024. At the public forum, leadership addressed the nursing bottleneck created by the pandemic, and Laurie Whalin, president of the Novant Health Coastal Region, acknowledged that Novant Health had relied heavily on travel nurses during that period, with travel nurses making up about 47% of staff and nursing turnover at 35% at the height of the pandemic. "I can say we are in a tremendously different place today,” Whalin said at the forum. The number of travel nurses employed by the Novant Health Coastal Region has dropped to around 100 today, which Whalin says accounts for less than 4% of the workforce. Roughly two years into the grant term, major stakeholders in the collaboration pointed to various accomplishments tied to the initiative. According to Stephen Hill, vice president of talent development with the Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, 250 more nurses live in New Hanover County in 2026 than in 2023. Whalin added that between 2021 and 2025, the Novant Health Coastal Region has hired close to 1,200 registered nurses. Additionally, according to Whalin, over the past two years, hiring and retention of nursing graduates from UNCW increased by 103%, while hiring and retention of nursing graduates from CFCC increased by 70%. Mandy Mills, director of career & technical education at New Hanover County Schools, pointed to the launch of its first Health Sciences Academy program, established across the county's four traditional high schools (Hoggard High School, Laney High School, Ashley High School and New Hanover High School), which started with 38 students last year. Mills also pointed to growth in the district’s Nursing Fundamentals course, which grew from 10 seats in 2023 to 50 in 2025-2026 and is now offered at all four traditional high schools. Watson emphasized the growing nursing class sizes and offered an update on the school’s accelerated nursing degree, which launched last year. Eleven students graduated in the first class, and all passed their boards on the first try, Watson said. This year’s class has 24 students. When the endowment announced its $22.3 million grant for the collaborative in 2023, UNCW and CFCC were each slated to receive the bulk of the funds, at about $10 million each. UNCW’s plans for the grant money included expanding its simulation lab, Watson said. He added that construction is expected to begin on the simulation lab this year and will likely extend through next year. According to Mary Ellen Naylor, dean of Health & Human Services at CFCC, the college has experienced growth in its associate degree nursing retention, rising from 59% in 2023 to 76% for the May 2026 class. CFCC used part of its endowment funding to support wraparound services, including a housing stipend, tuition assistance, exam assistance, emergency assistance, drop-in daycare and clinical and educational supplies. "We have very strong … students, but once they get into the program, there are competing priorities,” Naylor said. “They are working multiple jobs. They have children. They're single parents." According to Naylor, in 2026, 94% of students who used support services are still enrolled or have graduated. Addressing a question from an audience member about an approaching “enrollment cliff,” driven largely by dropping birth rates, Watson and Naylor said demand remains strong at both schools. “Right now … we do have more applicants than we have spots in our nursing program, and it is still a competitive process to get into,” Watson said. “I do not foresee that changing.” "(We've) doubled enrollment in our nursing programs over the last few years, but just as Dean Watson said, we still have very robust applicant pools, so it is still very competitive to get in,” Naylor said. "We have the applicant pool to support that, but again, it's not as easy as just saying, 'Okay … we're going to take another 90 students.' It's making sure all the resources and infrastructure that we need to educate the students outside the classroom is there as well." In response to a question about applying the collaborative model to other healthcare positions besides nursing, Sophie Dagenais, CEO and president of the endowment, said she sees the potential for the model to expand to other healthcare jobs and even other industries, but that the endowment hopes to learn from this model first. “This is a grant that is in year two of three years, and first we wanted to learn what is this going to demonstrate, what will we learn and then how may we scale it possibly,” she said. According to endowment spokesperson Amber Rogerson, funds for the program are set to expire after June 2027. “It's too early to discuss what happens after that,” wrote Rogerson in an email, “though we know the partners are considering the future, and some of the work supported by the grants is now built into their regular operations.”

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Sep 23 • 2:12 PM EDT • Health • wilmingtonbiz.com
Novant Health’s economic impact hits $4.33B as Cape Fear population surges

Novant Health’s Coastal Region now generates $4.33 billion in annual economic output, more than triple what it reported a decade ago, according to an updated independent analysis by University of North Carolina Wilmington economist Mouhcine Guettabi.

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Sep 18 • 5:24 PM EDT • Health • wcax.com
Novant Health’s economic impact hits $4.33B as Cape Fear population surges

Novant Health’s Coastal Region now generates $4.33 billion in annual economic output, more than triple what it reported a decade ago, according to an updated independent analysis by University of North Carolina Wilmington economist Mouhcine Guettabi.

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Sep 18 • 5:24 PM EDT • Health • wect.com
Novant Health drives $4.33B in regional economic impact, study says

Novant Health Coastal Region generates an annual overall economic impact of $4.33 billion in the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), according to a new report. Commissioned by Novant Health and conducted by Mouhcine Guettabi, associate professor of economics at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and the area’s regional economist, the report evaluates population growth in New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender counties and whether the area’s healthcare infrastructure is positioned to meet the region’s demand. According to the study, while healthcare employment has kept pace with population growth in New Hanover and Pender counties, it has not kept up with the rapid population growth in Brunswick County, which is skewed toward an older population. “It points very clearly to Brunswick County being the bottleneck, or being the place where investment is most needed,” Guettabi said to the Business Journal Friday, “because the growth is the fastest, the composition of the growth is older (adults) and demand for healthcare is much higher for the subpopulation.” The Novant Health Coastal Region employs 8,295 full-time equivalent workers, according to the report, and is the region’s largest employer. Overall, through direct, indirect and induced impacts, the Novant Health Coastal Region supports 19,573 jobs, the report said. Using data collected from internal payroll, financial and capital reports, the report estimates that Novant Health Coastal Region pays approximately $1.15 billion in total compensation to its employees. According to the study, the provider’s annual operating expenditures, or direct economic impact, total $2.36 billion. That direct impact ripples through the regional economy through spending at its suppliers, or indirect impact, and household spending by staff and its suppliers’ workers, or induced impact. The report estimates the Novant Health Coastal Region’s indirect economic impact is $786 million, reflecting the multiplying effect of the provider’s operating expenses on expenditures like medical supplies, facilities, food, IT and professional services. Because 86.9% of Novant Health Coastal Region employees live within the tri-county region, the report estimates that wages paid by Novant circulate into the regional economy, creating an induced economic impact of $1.17 billion. “That money just doesn’t go into thin air,” Guettabi said of the wages paid to Novant Health Coastal Region employees. “Some of that money is being re-spent, and therefore it’s supporting grocery stores, hiring, restaurants and bars, and there are a lot of other companies or organizations whose employment, whose activity partially depends on that.” The combination of direct ($2.36 billion), indirect ($786 million), and induced ($1.17 billion) impacts totals an estimated $4.33 billion, according to the report. A study commissioned by Novant Health in 2024 and conducted by FTI Consulting’s Center for Healthcare Economics and Policy found that Novant Health generated nearly $2 billion of direct impact, with $628 million in indirect impact and $857 million in induced impact. Healthcare investments in the pipeline for Brunswick County Additionally, the study found that while healthcare employment has kept pace with population growth in New Hanover and Pender counties, it lags in Brunswick County. “Once you go below the metro level and you decompose the three counties that make up the Wilmington Metro,” Guettabi said, “it becomes fairly clear that Brunswick is the standout. And not only that, but clearly the growth there is fully domestic migration and largely retiree-driven migrants.” Using data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on per-capita healthcare spending among age groups, Guettabi estimates that adults aged 65 and older demand 2.44 times the healthcare of working-age adults. “The share of the population in Brunswick County that’s over the age of 65 is 33%,” Guettabi said, “which is so much higher than the average share of people over the age of 65 within the state or within the country.” The report emphasizes that Brunswick County is the “strongest candidate” for new healthcare investment, adding that patient discharge records show Brunswick residents rely heavily on facilities in New Hanover County for inpatient care. “Investments in Brunswick County would not only meet the demand for those residents, but it would also relieve pressure for New Hanover County residents,” Guettabi said. Laurie Whalin, president of the Novant Health Coastal Region, told the Business Journal Friday that the provider plans to expand services at Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center, in addition to other investments in the area. In April, the state granted conditional approval to both Novant Health and Columbus Regional Healthcare System to build new hospitals, just miles apart, on either side of the Columbus County and Brunswick County borders. Columbus Regional’s $214 million 30-bed hospital would be located at the former Acme-Delco Middle School in Delco, according to the application. The project’s approved timetable has construction slated to finish in May 2029, with the hospital open for service by October 2029. The Whiteville-based provider, which Atrium Health manages, broke ground on an Advanced Care facility in December 2025 and operates four specialty clinics in Leland. Meanwhile, Novant Health’s proposed $251 million 20-bed hospital would be built just miles from Columbus Regional’s proposed hospital, near the Compass Pointe community in Leland. The provider estimates the hospital will open by 2030. State officials also approved Novant Health in March to build a freestanding emergency department in Carolina Shores, near U.S. 17. The project is estimated to cost $24 million, according to the application, and will operate under the Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center license. Additionally, Novant Health’s 16,000-square-foot ambulatory surgery center is slated to open in Leland by year’s end, officials said.

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Sep 18 • 2:16 PM EDT • Health • wilmingtonbiz.com
Novant Health’s economic impact hits $4.33B as Cape Fear population surges

The report ties that growth to a fast-expanding, aging population, particularly in Brunswick County, the fastest-growing county in North Carolina and ninth-fastest in the nation.

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Sep 18 • 1:44 PM EDT • Health • wect.com
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Willie Stargell Foundation donating to Novant Health dialysis center

The Willie Stargell Foundation will present a donation to Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center Tuesday.

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Sep 14 • 7:23 PM EDT • Health • wect.com
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Four Lake Norman hospitals seek approval for 3D body scanner. Only one will get it

Atrium, Duke Health, Novant and Southern Oncology compete to set up a 3D body scanner outside Charlotte.

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Sep 8 • 5:25 AM EDT • Health • charlotteobserver.com
Novant Health trauma expert warns of rise in E-Bike injuries

As e-bikes and e-scooters become increasingly common modes of transportation, health experts are warning of rising safety challenges and a surge in significant injuries across all age groups.

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Sep 3 • 7:12 AM EDT • Health • wect.com
Novant Health trauma expert warns of rise in E-Bike injuries

As e-bikes and e-scooters become increasingly common modes of transportation, health experts are warning of rising safety challenges and a surge in significant injuries across all age groups

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Sep 3 • 7:11 AM EDT • Health • 1011now.com
Construction On Novant Health Performance Center Continues To Make Progress

It’s been about a year and a half since the Novant Health Performance Center (NHPC) officially broke ground back in March of 2025 and the Charlotte Hornets’ ...

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Sep 1 • 12:05 PM EDT • Health • nba.com
Novant is making it easier for health plan members to get ready for 2027 benefits

Novant and UNC Health will become preferred providers starting Jan. 1.

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Aug 31 • 4:15 PM EDT • Health • wsoctv.com
Novant Health, Hornets unveil progress on new Uptown practice facility

Channel 9’s Miana Massey got a first look of the facility on Friday, where crews are building the spaces that will become practice courts, training and recovery areas for the Hornets.

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Aug 28 • 1:19 PM EDT • Health • wsoctv.com
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Public during Asheville hospital hearing: 'Mission Hospital should not get one more bed'

AdventHealth, Mission Health, Novant Health and UNC Health West are all seeking the 92-bed certificate of need, though some have more public support than others.

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Aug 21 • 5:06 AM EDT • Health • citizen-times.com
Three coastal Novant Health hospitals win national heart, stroke care awards

Three coastal North Carolina hospitals have received national recognition from the American Heart Association for their stroke and heart failure care.

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Aug 19 • 8:18 AM EDT • Health • wect.com
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UNCW Athletics, Novant Health and EmergeOrtho Forge Landmark Partnership to Enhance Student-Athlete Health and Wellness

WILMINGTON, N.C. – UNCW Athletics announced that Novant Health and EmergeOrtho are proud partners of the Seahawks, beginning in the 2026-27 academic year. This multi-year agreement shows UNCW's dedication to providing a top-tier student-athlete experience through the largest transformational investment in UNCW Athletics history.

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Aug 11 • 7:00 AM EDT • Health • uncwsports.com
Novant Health investigates suspicious intruder at medical center

The incident occurred on July 25 and prompted a response from the Matthews Police Department.

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Jul 31 • 8:55 PM EDT • Health • wsoctv.com
Novant Health operations impacted from Forsyth County water main break

Novant Health has shifted some clinics to virtual visits and paused elective surgeries after a major Forsyth County water main break.

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Jul 29 • 1:25 PM EDT • Health • wxii12.com
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Novant Health cutting some revenue cycle positions system-wide

Novant Health is cutting jobs across its health system, though the number of positions being eliminated has not been disclosed.

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Jul 21 • 7:38 PM EDT • Health • wect.com
Novant Health opens second free-standing ER in Bluffton

Novant Health opened the doors to its second free-standing emergency department in Bluffton on Monday, as the Low Country community continues to see rapid population growth.

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Jul 21 • 12:29 AM EDT • Health • wtoc.com
HEALTH FIRST: Managing cardiac sarcoidosis and heart disease

Megan Clark, a clinical pharmacist practitioner with Novant Health’s Heart and Vascular Institute, was in the studio to discuss the disease and treatment options.

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Jul 9 • 7:21 AM EDT • Health • wect.com
Jelly Roll thanks Novant Health in Charlotte after health issue: ‘They got me on my feet for the show’

Along with Novant Health, Jelly Roll also thanked Post Malone, who sent him flowers the next night with a “get well soon” message.

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Jun 16 • 11:27 AM EDT • Health • wbtv.com
Novant Health Scotts Hill Medical Center hosts community day ahead of opening

Novant Health hosted a community day at Scotts Hill Medical Center ahead of its opening, giving neighbors their first look at New Hanover County’s first newly built hospital in decades.

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Jun 15 • 12:43 AM EDT • Health • wect.com
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Novant Health Scotts Hill Medical Center hosts community day ahead of opening

Families and their pets attended the event outside the facility. Attendees met staff, learned about services and took guided tours inside.

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Jun 13 • 2:21 PM EDT • Health • wect.com
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Novant, UNC Health vying to add hospital beds in New Hanover County

Health systems are competing to expand hospital capacity in New Hanover County.

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Jun 12 • 5:49 PM EDT • Health • wect.com
Novant Health invites public to explore Scotts Hill Medical Center

Novant Health will be hosting a Community Day at its Scotts Hill Medical Center this weekend.

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Jun 9 • 6:03 AM EDT • Health • wect.com
Novant Health unveils plans for $300M Rock Hill project at former Panthers HQ site

The city approved its end of a property sale at its Monday night meeting.

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Jun 8 • 6:26 PM EDT • Health • heraldonline.com
Novant Health restructures leadership with focus on regional growth

The president of Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center is taking on a larger regional role as Novant Health reshapes leadership across North Carolina.

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Jun 4 • 6:38 AM EDT • Health • kltv.com
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Novant Health restructures leadership with focus on regional growth

The president of Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center is taking on a larger regional role as Novant Health reshapes leadership across North Carolina.

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Jun 3 • 5:53 PM EDT • Health • wect.com
WECT INVESTIGATES: Leland woman dies after battling stage 4 cancer, Novant Health

Brenda Booze died Tuesday afternoon after a battle with stage four cancer.

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May 22 • 6:45 PM EDT • Health • wect.com
UNC Health plans Wilmington hospital

UNC Health plans to create a community hospital on a 62-acre proposed site in New Hanover County, pending regulatory approvals, according to an announcement Monday morning. “Planned for the southeast corner of South 17th Street and Shipyard Boulevard, the site was selected for its accessibility and its geographic infill capacity in serving a rapidly growing region,” according to the release. “This project marks a significant step forward in UNC Health’s commitment to improving access to primary care and specialty care closer to home.” Officials said the proposed hospital would offer a range of specialties, including emergency care, cardiology, oncology, OBGYN and more. While the not-for-profit, state-owned health system’s officials are planning the hospital, the proposal still requires state approval through North Carolina’s certificate of need (CON) process before it can become a reality. UNC Health is targeting an opening date of 2030, the release stated, and “will continue to engage openly with local community leaders and residents and share updates as plans evolve and progress is made towards achieving CON approval.” The state’s CON law requires healthcare providers to obtain a CON from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services before developing or offering what the department’s website dubs “a new institutional health service.” The term encompasses a wide range of facilities, including hospitals. The news of UNC Health’s Wilmington plans follows the recent addition of Ernie Bovio to UNC Health. Bovio, who had served as president of the Novant Health Coastal Region since 2024, became regional president of UNC Health’s Southeast Coastal Region in April. “This is an important first step in our commitment to ensuring that families in Wilmington and the surrounding areas have access to the high-quality, compassionate care they deserve – right here at home,” Bovio stated in the release. “As I’ve listened to my own neighbors and community members across the region, I’ve heard a clear message: Wilmington is ready for more choice in healthcare – and UNC Health is ready to deliver it.” According to the release, Wilmington Health – one of the largest independent, physician-owned practices in Southeastern North Carolina – also supports the project, and its providers are expected to participate on the medical staff of the new facility. “Wilmington Health has served this community for more than 50 years, and we know firsthand that our patients are interested in choice,” stated Jeff James, CEO of Wilmington Health, in the release. “We strongly support UNC Health’s plan to bring a new community hospital to our region – closing critical gaps in specialty care and ensuring families across our region have options to access the services they need, right here at home.”

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