Novant Health

Novant Health
Not-for-profit organization Healthcare
Geography
Location	Winston Salem, NC, United States
Organization
Care system	Private
History
Founded	July 1, 1997
Links
Website	http://www.novanthealth.org
Lists	Hospitals in the United States

Novant Health is a not-for-profit healthcare organization based in North Carolina that covers an area with than 3.5 million people in 34 counties reaching from Northern Virginia to Georgia. Novant was formed July 1, 1997 by the merger of Carolina Medicorp of Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Presbyterian Health Services of Charlotte, North Carolina. The system has 16 hospitals, four philanthropic foundations, three nursing home and senior residential facilities, nearly 350 physicians clinics, outpatient surgery, imaging and diagnostic centers, rehabilitation programs and community health outreach programs. Novant employs 26,000 people and has more than 1,100 physicians in its medical group.^[1]

Hospitals

Virginia

• Prince William Hospital
• Caton Merchant House

North Carolina

• Presbyterian Hemby Children’s Hospital
• Presbyterian Hospital
• Presbyterian Hospital Huntersville
• Presbyterian Hospital Matthews
• Presbyterian Orthopaedic Hospital
• Forsyth Medical Center
• Medical Park Hospital
• Thomasville Medical Center
• Brunswick Community Hospital
• Sea Trail Medical Center
• Rowan Regional Medical Center
• Franklin Regional Medical Center
• Kernersville Medical Center

South Carolina

• Upstate Carolina Medical Center

Medical Group

• Novant Medical Group

Regional

• MedQuest Diagnostic Imaging Centers

Urgent Care Centers

Novant Health has seven urgent care locations with providing medical coverage throughout the Charlotte region.

Other facilities

Novant Health employs over 1,600 doctors at different locations throughout Virginia, North and South Carolina providing services from pediatrics to women's care.

Awards

Magnet Recognition: Novant hospitals achieved national nursing magnet status in 2008. Only five percent of all hospitals nationwide have earned this designation, which recognizes facilities that provide the highest level of nursing care.^[2]

2008 Ernest A. Codman Award: Novant received this award for improving system-wide quality and safety of care patient care. Novant staff was recognized for successful efforts to improve hand hygiene compliance which resulted in a 53 percent reduction in hospital methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection rates across the organization.^[3]

2008 Commission on Cancer Outstanding Achievement Award: Presbyterian Cancer Center^[4]

2008 VHA Leadership Awards: Presbyterian Hospital and Presbyterian Hospital Matthews^[5]

2008 Award for Excellence in Medication Use Safety by the American Society for Health System Pharmacies: Safe Med, Novant Medical Group's medication reconciliation program^[6]

Chest Pain Center and Primary Stroke Center Designations: All three of Presbyterian Healthcare's acute care hospitals have achieved the highest level of Accredited Chest Pain Center and Primary Stroke Center designations.^[7]

External links

• Novant Health

References

1. ^ "Novant Health". Novant Health. Novant Health. http://novanthealth.org/about_novant_health/. Retrieved 28 July 2011. 
2. ^ "Magnet Designation". The American Nurses Credentialing Center. The American Nurses Credentialing Center. http://www.nursecredentialing.org/Magnet.aspx. Retrieved 28 July 2011. 
3. ^ "Ernest A. Codman Award". Ernest A. Codman Award. The Joint Commission. http://www.jointcommission.org/codman.aspx. Retrieved 28 July 2011. 
4. ^ "Commission on Cancer". Commission on Cancer. American College of Surgeons. http://www.facs.org/cancer/. Retrieved 28 July 2011. 
5. ^ "VHA Leadership Awards". VHA Inc.. VHA Inc.. https://www.vha.com/Pages/Default.aspx. Retrieved 28 July 2011. 
6. ^ "American Society of Health-System Pharmacists". Award for Excellent in Medication Use Safety. American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. http://www.ashp.org/. Retrieved 28 July 2011. 
7. ^ "Chest Pain Center and Primary Stroke Center Designation". Chest Pain Center and Primary Stroke Center Designation. The Joint Commission. http://www.jointcommission.org. Retrieved 28 July 2011.