Novan Health
About Us
Community Outreach Programs
Novant Health exists to improve the health of the communities we serve, and we accomplish that mission by providing excellent healthcare facilities and physician practices. Another large part of this commitment is for Novant Health to make a major commitment to community outreach and service.
In 2008
Our community benefit in 2008 totaled $456 million. This total includes hundreds of programs that serve our patients, neighbors and some of our communities’ most vulnerable citizens.
Giving Back for Our Anniversary
We asked our employees about how we should celebrate Novant Health’s tenth anniversary, and they overwhelmingly recommended giving something to our communities. We partnered with Habitat for Humanity in 2008 and used the funds we would have spent on an anniversary party to purchase lumber, nails, glass, paint and all the supplies to build a new future for three deserving families. One house was constructed in the Greater Winston-Salem Market, one in the Coastal Market near Wilmington and one in the Greater Charlotte Market.
Parish Nursing Programs
These programs in Charlotte serve thousands of participants with health education, wellness and prevention services. The program became the first parish-nursing program in the southeastern United States.
Today's Woman Health & Wellness Center
Opened by Forsyth Medical Center in 1995, this center embodies a grassroots, holistic approach to improving the health of women and children.
Community Care Center
Forsyth Medical Center and Novant Health donated the use of a medical office building to the Forsyth-Stokes-Davie Medical Society to open the Community Care Center. The center provides care to people with no health insurance.
Community Care Cruiser
Operated by Presbyterian Hospital, this 38-foot recreational vehicle is staffed by nurses and volunteers to combat healthcare discrepancies among underserved children across the region.
More at Four
Thomasville Medical Center cooperates with the Davidson County Smart Start program to provide More at Four, offering assistance to children four years old that helps them prepare for kindergarten.
Charity and Free Care
In 2008, our Community Benefit totaled $456 million. This includes the provision of services to patients with no insurance coverage and the cost of providing open community access to our health services. Because of our not-for-profit mission, Novant Health neonatal intensive care units, critical care units, cancer treatment centers, emergency rooms and other essential medical programs treat everyone, regardless of the person’s ability to pay.