Novant Health

Last updated

Novant Health
Company typeNonprofit health system
Industry Health care
PredecessorCarolina Medicorp, Presbyterian Health Services
Founded1891;133 years ago (1891) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Headquarters2085 Frontis Plaza Boulevard, ,
Number of locations
  • 19 hospitals
  • 850+ outpatient locations
  • 30+ imaging centers
  • 720+ physician clinics
 (2023)
Area served
North Carolina, South Carolina
Key people
  • Carl Armato (President, CEO)
  • Frank Emory, Jr. (Chief Legal Officer)
  • John Gizdic (Chief Administrative Officer)
  • Sanjay Gupta (Chief Transformation Officer)
  • Onyeka Nchege (Chief Information Officer)
  • Denise Mihal (Chief Nursing Officer)
  • Pam Oliver, M.D. (Physician Network President)
  • Dean Swindle (President of Novant Health Enterprises)
Services
RevenueOperating: $7.6 billion (2022)
Net: $(222.8 million) (2022)
Number of employees
40,000 (2023)
Divisions
  • Physician Network
  • Heart & Vascular Institute
  • Oncology
  • Neuroscience
  • Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
  • Emergency & Trauma
  • Maternity & Neonatal
  • Pediatrics
  • Health Equities
  • Social Responsibility
  • MedQuest
  • Adept
Website www.novanthealth.org

Novant Health is a four-state integrated network of physician clinics, outpatient centers and hospitals across the Southeast. Its network consists of more than 2,000 physicians and 40,000 employees at more than 850 locations, including 19 medical centers and hundreds of outpatient facilities and physician clinics. [1] [2] The organization was formed on 1 July 1997 by the merger of Carolina Medicorp of Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Presbyterian Health Services of Charlotte, North Carolina. [3] Headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Novant Health serves more than 7 million patients annually. [4] In 2019, Novant Health was ranked #38 in Forbes' annual ranking of America's Best Employers for Diversity, [5] #3 in Diversity MBA Magazine's annual ranking of Best Places to Work for Women & Diverse Managers, [6] and #6 in North Carolina in Forbes' annual ranking of America's Best Employers by State. [7]

Contents

History

Mergers and re-branding

Novant Health announced a new brand in 2013 to bring a unifying business identity to its mix of more than 400 local brands. [8] The new logo color aubergine represented "excellence" and "warmth." [9]

Reorganization and layoffs

In July 2015, Novant Health concluded a months-long internal reorganization by terminating approximately 2% of its workforce, or about 400 employees. Despite the layoff announcement, officials said in a statement that the health system was "financially healthy" and a year-end report showed it generated a profit of $201.8 million the previous fiscal year. [10] This was the largest system-wide layoff incident for the organization since its previous termination of 289 employees in May 2012, [11] which caused picketing and protests associated with the Occupy movement. [12]

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital affiliation

Novant Health announced a new affiliation with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on 21 April 2015. The St. Jude affiliate clinic is located in Charlotte, North Carolina . [13] The St. Jude Affiliate Clinic at Novant Health Hemby Children's Hospital provides specialized hematology and oncology care for pediatric patients in North and South Carolina. [14]

Novant Health UVA Health System

Novant Health UVA Health System was formed 1 January 2016, as a new regional partnership between Novant Health and the University of Virginia Health System. [15] This joint operating company was created through the merger of three regional hospitals: UVA Health System Culpeper Hospital, Novant Health Haymarket Medical Center and Novant Health Prince William Medical Center, as well as additional facilities from Novant Health including assisted living, outpatient cancer care, and ambulatory physician clinics. On 1 July 2021, UVA Health became the full owner of Novant Health UVA Health System and the hospitals in Culpeper, Manassas, and Haymarket. [16]

Comprehensive Stroke Center certifications

On 23 June 2017, it was reported that Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center had achieved a Comprehensive Stroke Center designation from the Joint Commission and American Heart Association, the first hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina with the designation and the second within the Novant Health system. [17] Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina was previously designated as a Comprehensive Stroke Center in 2012, and has been re-certified three times. Comprehensive Stroke Center certification recognizes hospitals that meet standards to treat the most complex stroke cases, and is the highest level of stroke certification available. [18]

Inner-market expansion

Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center opened in October 2018 [19] , the system's first new hospital campus in several years after more than a decade of planning and construction that was slowed down by the 2008 Great Recession. The Mint Hill, North Carolina facility opening was the highest profile example of Novant Health's strategy to expand services within its existing markets after several failed ventures into new markets, including the sale of Gaffney Medical Center in Gaffney, SC in 2014, [20] the closure of Franklin Medical Center in Louisburg, NC in 2015, [21] and the terminated acquisition of Memorial Health in Savannah, GA in 2016. [22]
Novant Health has also expanded capacity at its other North Carolina regional facilities including Clemmons, [23] Kernersville, [24] and Huntersville. [25] In 2018 and 2019, Novant Health made several large real estate purchases for future growth including the former Sears store at Hanes Mall in Winston-Salem, NC, [26] a large medical office building in the SouthPark region of Charlotte, NC, [27] and the Hall Family Farm in the Ballantyne area of south Charlotte for a future medical center. [28]

Novant Health Institute of Innovation & Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Novant Health announced the launch of the Novant Health Institute of Innovation & Artificial Intelligence (AI) in June 2019. [29] The institute will "focus on the advanced technologies required to provide highly personalized care and accelerated solutions with actionable data and insights for preventative prediction, diagnosis and treatment to Novant Health's patients." [30]

Controversies

In 2021, Novant faced controversy after firing 175 healthcare workers for not taking a mandated COVID-19 vaccine. At the time it was one of the largest-ever mass terminations due to a vaccine mandate [31]

In late October 2021, a jury awarded David Duvall, a Novant white male executive, $10 million for being fired due to his race and sex as a result of the Company's goal of increasing diversity. The jury disagreed with Novant's claim that he was fired due to subpar performance. [32] [33] [34]

Hospitals

North Carolina

Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center

Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center
Novant Health
Geography
Location Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Organization
Care system Private
Type General
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds654
History
Opened1903
Links
Website novanthealth.org/presbyterian
Lists Hospitals in North Carolina

Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center is a 654-bed hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina. The hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and received Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

Presbyterian Hospital was founded in 1903, when ten doctors from the North Carolina Medical College purchased the former Charlotte Private Hospital, and turned it over to the city's six Presbyterian churches to operate. The hospital operated out of leased properties during its early years. In 1915, the nearby Elizabeth College moved to Virginia, vacating its campus on Hawthorne Lane. The hospital acquired that property and in 1918 began operating at its current location. [39] The first of several new buildings opened in 1940, and in 1980 the Elizabeth College buildings came down to make way for further expansion. [40] It opened several satellite hospitals in Huntersville and Matthews, before merging with Carolina Medicorp of Winston-Salem in 1997. The combined company became known as Novant Health, and in 2013 announced the re-branding all of facilities under the Novant name.

Trauma Center

In June 2017, Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center received approval from the North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services as a "practicing Level II trauma center." The hospital was previously designated as a Level III trauma center in 2016. To qualify for the full Level II designation, the hospital must care for 1,200 trauma patients in the year following the practicing designation and be evaluated on physician response times and patient outcomes. [41]

Hemby Children's Hospital

Hemby Children's Hospital, located within Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center, has a total of 109 beds including a 38-bed Level IV NICU, an 8-bed PICU, 20-bed adolescent behavioral health department, and a 43-bed general pediatric floor.

Awards and accolades

Presbyterian Medical Center has been named one of the 50 “Best Hospitals” in America by Becker's ASC Review. [42]

In 2010, it received a three-star rating for cardiac surgical care from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. [43]

In 2009 The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) has recognized Presbyterian Hospital as one of 26 ACS NSQIP participating hospitals in the United States with exemplary outcomes for surgical patient care. [44]

Novant Health Rowan Medical Center

Novant Health Rowan Medical Center
Novant Health
RowanRegionalMedicalCenter-SalisburyNC.jpg
Main Visitor Entrance on W. Henderson St.
Geography
Location Salisbury, North Carolina, United States
Organization
Care system Private
Type General
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds268
History
Opened1936 as Rowan Memorial Hospital
1995 as Rowan Regional Medical Center
2013 as Novant Health Rowan Medical Center
Links
Website http://novanthealth.org/rowan
Lists Hospitals in North Carolina

Novant Health Rowan Medical Center, is a 268-bed hospital in Salisbury, North Carolina.

It first opened in Salisbury as Rowan Memorial Hospital on 1 August 1936. Since then, it has expanded several times. [45] In 1995, it became part of Novant under its current name. [46]

Awards/patient satisfaction

  • Novant Health Rowan Medical Center is among only 28 hospitals nationwide to be awarded the 2011 Leadership Award for Clinical Excellence from VHA Inc. [47]
  • In 2011, it received re-certification as a primary stroke center from the Joint Commission. [48]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mecklenburg County, North Carolina</span> County in North Carolina, United States

Mecklenburg County is a county located in the southwestern region of the U.S. state of North Carolina, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,115,482, making it the second-most populous county in North Carolina, and the first county in the Carolinas to surpass one million in population. Its county seat is Charlotte, the state's largest municipality.

The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, a nonprofit academic medical center in New York City, is the primary teaching hospital for two Ivy League medical schools, Weill Cornell Medicine at Cornell University and Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. The hospital includes seven campuses located throughout the New York metropolitan area. The hospital's two flagship medical centers, Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medical Center, are located on opposite sides of Upper Manhattan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist</span> Hospital in North Carolina, United States

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is an academic medical center and health system located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and part of Charlotte-based Atrium Health. It is the largest employer in Forsyth County, with more than 19,220 employees and a total of 198 buildings on 428 acres. In addition to the main, tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem known as Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Health system operates five community hospitals in the surrounding region. The entity includes:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Atrium Health</span> Hospital network

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, formerly Carolinas HealthCare System, is a hospital network with more than 70,000 employees and part of Advocate Health. It operates 40 hospitals, 7 freestanding emergency departments, over 30 urgent care centers, and more than 1,400 care locations in the American states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. It provides care under the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist name in the Winston-Salem, North Carolina, region, Atrium Health Navicent in the Macon, Georgia area, and Atrium Health Floyd in the Rome, Georgia area. Atrium Health offers pediatric, cancer, and heart care, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wake Forest School of Medicine</span> Medical school of Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University School of Medicine is the medical school of Wake Forest University, with two campuses located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. It is affiliated with Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, the academic medical center whose clinical arm is Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. In 2021, U.S. News & World Report ranked Wake Forest School of Medicine 48th best for research in the nation and 80th best for primary care. The School of Medicine also ranks in the top third of U.S. medical schools in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center</span> Hospital in North Carolina, United States

Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center, doing business as Forsyth Medical Center, is a 921-bed, not-for-profit, regional medical center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, that offers a full range of medical, surgical, rehabilitative and behavioral health services. Coupled with the nearby 22-bed Novant Health Medical Park Hospital, Forsyth Medical Center gives Winston-Salem one of the largest, best-equipped hospital facilities in the state. Forsyth Medical Center is accredited by The Joint Commission and is a member of the American Hospital Association.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">UNC School of Medicine</span> Medical school of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina School of Medicine is a professional school within the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It offers a Doctor of Medicine degree along with combined Doctor of Medicine / Doctor of Philosophy or Doctor of Medicine / Master of Public Health degrees.

Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System(SRHS) is one of South Carolina's largest healthcare systems. SRHS draws patients primarily from the areas of Spartanburg, Cherokee, Union, and Greenville counties (all located in the Piedmont region of South Carolina) as well as Rutherford and Polk counties (located in western North Carolina). Spartanburg General Hospital was organized under the authority of the South Carolina General Assembly in 1917 and officially became the Spartanburg Regional Health Services District, Inc., a political subdivision of the State of South Carolina, by the charter granted by the secretary of state of South Carolina on May 1, 1995. 

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of Virginia Health System</span> Hospital in Virginia, United States

The University of Virginia (UVA) Health System is an academic health care center associated with the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. The health system includes a medical center, school of medicine, school of nursing, and health sciences library. The health system provides inpatient and outpatient care and patient education and conducts medical research and education.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Atrium Health Floyd</span> Hospital in Georgia, United States

Atrium Health Floyd is a system of health care providers serving Northwest Georgia and Northeast Alabama since 1942. Located in Rome, Georgia, it is Floyd County’s largest employer with over 3,400 employees. It is a part of the Atrium Health system.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Inspira Health Network</span> Hospital in New Jersey, United States

Inspira Health is a charitable non-profit health care organization comprising three hospitals, two additional emergency rooms, and several multi-specialty health centers among other locations. These include urgent care, cancer treatment, imaging, rehabilitation and primary and specialty physician practices in Gloucester, Cumberland, Salem and Camden counties. Inspira Health has 1,328 medical staff members, 907 volunteers, and 5,782 employees. It is affiliated with the Jefferson Medical College, Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine, and Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, among others. In 2021 it was given a grade A by the Leapfrog patient safety organization.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Virtua Health</span> American hospital network

Virtua Health is an academic non-profit healthcare system in southern New Jersey that operates a network of hospitals, surgery centers, physician practices, and more. Virtua is South Jersey's largest health care provider. The main headquarters are located in Marlton.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Erlanger Health System</span> Hospital in Tennessee, United States

The Erlanger Health System, incorporated as the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority, a non-profit, public benefit corporation registered in the State of Tennessee, is a system of hospitals, physicians, and medical services based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Erlanger's main location, Erlanger Baroness Hospital, is a tertiary referral hospital and Level I Trauma Center serving a 50,000 sq mi (130,000 km2) region of East Tennessee, North Georgia, North Alabama, and western North Carolina. The system provides critical care services to patients within a 150 mi (240 km) radius through six Life Force air ambulance helicopters, which are equipped to perform in-flight surgical procedures and transfusions.

Medical centers in the United States are conglomerations of health care facilities including hospitals and research facilities that also either include or are closely affiliated with a medical school. Although the term medical center is sometimes loosely used to refer to any concentration of health care providers including local clinics and individual hospital buildings, the term academic medical center more specifically refers to larger facilities or groups of facilities that include a full spectrum of health services, medical education, and medical research.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charlotte metropolitan area</span> Metropolitan area in the United States

The Charlotte metropolitan area, sometimes referred to as Metrolina, is a metropolitan area of the U.S. states of North and South Carolina, containing the city of Charlotte. The metropolitan area also includes the cities of Gastonia, Concord, Huntersville, and Rock Hill as well as the large suburban area in the counties surrounding Mecklenburg County, which is at the center of the metro area. Located in the Piedmont, it is the largest metropolitan area in the Carolinas, and the fourth largest in the Southeastern United States. The Charlotte metropolitan area is one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hawthorne & 5th station</span> Streetcar station in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Hawthorne & 5th is a streetcar station in Charlotte, North Carolina. The at-grade island platform on Hawthorne Lane is a stop along the CityLynx Gold Line and serves Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center and the Elizabeth neighborhood.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">UNC Medical Center</span> Hospital in Chapel Hill, NC

UNC Medical Center (UNCMC) is a 932-bed non-profit, nationally ranked, public, research and academic medical center located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, providing tertiary care for the Research Triangle, surrounding areas and North Carolina. The medical center is the flagship campus of the UNC Health Care Health System and is made up of four hospitals that include the North Carolina Memorial Hospital, North Carolina Children's Hospital, North Carolina Neurosciences Hospital, North Carolina Women's Hospital, and the North Carolina Cancer Hospital. UNCMC is affiliated with the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. UNCMC features an ACS designated adult and pediatric Level 1 Trauma Center and has a helipad to handle medevac patients.

References

  1. Hoppszallern, Suzanna (2016). "Novant Health Highlights Patient Convenience". Hospitals & Health Networks. 90 (12): 16. PMID   30179373 . Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  2. "Our Company | Novant Health" . Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  3. "Novant Health". Novant Health. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  4. "Our Company | Novant Health". www.novanthealth.org. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  5. "Forbes". Forbes. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  6. "2019 50 Out Front: Best Places to Work | Diversity MBA Magazine" . Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  7. "America's Best Employers By State". Forbes. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  8. "idden H". underconsideration.com. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  9. "Novant Health". IdentityWorks.
  10. "Up to 400 workers to be laid off in Novant Health reorganization". www.charlotteobserver.com. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  11. "Novant to lay off 289, including 150 jobs in Winston-Salem". bizjournals.com. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  12. "Occupy Winston-Salem protests mass layoffs by Novant Health, Inc". www.fightbacknews.org. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  13. "Novant Health: Seventh St. Jude Affiliate Clinic comes to Charlotte". www.wbtv.com. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  14. "Charlotte Affiliate – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital". www.stjude.org. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  15. "Our History – Novant Health UVA Health System". www.novanthealthuva.org. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  16. STAFF, INSIDENOVA. "UVA Health completes purchase of Novant, hospitals in Northern Virginia". INSIDENOVA.COM. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  17. "Novant Health Presbyterian receives advanced stroke center certification". www.charlotteobserver.com. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  18. "Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification". www.heart.org. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  19. "A look inside Novant Health's $80M Mint Hill Medical Center". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  20. "Community Health Systems acquires Gaffney Medical Center". www.goupstate.com. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  21. "Franklin Medical Center to close next week". www.wral.com. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  22. "Novant Health withdraws from Memorial partnership negotiations". www.savannahnow.com. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  23. "Novant Health plans $49M expansion, 100 new jobs at Triad medical center". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  24. "Novant plans for outpatient surgery center draws opposition". www.journalnow.com. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  25. "Novant to begin $50M expansion of Huntersville hospital soon". www.charlotteobserver.com. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  26. "Novant's realty arm buys Sears property at Hanes Mall for $14.5 million". www.journalnow.com. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  27. "Hospital spends millions to buy a prominent SouthPark property, and could expand". www.charlotteobserver.com. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  28. "Hall Family Farm sells to Novant Health for $21 million". www.wcnc.com. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  29. "Novant Health opens Institute of Innovation & AI". www.beckershospitalreview.com. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  30. "Press releases | Novant Health". www.novanthealth.org. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  31. "North Carolina hospital system Novant Health fires 175 unvaccinated employees refusing covid shot - The Washington Post". The Washington Post .
  32. Levenson, Michael (29 October 2021). "Jury Awards $10 Million to White Male Executive in Discrimination Case". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  33. "Jury awards $10M to former exec who said he was fired because he is white male". NBC News. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  34. Bostock, Bill. "A marketing executive who said he was fired because he was a white man was awarded $10 million in damages by a North Carolina jury". Business Insider. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  35. Rau, Jordan (28 January 2021). "In the midst of the pandemic, a public hospital is gobbled up". Fortune Magazine . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  36. "Annual Financial Report New Hanover Regional Medical Center Wilmington, North Carolina (A Component Unit of New Hanover County, North Carolina) Years Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 With Report of Independent Auditor" (PDF). New Hanover Regional Medical Center . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  37. Paavola, Alia (1 February 2021). "Novant buys North Carolina health system". Beckers Hospital Review . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  38. Novant Health Rehabilitation Hospital, an affiliate of Encompass Health
  39. http://www.heraldonline.com/2013/02/27/4651024/novant-health-renames-presbyterian.html#storylink=cpy [ dead link ]
  40. "Hospital's Expansion Part of National Trend". The Charlotte Observer . 3 December 2008. p. 6D.
  41. "Charlotte Presbyterian now a treatment choice for trauma victims". www.charlotteobserver.com. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  42. "Becker's ASC Review". Becker's Review. ASC Communications. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  43. "STS". The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  44. "American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program". American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  45. Hall, Sarah (30 December 2005). "Rowan Memorial Hospital opens". Salisbury Post. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  46. Potts, Shavonne (30 July 2010). "Rowan Regional keeping its name". Salisbury Post. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  47. "VHA Inc". VHA Inc. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  48. "Summary of Certification Quality Information". QualityCheck.org. The Joint Commission. Retrieved 26 October 2011.