Novant Health Explained

Novant Health
Logo Alt:Novant Health
Native Name Lang:en
Type:Nonprofit health system
Industry:Health care
Predecessor:Carolina Medicorp, Presbyterian Health Services
Founded: in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Hq Location:2085 Frontis Plaza Boulevard
Hq Location City:Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Hq Location Country:United States
Num Locations Year:2023
Area Served:North Carolina, South Carolina
Revenue:Operating: $8.3 billion
Revenue Year:2023
Operating Income:Net: $460.8 million
Income Year:2023
Num Employees:40,000
Num Employees Year:2023

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 Magazines 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]

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
Org/Group:Novant Health
Location:Charlotte
State:North Carolina
Country:US
Healthcare:Private
Type:General
Speciality:Gastroenterology, Cancer, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Ear, Nose & Throat, Heart & Heart Surgery, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Urology
Emergency:Yes
Beds:654
Founded:1903

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) 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
Org/Group:Novant Health
Location:Salisbury
State:North Carolina
Country:US
Healthcare:Private
Type:General
Speciality:Gastroenterology, Cancer, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Ear, Nose & Throat, Heart & Heart Surgery, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Urology
Emergency:Yes
Beds:268
Founded:1936 as Rowan Memorial Hospital
1995 as Rowan Regional Medical Center
2013 as Novant Health Rowan Medical Center
Website:http://novanthealth.org/rowan

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

External links

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Our Company Novant Health . 9 April 2024.
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  4. Web site: Our Company Novant Health . 9 April 2024 . www.novanthealth.org.
  5. Web site: Forbes. Forbes. en. 14 February 2019.
  6. Web site: 2019 50 Out Front: Best Places to Work Diversity MBA Magazine. en-US. 2019-06-24.
  7. Web site: America's Best Employers By State. Forbes. en. 2019-06-24.
  8. Web site: idden H . underconsideration.com. 8 February 2018.
  9. Web site: Novant Health. IdentityWorks.
  10. Web site: Up to 400 workers to be laid off in Novant Health reorganization. www.charlotteobserver.com. 8 February 2018.
  11. Web site: Novant to lay off 289, including 150 jobs in Winston-Salem. bizjournals.com. 8 February 2018.
  12. Web site: Occupy Winston-Salem protests mass layoffs by Novant Health, Inc.. www.fightbacknews.org. 9 February 2018.
  13. Web site: Novant Health: Seventh St. Jude Affiliate Clinic comes to Charlotte. www.wbtv.com. 20 October 2015.
  14. Web site: Charlotte Affiliate – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. www.stjude.org. 18 January 2018.
  15. Web site: Our History – Novant Health UVA Health System . www.novanthealthuva.org. 18 January 2018.
  16. Web site: STAFF. INSIDENOVA. UVA Health completes purchase of Novant, hospitals in Northern Virginia. 2021-07-02. INSIDENOVA.COM. en.
  17. Web site: Novant Health Presbyterian receives advanced stroke center certification . www.charlotteobserver.com. 18 January 2018.
  18. Web site: Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification . www.heart.org. 18 January 2018.
  19. Web site: A look inside Novant Health's $80M Mint Hill Medical Center . www.bizjournals.com. 7 April 2019.
  20. Web site: Community Health Systems acquires Gaffney Medical Center . www.goupstate.com. 7 April 2019.
  21. Web site: Franklin Medical Center to close next week . www.wral.com. 7 October 2015 . 7 April 2019.
  22. Web site: Novant Health withdraws from Memorial partnership negotiations . www.savannahnow.com. 7 April 2019.
  23. Web site: Novant Health plans $49M expansion, 100 new jobs at Triad medical center . www.bizjournals.com. 7 April 2019.
  24. Web site: Novant plans for outpatient surgery center draws opposition . www.journalnow.com. 7 April 2019.
  25. Web site: Novant to begin $50M expansion of Huntersville hospital soon . www.charlotteobserver.com. 7 April 2019.
  26. Web site: Novant's realty arm buys Sears property at Hanes Mall for $14.5 million . www.journalnow.com. 7 April 2019.
  27. Web site: Hospital spends millions to buy a prominent SouthPark property, and could expand . www.charlotteobserver.com. 7 April 2019.
  28. Web site: Hall Family Farm sells to Novant Health for $21 million . www.wcnc.com. 7 April 2019.
  29. Web site: Novant Health opens Institute of Innovation & AI. www.beckershospitalreview.com. 2019-06-24.
  30. Web site: Press releases Novant Health. www.novanthealth.org. 2019-06-24.
  31. News: North Carolina hospital system Novant Health fires 175 unvaccinated employees refusing covid shot - The Washington Post. The Washington Post.
  32. News: Levenson. Michael. 2021-10-29. Jury Awards $10 Million to White Male Executive in Discrimination Case. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-11-01. 0362-4331.
  33. Web site: Jury awards $10M to former exec who said he was fired because he is white male. 2021-11-01. NBC News. en.
  34. Web site: 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. 2021-11-01. Business Insider. en-US.
  35. Web site: Rau. Jordan. In the midst of the pandemic, a public hospital is gobbled up. Fortune Magazine. 2021-01-28. 2021-11-19.
  36. Web site: 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. New Hanover Regional Medical Center. 2021-11-19.
  37. Web site: Paavola. Alia. Novant buys North Carolina health system. Beckers Hospital Review. 2021-02-01. 2021-11-19.
  38. http://www.encompasshealth.com/locations/novanthealthrehab 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
  40. News: Hospital's Expansion Part of National Trend. The Charlotte Observer. December 3, 2008. 6D.
  41. Web site: Charlotte Presbyterian now a treatment choice for trauma victims . www.charlotteobserver.com. 18 January 2018.
  42. Web site: Becker's ASC Review. Becker's Review. ASC Communications. 28 July 2011.
  43. Web site: STS. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. 28 July 2011.
  44. Web site: American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. 28 July 2011.
  45. News: Hall. Sarah. Rowan Memorial Hospital opens. 26 April 2012. Salisbury Post. 30 December 2005.
  46. News: Rowan Regional keeping its name. Potts. Shavonne. 30 July 2010. Salisbury Post. 24 October 2011.
  47. Web site: VHA Inc.. VHA Inc.. 28 July 2011.
  48. Web site: Summary of Certification Quality Information. QualityCheck.org. The Joint Commission.. 26 October 2011.