healthcare
Healthy Meck advocacy training set for Nov. 22
Nov. 14. Healthy Meck will sponsor a free, half-day advocacy training designed to empower local changemakers who are working to improve community health and wellbeing on Nov. 22. The event, […]
Novant Health Huntersville celebrates the big two-oh Saturday
Oct. 29. Can you believe it’s been 20 years since Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center opened? This Saturday they will celebrate two decades of service with a birthday party from […]
Novant offering free virtual care services to Helene victims in WNC
Oct. 10. Novant Health is providing free, on-demand virtual care services to Helene victims in Western NC. Patients may access care by visiting NovantHealth.org/VirtualCare. No appointment is necessary, Virtual care […]
Atrium asking NC Dept. of Health to approve 23 more beds at Cornelius hospital
Aug. 19. Atrium Health has filed a Certificate of Need application to relocate 23 licensed acute care beds from Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) to Atrium Health Lake Norman, the new […]
Atrium filing with NC Dept. of Health for 23 additional beds in Cornelius hospital
July 24. By Dave Yochum. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority (CMHA) is filing a Certificate of Need application to relocate 23 licensed acute care beds from Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) to […]
Whooping cough cases on the rise
May 15. Mecklenburg County Public Health says there’s an increase in highly contagious whooping cough cases in western North Carolina, including Mecklenburg County. Background Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory […]
Novant Health deploys robotics, AI for faster lung cancer diagnosis
April 24. Novant Health has a new lung cancer biopsy technology thanks to a generous gift from Agnes B. and Edward I. Weisiger Sr., and matching fundraising from the Novant […]
Atrium Health Lake Norman began life as a $153 million project. Now it’s valued at $250 million
NEWSMAKERS BREAKFAST | By Erica Batten April 17. “This is going to be a lot more than a hospital. It’s going to be a healthcare campus,” said Bill Leonard, the […]
Atrium eases COVID visitor and masking restrictions
March 20. [Updated] Atrium Health is lifting visitor restrictions and modifying masking policies after a steady decrease in respiratory virus cases,. Beginning tomorrow, restrictions limiting visitors aged 12 and under […]
Last call: RSVP for Newsmakers Breakfast on new hospital in Cornelius
March 8. The Newsmakers Breakfast March 12 at The Peninsula Club will feature Bill Leonard, the executive behind the new Atrium hospital that is coming to the former Augustalee site […]
