Community involvement

The practices that comprise Novant Health often sponsor or participate in community health education and support groups; engage in partnerships with our local Novant Health hospitals to provide outreach services, community events and screenings; and many of our physicians and staff participate in medical research and academic health programs.

Safe Med is a Novant Health, award-winning outpatient medication reconciliation program that focuses on patients, age 65 and older, who were recently discharged from the hospital. The pharmacist works with the patient to ensure understanding of his/her medication regimen and reconcile all medications the patient is currently taking in an effort to avoid an adverse drug event.

The Novant Health diabetes care program focuses on patients with diabetes, including individuals who are poor, without insurance and at risk of not being able to control their diabetes and complications. The N.C. Alliance for Healthy Communities recognized this community outreach program in 2007.

Novant Health offers online community education and information on important hand hygiene and influenza.

• www.WashingHandsSavesLives.org is a site where any physician practice or hospital in the nation can access our hand hygiene campaign materials and use them free of charge.
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  www.noflu.org - provides communities with tips on how to prevent flu, how to tell the difference between a cold and flu and how to best prepare your family for pandemic flu. Local businesses and individuals can also download and print educational materials at no charge.

Novant Health employees and physicians also engage with their communities by participating in local community events such as Habitat for Humanity, the March of Dimes and United Way, or by sponsoring local activities.

We're proud of our community service programs that help improve the health and lives of people in our communities. And we're proud, most of all, of our employees who give of their skills and of themselves.