Novant Health

North Carolina’s largest hospital systems made record profits during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report released Wednesday by the state treasurer’s office. The association for the state's hospitals accused the report of “falsely demonizing” hospital systems.

Charlotte area hospitals make a profit on patient care, according to an online calculator from the National Academy for State Health Policy.

Novant Health is now using artificial intelligence at its Presbyterian Medical Center in Charlotte to help emergency room doctors read CAT scans. The idea is to catch patients with more serious injuries quickly.

Neither of Charlotte's two largest hospital systems have plans to require their health care workers to get a booster shot against COVID-19, physicians with Atrium Health and Novant Health said on Tuesday.

Months after a new health care price transparency rule went into effect, some North Carolina hospitals failed to show full compliance. Now, nearly a full year under the new rule, leaders from those hospitals say they are fully following the policy, but regulators have not publicly released information to show these hospitals are indeed in good standing.

In his 2019 lawsuit, David Duvall said he lost his job as senior vice president of marketing and communication at Novant Health due to its effort to diversify its top leadership.

Soon, parents will be able to get their children between the ages of 5 and 11 vaccinated against COVID-19. A Novant Health pediatrician talks about how the vaccine rollout will work and lauds the safety and effectiveness of the shot.

Not all hospitals responded to questions, but those who did are saying vaccine exemptions for their workers are relatively rare.

Novant Health says of the 375 employees who were suspended for not getting COVID-19 vaccines, nearly 200 are now compliant. The rest no longer have jobs with the health care system, which is based in Winston-Salem and has a major presence in Charlotte.

Roughly 99% of Novant Health employees have complied with the North Carolina-based hospital system's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Those who have not have been suspended and will be fired if they don't comply within five days. Novant is one of two major hospital systems in Charlotte.