Although she’s a nurse practitioner who specializes in prenatal care, Ashley Batts often has patients with numerous needs. It’s all part of being a health care provider in a rural county. “You just never know what’s going to walk in the door. You have patients who haven’t been seen by a doctor for years who come in,” sa ...
Novant Health and MedNorth Health Center are advancing plans to expand the services they provide to individuals and families in some of Wilmington’s poorest neighborhoods. With the announcement that Novant will build a new Michael Jordan-funded community clinic at Princess Place Drive and North 30th Street following earlier plans for one at Greenfield and 15 ...
Dosher Memorial Hospital recently added Stryker’s Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Total Hip replacement procedures. The Southport hospital launched its robotics program early last year with Mako partial and total knee procedures. “To date, the surgical team at Dosher has performed over 250 knee replacements using Mako technology,” Dosher Presi ...
EmergeOrtho Wilmington is now EmergeOrtho Coastal Region, a name change that aims to better reflect the community the medical provider serves, according to a press release. “It recognizes that our care extends well beyond the city of Wilmington and New Hanover County, and into Brunswick, Onslow and Pender counties,” said Shawn Hocker, president of EmergeOrth ...
Plans for a couple of medical building projects are progressing in the area. Wilmington Health is readying to open its first Ambulatory Surgery Center this month. Meanwhile, construction continues on medical offices in Brunswick County for Novant Health. A grand opening for Wilmington Health’s 20,000-square-foot facility at 1305 Glen Meade Road is s ...
The National Association of Counties recently recognized Brunswick County Health Services with an achievement award for the county’s COVID vaccine initiative. “The awards honor innovative, effective county government programs that strengthen services for residents,” according to a news release from Brunswick County officials. The recogni ...
Novant Health’s rebranding of NHRMC assets continues, with the latest covering new looks for the local health system’s ambulances. The first of more than 50 ambulances have been repainted to reflect New Hanover Regional Medical Center joining Novant Health. The sale of NHRMC to Winston- Salem-based Novant closed in February 2021, and officials ...
Quality Chemical Laboratories is hoping to wrap up construction of its 110,000-square-foot expansion by early next year. The expansion – the firm’s second in recent years – will provide a space for the firm’s sister company, Pyramid Pharmaceutical Co. LLC, to manufacture pharmaceutical products. Quality Chemical Laborator ...
Novant Health, the parent company of Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center, has established a new business division that will serve as an incubator for ways to enhance clinical care for its patients, streamline daily operations, and pioneer technological advancements that will help staff do their jobs even better. The new division, called Novant Health ...
Two separate Wilmington-based pharmaceutical companies shared announcements this week. Catalyst Clinical Research, a provider of clinical research services, has acquired U.K.-based Aptus Clinical, achieving its goal of expanding in Europe, according to a press release Wednesday. “Together, the two entities will become one multi-region clinical research or ...
Inaugural Avelo Flight Touches Down At ILM
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New Hanover Community Endowment Names Advisory Council
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Stepping Up Burgaw's Parks And Rec
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Commercial Rises In Surf City
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Studio Apartments Near Hospital Trade For $3.6M
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An investment by Canapi Ventures is increasing the capacity of a tech startup to serve commercial lenders. Canapi led the recent Series A ca...
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