Investing in Community Health
Yes, North Carolina's hospitals provide compassionate, high quality care 24 hours a day, seven days a week within a hospital’s walls. But they do so much more than that.
Hospitals work to make their communities healthier through numerous community outreach programs, education efforts, health screenings, and various wellness and prevention activities. As the health needs of communities change, the instantly recognizable blue and white “H” sign points patients and families to the one place they can rely on to meet their needs – their local hospital.
See how hospitals are connecting with local organizations and creating innovative programs to build stronger, healthier communities.
Appalachian Regional Healthcare System
In Striking Nationwide Trend, Hospitals Take on Hunger to Improve Overall Health
ARHS partners with Hunger and Health Coalition to support patients facing food insecurity
ARHS Partners with Community Organizations to Provide Free Physicals to Student Athletes
Ashe Memorial Hospital
Ashe Memorial Hospital's Food Pantry Program - Using Nutrition to Heal
Atrium Health (Formerly Carolinas HealthCareSystem)
CHS-Lincolnton adopts local schools and supports students for success
CHS Collaborates with Novant Health to Support Underserved Communities
CHS Launches New Mobile Lung Cancer Screening Unit to Help Rural Communities Get Access to Care
Carolinas HealthCare System's HEALTHWORKS Program Helps Business Manage Employee Health Costs
Carolinas HealthCare System & CaroMont Health Team Up to Help Girls on the Run
CaroMont Health
CaroMont Health Partners with The Baby Box Co. to Provide Free, Portable Beds to Local Parents
CaroMont and FaithHealth-Gaston offer support system for senior patients
CaroMont partners with county to decrease sick leave costs with wellness program
CaroMont Works with Community Organizations to Throw Healthy Back-to-School Bash for Kids
CaroMont Health Partners With Gaston County Sheriff to Combat the Opioid Epidemic
Catawba Valley Medical Center
CVMC partners with six local schools to conduct post-concussion testing for student athletes
CVMC Pledges $200K for Habitat Repairs! Healthy Home Program
CVMC partners with YMCA to Bring LIVESTRONG to adult cancer survivors
Cone Health
Greensboro farmer's market continues food assistance program with help from Cone Health
Cone Health donates new medical equipment to Burlington police
Cone Health & Triad Volunteers Make Christmas Warm & Memorable for Area's Homeless Population
FaithHealthNC
Seven hospitals partner with 311 congregations across 19 counties to improve patient health outcomes
FirstHealth of the Carolinas
FirstHealth Breaks Ground for New Dental Care Center at East Middle School in Biscoe
Frye Regional Medical Center
Frye Regional launches community education campaign to increase heart health & reduce heart issues
Halifax Regional Medical Center
Halifax Regional Develops Innovative Programs to Keep its Community Healthy (audio)
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
Hugh Chatham holds concussion screenings at Elkin High School
Iredell Health System
Iredell Health Nurses Support PowerCross & Local Youth with Food Drive
McDowell Hospital
McDowell Hospital partners with YMCA to provide free, nutritious after-school meals
Miscellaneous
Mission Health
Mission Health ranked as one of the best in the country for employee health & well-being
Mission Health works with MANNA and YMCA to eliminate food insecurity
Mission Health's Project Access provides care for the area's indigent and underserved populations
Mission Health partners with other community organizations to fight childhood obesity
New Hanover Regional Medical Center
NHRMC Partners with the Community to Resolve Local Food Deserts
NHRMC NICU Volunteers Comfort & Cuddle Newborns with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Northern Hospital of Surry County
Northern Hospital gives local students opportunity to work in the healthcare field for the summer
Novant Health
Novant Health and BB&T partner to improve healthcare access for Winston-Salem Latino community
Novant Health & Mecklenburg Co. DHS Team Up to Offer Free Flu Shots
Novant Health launches emerging leaders program, inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.
Novant launches community preventive care initiatives for heart, diabetes and sleep
Novant Health Collaborates with Carolinas HealthCare to Support Underserved Communities
Novant Health Team Members Pledge More Than $1 Million to Local Communities
Novant Health Offers Hour-Long, Discounted Heart Health Screenings to At-Risk Patients
Novant Health Annual Asthma Awareness Camp - Young Lungs Without Limits
Novant Partners with Livingstone College to Provide Biometric Screenings, Improve Student Health
Novant Health & YMCA Team Up to Offer Free Weight-Loss Program
Onslow Memorial Hospital
Onslow Memorial Hospital Develops Post-discharge Program with Caring Community Clinic (audio)
Randolph Health
Randolph Health teams up with FaithHealthNC to help hospital "super users" get and stay healthy
Randolph Health's CHC BetterCare Program Brings Healthcare to the Workplace
AEC Sings the Praises of Randolph Health's BetterCare Program
Southeastern Health
Southeastern Health offers free prostate exams to at-risk and under-served members of the community
SeHealth’s CHS department is key to a healthier community
The Outer Banks Hospital
UNC Healthcare Pardee Hospital
Safety Around Water donors support water safety program for local youth at YMCA
UNC Rex Health Care
UNC Rex Health Care partners with Triangle nonprofits to provide mammograms to the homeless
UNC School of Medicine
Vidant Health
Vidant Health Healthy Living Camps teach life-long health lessons
Vidant Health Partners with the City of Greenville to Open Employee Health Clinic
Vidant Invests in Early Childhood Literacy
Local organizations receive Vidant Foundation grants
Vidant Foundation Gives Pitt County $100K To Help Those Who Fall Through the Healthcare Cracks
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Brenner FIT program offers cooking classes in new mobile kitchen
WakeMed
WakeMed's Farmer's Market - Food Desert Destruction!
Wayne UNC Health Care
Wayne UNC Health Care Backs WISH Program to Impact Health on School Campuses
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