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Novant Health has challenged information released yesterday by Aetna Insurance Company as inaccurate, misleading and part of an effort to increase the insurance company’s profits at the expense of hospitals, patients and Aetna’s own insurance subscribers. Novant officials contend Aetna’s effort is clearly intended to intimidate the healthcare system as the two companies have just started negotiations on a new contract.

Forsyth Stroke and Neurosciences Center at Forsyth Medical Center (FMC) announced today it has opened the region's first center specializing in the diagnosis and treatment for those having pre-stroke symptoms, referred to medically as a Transient Ischemic Attack or TIA. TIAs are brief attacks that occur when a blood clot interrupts blood flow to the brain and often signal the potential for a more serious future stroke.

A body mass index (BMI) screening program sponsored jointly by the Davie County School System and Forsyth Medical Center's Sara Lee Center for Women's Health has found that 44 percent of Davie County elementary and middle school students are overweight or obese. The screenings, conducted last October and November, included more than 1,800 Davie County first, third, fifth and seventh graders.

Forsyth Medical Center, Medical Park Hospital, Thomasville Medical Center and Novant Health's other acute care hospitals in North Carolina will lift visitor restrictions that temporarily prohibited children 18 and under from its hospitals during H1N1 and seasonal flu season.

Novant Health, a not-for-profit healthcare system serving the Carolinas, Virginia and Georgia, has announced the election of Dr. Lisa Evans as chair of the Board of Trustees.

The Avon Foundation Breast Care Fund has awarded Forsyth Medical Center Foundation a one-year $32,000 grant for Forsyth Medical Center Imaging – The Breast Clinic to expand services and increase awareness of the life-saving benefits of early detection of breast cancer.

Kernersville PrimeCare has been awarded certification by CalmerKids™, a training program that helps medical staff of emergency and urgent care facilities improve care of children patients by reducing their fear and anxiety during treatment.

Novant Health PrimeCare offices throughout the Triad area will be offering H1N1 vaccine to residents Sunday, January 17.

Novant Health and Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center said today they have resolved the issues regarding the provision of healthcare services in western Forsyth County and in Davie County. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Certificate of Need Section, has approved an agreement that will allow both organizations to obtain certificates of need to build hospitals and provide other medical services in those areas.