June 26, 2023 – Novant Health and YMCA of Northwest North Carolina recently announced they have partnered to create integrated healthcare access for the Northwest North Carolina region.
Novant Health is a system of physician practices, hospitals and outpatient centers that focus on community wellness and convenience of healthcare access. The Northwest North Carolina YMCA encompasses 17 branch locations across Alexander, Davie, Forsyth, Iredell, Stokes, Wilkes, and Yadkin counties in North Carolina. Together, the organizations will expand wellness programming, support youth sports, and establish physical and telehealth clinic locations with the goal of creating integrated healthcare access throughout the region.
The primary focus of the partnership is to reach underserved and rural communities. Novant Health aims to increase health access points by introducing healthcare services in frequented, community-based centers such as the YMCA.
The partnership will “expand combined services, create new and innovative programming, and bring additional healthcare opportunities to East Winston, one of our most vulnerable areas, with a new, in-branch clinic,” said Darryl Head, president and CEO of the YMCA of Northwest North Carolina.
Novant Health is in the process of opening an innovative community care facility inside of the Winston Lake Family YMCA in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The clinic, planned for opening in 2024, will offer primary care, women and children’s services, rehabilitation, and nutrition support.
While in the process of building the permanent clinic, Novant Health has already started providing patient care through their Mobile Community Care Cruiser. The Novant Health Community Care Cruiser provides nontraditional healthcare access to further remove barriers to care. The mobile cruiser-based clinic improves community access to routine screenings, vaccines, nutrition education and counseling free of cost.
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