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At the Hospitals
n Novant Health Huntersville Medical Shelter Health Services and the Lake Norman the $65,000 grant to help support the addition
Center Expands Cancer Treatment Community Health Clinic. of a pharmacist and the expansion of their
Novant Health Huntersville Medical medication possession ratio program, which
The Physicians’ Impact Fund was created measures patient compliance and ensures
Center announces the addition of radiation by physicians and friends in the greater better medical outcomes. The organization
oncology to its existing suite of cancer Charlotte region to strengthen the health saw a 48 percent increase in prescriptions
services, including medical oncology, of the community through comprehensive dispensed in 2015. NC MedAssist seeks to
outpatient infusion, surgical oncology, health initiatives for the underserved. Since ensure that no eligible person in Mecklenburg
cancer rehabilitation, navigation, counseling its inception in 2010, it has raised more than County has to choose between purchasing
and clinical trials. The offering of radiation $1.1 million for area nonprofits focused on food or their needed medication.
therapy is part of the hospital’s long-term health care.
commitment to bring comprehensive, The Charlotte Neuroscience Foundation,
quality cancer care to Huntersville patients “The Physicians’ Impact Fund is one supporting the work of Memory Center
in their own community. of the most rewarding things I’ve ever Charlotte, will use their $55,000 grant to add
been involved in,” says co-chair Thomas a RN and MD team to help meet the growing
Radiation oncologist Kevin Roof, MD, Hayes Woollen, MD, of Novant Health demand of Alzheimer’s and related dementias
provides radiation therapy in Huntersville Hallmark Care. “Local physicians have been patients. The funding also will help cover
using state-of-the-art procedures, such as challenged by the Charlotte community to caregiver training and support programs.
intensity-modulated radiation therapy, work together and give back, and we have
volumetric modulated arc therapy, stereotactic risen to that challenge.” Through the power of collective giving,
body radiation therapy and stereotactic Physicians’ Impact Fund awards high-impact
radiotherapy for select brain lesions. Through the power of collective giving, grants to organizations that seek to improve
Physicians’ Impact Fund has been able to the health of the local community. Woollen,
For more information about this new reach more than 28,000 lives in the past two fellow physicians and friends know the health
service, call 704-316-6630. years alone, with estimated savings of more care needs of the underserved in Mecklenburg
than $20 million in terms of improved access County are great. The fund’s members agreed
n Two New Rehabilitation Centers Open to primary medical care, reduced ER visits, to contribute at least $1,000 a year to address
Novant Health Rehabilitation Center is and enhanced patient compliance. those needs.
open in two new locations in Charlotte to NC MedAssist and Charlotte Neuroscience Novant Health Foundation Presbyterian
better and more conveniently serve patients: Foundation tied for the Physicians’ Impact Medical Center provides operational
• Novant Health Rehabilitation Waverly Fund’s $10,000 award as the No. 1 choice by support for the Physicians’ Impact Fund so
PIF members; therefore, each organization that 100 percent of the money donated by
11840 Southmore Drive, Suite 100, will receive an additional $5,000 on top of Physicians’ Impact donors goes directly back
Charlotte, Novant Health Waverly their original grant requests. to the community. For details, visit www.
Medical Plaza, 704-316-4443 physiciansimpactfund.org.
• Novant Health Rehabilitation Kings NC MedAssist, the only free pharmacy
445 S. Kings Drive, Charlotte, program in Mecklenburg County, will use
704-384-1737.
The centers offer convenient hours Monday
through Thursday, 7 a.m.–6 p.m., and Friday,
7 a.m.–4 p.m. Services include orthopedic,
post-surgical, spine and post-concussion
diagnosis. Please call either location for
patient referrals or questions.
n Local Physicians Donate $336,800 to L-R: Kristin Young, Lori Giang, Paula Vincent, Ellen Meyer and T. Hayes Woollen, MD.
Community Organizations
The Physicians’ Impact Fund has
presented grants totaling $336,800 to
eight local nonprofit organizations. Grant
recipients include NC MedAssist, Charlotte
Neuroscience Foundation, Safe Alliance,
Anuvia Prevention and Recovery Center, The
Relatives-NeighborCare, Ada Jenkins Center,
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