The New Hanover Healthcare Career Partnership has helped local institutions like Cape Fear Community College respond to a  “critical need” to train local nurses, said college president Jim Morton. Since last year, the community college has awarded $255,000 in nursing scholarships, $510,000 in housing assistance and more than $26,000 in emergency assista ...

Up to $855 million in tax-exempt bonds could help Novant Health finance projects across the Carolinas, including upgrades at facilities in the Cape Fear region. Proceeds from the sale of the bonds would help fund various Novant projects, including the construction of Scotts Hill Medical Center, along with energy-related projects and routine capital expenditures at ...

The owners of Surgilūm, an eye surgery device company headquartered in Wilmington, say their company is small but nimble like its award-winning devices. The six-person team develops and provides surgeons with tools to simplify surgical procedures. Alan W. Brown, president and founding surgeon of Wilmington’s Surgical Eye Care and CEO and founder of Surgilūm, was r ...

When the local UNC School of Medicine campus started in 2016, the program had three third-year medical students who called Wilmington home. In March, the local class coming in will number 30 third-year medical students and 18-20 in their fourth year, the largest ever of both for the Wilmington program. “This is quite a sizable increase in the size and scope of ...

"It’s a wicked problem.” That’s how Chris Lantz, associate dean for academic affairs at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, describes the region’s critical shortage of nurses and other health care professionals. But thanks to a $22.3 million grant from the New Hanover Community Endowment and a group of area stakeholders called the N ...

At a time when available workforce development and health care accessibility are critically important, the Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce is poised to assist in the creation, development and implementation of unique, new programming. The decision to engage with partners in the New Hanover Healthcare Career Partnership is not only an opportunity but also a strate ...

Ongoing growth is the prognosis for Novant Health’s activities this year in the Cape Fear region, a top official at Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center said in a recent interview. Construction continues on its largest current project, Scotts Hill Medical Center, a three-story, 250,000-square-foot community hospital with a surgical focus. The overall ...

In 2023, net operating revenues were more than $2.1 billion for Novant Health in the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), according to a recent news release from Novant. Novant Health bought New Hanover Regional Medical Center, previously owned by New Hanover County, in 2021. In the tri-county region, the giant health care provider also owns Novant Health Bru ...

A report released by the North Carolina Health Talent Alliance provides a snapshot of trends in the Cape Fear Region’s health care workforce. Survey responses from health systems, hospitals and clinics in the Wilmington area show the region’s 28% open position rate for registered nurses is higher than statewide levels and the churn rate for medical assistant ...

A company has acquired Wilmington-headquartered Trial Management Associates, a clinical research firm. Headlands Research, a multinational network of clinical trial sites, announced the acquisition in a recent news release but did not disclose financial details about the transaction. With the addition of TMA, the Headlands Research network now includes 21 sites ...