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        • 2007
          • Cowgirl Rodeo to Raise Funds to Provide Free Mammograms for Uninsured Women
          • Forsyth Medical Center Opens New State-of-the-Art NICU
          • Village of Clemmons Passes Resolution of Support for Medical Park Hospital Clemmons
          • Medical Park Hospital announces 4 community meetings
          • Medical Park Hospital announces plans for new $96 million, 50-bed hospital in Clemmons
          • Novant Health Celebrates 10th Anniversary by Building Habitat Homes
          • Novant Health Selects Microsoft Azyxxi to Improve Healthcare Delivery
          • FMC Receives State Approval to Build Hospital in Kernersville
          • Physician Practices Improve Diabetes Patient Care in First Year of Study
          • FMC Announces Annual EMS Award for Excellence
          • Novant Health Forms Physician Malpractice Insurance Company
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        • Forsyth Medical Center to Encourage Healthy Eating by Hosting Five Community Farmers' Markets
        • 2006
          • Forsyth Medical Center to Launch Tobacco-Free Campus
          • Forsyth Medical Center Appeals States Decision Not To Approve Kernersville Hospital
          • New procedure at FMC removes blood clots in brain to reverse damage from stroke
          • Hammes named Executive Director of Forsyth Cardiac and Vascular Center at Forsyth Medical Center
          • Forsyth Medical Center's Stroke and Neurovascular Center
          • Forsyth Medical Center receives international award
          • Kernersville's First Medical Park Gets New Office Building and New Name
          • Forsyth Medical Center & Forsyth Radiological Associates Merge Imaging Services, Form New Company
          • Forsyth Medical Center Opens New Parking Deck
          • FMC and Novant receive national President's Award
          • FMC Designated Cardiac Center of Excellence
          • Forsyth Medical Center Plans New Hospital in Kernersville
          • FMC Nurses Recognize National Nurses Week With Free Community Blood Pressure Checks
          • Novant Health Names Belk to Board of Trustees
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        • 2005
          • Director of Nursing for The Oaks at Forsyth Appointed to N.C. Center for Nursing Board of Directors
          • Novant Health Senior Vice President Elected President of NCHICA
          • Cancer Clinical Trials and Research Agreement
          • FMC Named a Top Hospital in Consumer Choice Survey
          • Two Novant Health Nurses Named to List of North Carolinas Great 100 Nurses
          • Forsyth Medical Center Recognizes Five Employees for 40 Years of Service
          • FMC Treating An Increase In Poisonous Snake Bites
          • Uninsured, Needy Women To Receive Mammograms Under Grant Awarded To Forsyth Medical Center
          • Forsyth Medical Center Receives $30,000 Grant For Breast Health Educator
          • Novant Facilities Receive Recognition For Excellence In Patient Care
          • FMC Foundation Receives Duke Endowment Grant
          • FMC Receives Ultrasound Accreditation
          • FMC Earns National Recognition for Quality Respiratory Care
          • Novant Health Names Caldwell to Board of Trustees
          • FMC Receives National Chest Pain Center Accreditation
          • FMC Opens First Two Floors of Intensive Care Facility
          • FMC Begins Construction on $130 Million North Tower Pavilion
          • Sara Lee Center for Women's Health Hosts Speaking of Women's Health Conference
          • Forsyth Medical Center Receives National Best Practices Award For Stroke Care
          • Open Heart Patients to Compete in Open Heart Open
          • Doctor Applies His Experiences As Cancer Victim In Support Group
          • Forsyth Medical Center Awarded $500,000 by the Wachovia Foundation
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          • PET/CT Fusion Imaging
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          • First Baby of 2005
        • 2004
          • Novant Health Earns Joint Commission's 2004 Codman Award
          • Forsyth Regional Cancer Center Renamed
          • Quintuplets Delivered at Forsyth Medical Center
          • New Emergency Department at Forsyth Medical Center
          • New Community Health Educator
          • New Hires and Promotions
          • Forsyth Medical Center receives federal stroke grant
          • Forsyth Medical Center First in State To Receive National Certification For Stroke Center Excellence
          • Local physicians react to new study on adolescent obesity
          • Forsyth Physicians Earn National Diabetes Recognition
          • Grant received to improve care and education for Hispanic community
          • Aetna, Novant Health Sign Health Care Agreement
          • Novant releases 2003 financials
          • Official Statement: Identity Theft
          • Sara Lee Center launches Spanish-language radio program on Que Pasa
          • Facility Expansion Announced
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          • National recognition for excellence in nursing care
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          • Top Baby Names for 2003
        • 2003
          • Forsyth Medical Center secures grant
          • FMC breaks ground on new emergency department
          • Grants made to continue diabetes education
          • Heart award received
          • Lift-free environment planned
          • Vice President Named
        • Novant Health Forms Partnership with HMA and Seven Hospitals
        • Highland Oaks PrimeCare Extends Office Hours
        • Novant and Rowan Regional Finalize Merger
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