BREAKING NEWS: The vaccine has arrived at Atrium Health. We are excited to be among the 1st in the nation to receive the first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine. This is an exciting day as we enter a very hopeful phase in defeating this virus. Stay tuned for updates here.
Huge thank you to our First Responder friends for brightening our spirits during their Parade of Lights today making Atrium Health’s Carolinas Medical Center &
@LevineChildrens
Hospital their 1st stops on the route. We’re all in this together.
@CMPD
@charlottefire
@MecklenburgEMS
The skyline of Uptown Charlotte is lit up in white tonight in honor of all health care workers and for those impacted by
#COVID19
, as we mark two years since the start of the pandemic. These white lights also serve as a beacon of hope for brighter days ahead.
Atrium Health is excited to offer another mass vaccination event, January 29-31, at Bank of America Stadium for eligible community members, including those ages 65+. Drive through & walk up appointments now available. To register for required appointments:
One year after tragedy struck the heart of Charlotte, we remember those who lost their lives, and those whose lives were changed forever.
On this day, and every day, we are in this together, and we are
#CharlotteStrong
.
NEWS: Today
@NC_Governor
announced a new statewide masking requirement to slow the spread of COVID-19. We, along with business leaders across the state, have committed to collectively donating 1 million masks to make sure this policy is effective. More:
UPDATE: Atrium Health's Medical Director of Infection Prevention Dr. Katie Passaretti just became the first person in North Carolina to be vaccinated for COVID-19.
Breaking: We have been called upon by the state of NC to deploy Carolinas MED-1, a one-of-a-kind mobile hospital unit. Headed to Pender County which has wide spread flooding & closure of their local hospital. Scheduled to leave tomorrow.
#Florence
NEWS: Thank you to the David A. Tepper Charitable Foundation for this donation of $1 million to help Charlotte area health systems respond to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
We warmly welcome Robert Muhammad Simpson to the world. He was CHS’s first baby of 2018, delivered at 12:35 a.m. at Carolinas Medical Center. He is mom Assita Sylla’s first child. Congratulations! 🎊 💙
Model Hailey Bieber experienced stroke-like symptoms this past weekend. Luckily, she noticed the signs and got medical help quickly. DYK: a stroke can occur at any age? “Time is brain” – the longer you wait to treat a stroke, the more damage is done. Signs and risk factors 👇
Atrium Health made history today by starting to vaccinate 16,000+ in the largest mass vaccine event in North Carolina. At Friday’s event at
@CLTMotorSpdwy
, thousands of community members drove onto the famous race track to get their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
NEWS: This morning Atrium Health announced the location of Wake Forest School of Medicine – Charlotte. Read all the details here:
@wakehealth
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@wakeforestmed
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@WakeForest
As part of the national
#WhiteCoatsforBlackLives
movement, teammates across our system took time today to demonstrate our commitment to eradicating racial disparities and inequality in healthcare. For our fellow teammates and for the community, we kneel to stand against racism.
GREAT NEWS: Due to increased efficiency, we have new open spots for this weekend’s mass vaccination at Bank of America for those who qualify.
Appointments continue to be required. Go here for vaccination details including how to sign up to get vaccinated:
Thank you
@TeamHendrick
for teaming up with our trauma surgeons and designing 3D printed shields, giving staff more protection and allowing them to see multiple patients while re-using N95 masks. We'll be cheering you on when we can race again! 🏁 More:
NEWS: Atrium Health has created a remote coronavirus testing site at
@zMAXDragway
, part of the Charlotte Motor Speedway complex.
This is one of several sites we have throughout the Charlotte region for physician-referred testing. Details:
@CLTMotorSpdwy
UPDATE: Atrium Health's Medical Director of Infection Prevention Dr. Katie Passaretti just became the first person in North Carolina to be vaccinated for COVID-19.
BREAKING NEWS: The vaccine has arrived at Atrium Health. We are excited to be among the 1st in the nation to receive the first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine. This is an exciting day as we enter a very hopeful phase in defeating this virus. Stay tuned for updates here.
NEWS: We have officially joined together as a single enterprise with Wake Forest Baptist Health (
@WakeHealth
), including Wake Forest University School of Medicine (
@wakeforestmed
).
More on this exciting announcement:
#LifeChangingCombination
The Charlotte skyline was lit up in teal last night to celebrate Atrium Health Day! Thank you to our healthcare heroes for their service over the last 80 years and to our community for their support. 💙
#AtriumHealthProud
ANNOUNCEMENT: Carolinas HealthCare System is Atrium Health. In 1940, we opened our doors as Charlotte Memorial Hospital and now, nearly 80 years later, our doors remain open – For All. And we have helped our community thrive. Learn more: .
We have two very special and very tiny visitors at
@LevineChildrens
Hospital who were evacuated from Wilmington & flown into Charlotte to be cared for until the storm settles. Both weighed only a little over a pound when born: Video & more info:
#Florence
NEWS: As part of a public-private partnership, Atrium Health will begin administering over 16,000 vaccinations at the first of several mass vaccination events in the community beginning today, January 22, at
@CLTMotorSpdwy
. Learn more:
We are excited to be the presenting sponsor of the
@Panthers
&
@CharlotteFC
Tree Lighting Festival on Tuesday, November 30, outside of
@BofAstadium
. Join us for this free, ticketed street festival that will have activities for the entire family. Tickets:
Atrium Health is excited to be taking the next step in bringing the best care for all. We’re pleased to announce our intent with
@wakehealth
&
@WakeForest
University to create a next-generation academic health system.
#BestCareForAll
The talented Stephanie Mills (
@PrettyMill1
) has a message for all of us. The Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter and actress lives in Charlotte and is making sure to stay connected to her loved ones while at home.
Thank you for your words of love to our healthcare heroes.💙
Thanks
@Panthers
fans for the warm welcome to our hero at today’s game.
Taydria Taylor was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer in April. She completed 6 cycles of chemo & had surgery last month at
@LevineCancer
Institute. She’s happy to say she’s now cancer-free.
#KeepPounding
NEWS: Atrium Health,
@honeywell
, Tepper Sports & Entertainment and
@CLTMotorSpdwy
announce a goal to support 1 million vaccinations by July 4. We will hold mass vaccination events for frontline workers, the public and the underserved. More:
#COVID19NC
Special thanks to our partners
@honeywell
and Tepper Sports & Entertainment. We’re excited that roughly 20,000 people will be fully vaccinated after this weekend. We're holding a mass vaccination event at
@BofAstadium
administering second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. 💙
MORE GREAT NEWS: We have new open spots for Sunday’s mass vaccination at
@BofAstadium
for those who qualify.
Appointments continue to be required. Go here for vaccination details including how to sign up to get vaccinated:
We’re thankful for the
@Panthers
dedication to children's mental health. With help from
@GiveAtrium
to secure a grant, Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte’s play therapy room got a makeover! The new atmosphere provides healing for young patients.
Dancing in the streets! We’re so excited to be vaccinating over 20,000 eligible community members with their second dose this weekend at
@Bofastadium
. 🎉
We're thrilled to announce that Atrium Health's
@RasuShrestha
has been named one of 30 Healthcare IT influencers Worth a Follow in 2020 by
@HealthTechMag
.
We’re so grateful for the expertise Rasu brings to our organization. Congratulations!
Staggering data. We’re feeling the strain the pandemic continues to put on our healthcare system and others across the U.S.
94% of patients on ventilators across our enterprise are unvaccinated. This can be prevented.
Please get vaccinated:
NEWS: We're having a two-day mass vaccination event at
@CLTAirport
for airline employees and transportation workers to receive 4,600 first-dose vaccinations. This event's in partnership with the airport,
@NCdotGov
,
@CLTgov
and
@AmericanAir
.
#ThisIsMyShot
Thank you to
@gregolsen88
and Kara Olsen for making the HEARTest Yard Congenital Heart Center possible. We're grateful for the impact the center will have on many lives. Join
@LevineChildrens
on December 7 for a virtual celebration. Details coming soon:
The day is finally here. We are honored to offer the first look at the brand new, state of the art, HEARTest Yard Congenital Heart Center
@LevineChildrens
. This project represents the gratitude our family feels towards the entire ❤️ community.
NEWS: We just gave our first COVID-19 vaccine to a member of the general public! We're proud to be among the first to begin providing vaccinations to patients 75-years-old and up. To learn more, visit:
Atrium Health is proud to announce that we have administered more than 300,000 COVID-19 vaccines to frontline workers, eligible members of the public and underserved communities. Thank you to all who made this milestone happen!
#ThisIsMyShot
Thank you
@CLTMayor
and
@CLTgov
for proclaiming October 7, 2020, Atrium Health Day (officially)! We are so proud to have been providing care FOR ALL in the Charlotte community for the last 80 years.
#AtriumHealthProud
NEWS: A preliminary concept rendering of the new Wake Forest School of Medicine campus in Charlotte. Part of a strategic combination between Atrium Health and
@wakehealth
in Winston-Salem. More details: via
@BusinessNC
NEWS: Latest rendering for the Wake Forest School of Medicine in Charlotte. Eugene A. Woods, president and CEO, just shared this during our quarterly Board meeting with a plan of announcing the location in the next month.
Governor Roy Cooper shared what having a four-year medical school will mean for the city of Charlotte and the state of North Carolina. Thank you for your support,
@NC_Governor
! Learn more about Wake Forest School of Medicine - Charlotte here:
"We've gone from fear to hope by being able to provide vaccines." - Jennifer Gardner, Director of Sports and Event Medicine
Thanks to the community, our healthcare heroes and our partners for another incredibly successful mass vaccination event this weekend at
@BofAstadium
.
NEWS: Congratulations to Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center and Atrium Health Carolinas Rehabilitation on being ranked among the list of
@usnews
Best Hospitals! Read more here:
.
@ResidentCulture
and
@UnknownBrewing
have served up a concoction to help flatten the curve of coronavirus. Using their brewing tanks and stills, they have mixed and donated more than 1,000 bottles of hand sanitizers to Atrium Health. Thank you!
All appointments for the mass vaccination event at
@BofAstadium
this weekend, January 29-31, are now full. For those with appointments, we will be sharing information regarding parking and other details soon. For more vaccine information:
We’re thrilled to deliver the 2nd vaccination dose to 16,000 community members this weekend
@CLTMotorSpdwy
. This & an earlier mass vaccination event at
@BofAstadium
are part of a public-private partnership with
@honeywell
, Tepper Sports and Charlotte Motor Speedway.
We are excited to introduce you to our first baby of 2019. Kennedi Honesty Davis was born at 12:41 a.m. weighing 6 pounds 14 ounces, at Atrium Health University City. She is Ranisha and Kenny Davis’ first child.
Congratulations to mom and dad! 💝
“We need your help. We need you to keep wearing your masks, we need you to keep washing your hands and we need you to physically distance.”
Dr. David Callaway (
@CallawayMD
), chief of operational and disaster medicine at Atrium Health, has a message for our community.
It’s a special day at Atrium Health! This morning we’ll announce the location of Wake Forest School of Medicine - Charlotte.
Where will it be??? Join us at 10 a.m.!
Watch live on our Facebook page at that time! ➡️
Congratulations to Brian Middleton (
@b_n_middleton
), vice president of Atrium Health Musculoskeletal Institute, on being selected as one of six scholars nationwide for the 2020 ACHE’s Thomas C. Dolan Executive Diversity Program!
@ACHEConnect
We exceeded our initial goal and surpassed 20,000 community members vaccinated at
@bofastadium
during this weekend's event.
Thanks to our partners Tepper Sports & Entertainment and
@honeywell
for helping make it so successful.
#IGotTheShot
"Like so many of you who have reached out to me directly, I have battled with some very deep emotions many times over this past week as I reflect upon the senseless death of George Floyd on the streets of Minneapolis."
A letter from our president and CEO:
Dr. David Callaway,
@CallawayMD
, has been volunteering at the mass vaccination event at
@CLTMotorSpdwy
today, ahead of his shift in the ER. He says this was his happiest day in 11 months, seeing what is taking place.
Jenn Andrews is running her 1st 5K tomorrow following having her foot amputated just 6 months ago after a pedicurist discovered a cancerous tumor. She's been working with
@willfreres
at Carolinas Rehabilitation in
@DowdYMCA
to get ready. Go Jenn!
#MoveForJenn
#5kforkidscancer
…And this year, 8 of our specialties have been nationally recognized:
🏆 Cancer
🏆 Cardiology & Heart Surgery
🏆 Gastroenterology & GI Surgery
🏆 Neonatology
🏆 Nephrology
🏆 Neurology & Neurosurgery
🏆 Orthopedics
🏆 Pulmonology & Lung Surgery
Neither snow, nor ice, nor a pandemic stop this team. Many Atrium Health teammates across our region spent the night at our hospitals to make sure they would be available to care for patients today. Our maintenance teams are busy shoveling snow and plowing parking lots.
Alyssa Lobosco received a round of applause from doctors, nurses and teammates after she was discharged from Atrium Health’s Carolinas Medical Center this week following a month-long battle with coronavirus. We're so happy you get to go home to be with your family, Alyssa! 💙
Atrium Health and
@CharlotteSpMed
are enhancing sports medicine services for student-athletes. This includes athletic trainers; physical therapy; two sports nutritionists; a team physician; clinical navigation; and event medicine, including CPR training.
NEWS: Carolinas Medical Center has been ranked "best hospital" in Charlotte by U.S. News & World Report, once again.
Congratulations to our nurses, physicians, EMTs, advanced practice providers, surgeons and so many others! Read more:
A wonderful story coming from MED-1! Baby girl Murphy was born Friday inside the mobile hospital, weighing 6 lbs. 15 oz., happy and healthy. Both mom and baby are doing well! More info on our
#Florence
response:
Dr. Jeffrey Kneisl, orthopedic oncology surgeon at Atrium Health, received the COVID-19 vaccine this week. Here he is in 1982 as well, in the
@USNavy
receiving an immunization from one of his corpsmen. Way to continue to lead by example, Dr. Kneisl!
Jennifer Gardner, Outreach Director for Atrium Health Musculoskeletal Institute, has only missed five
@Panthers
games in 20 years because she provides care to fans and the team. Now, she's representing Atrium Health at
#SBLV
on behalf of the
@Panthers
. 🏈
BIG NEWS: Carolinas Medical Center has been recognized as the Best Hospital in the Charlotte Metro region by
@usnews
and one specialty, Orthopedics, was ranked among the top 50 programs in the nation. Congratulations to our care teams! More info:
#SangerHeart
is the first adult cardiology team in the world to use Philips Collaboration Live, a new virtual tool, on a large scale. Learn how our teams are revolutionizing
#heartcare
during the
#COVID19
pandemic.
"Alexa, open Atrium Health."
You are now able to use Amazon Alexa to not only locate the nearest urgent care and emergency department, but to reserve a spot at an urgent care location as well. More:
@RasuShrestha
@alexa99
#AmazonAlexa
INFOGRAPHIC: If you start to feel sick, now is not the time to panic. Coronavirus, the flu, colds, and seasonal allergies can have overlapping or similar symptoms. Use this chart to help decide if it’s time to seek care and visit here for up-to-date info:
We might be physically apart, but we’re more together than ever. ❤️
Make some noise this Friday night, 7 p.m, and let healthcare professionals and neighbors know you’re in this fight with them, too. Pls RT. Info:
#ThanksHealthHeroes
#AtriumHealthProud
Congratulations to one of our nurses for being proposed to at the
@cltpride
Parade!
"It was the best ending to an awesome weekend celebrating that love is love and love always wins.” - Bren
We're so happy for you, Bren and Justin. (Photos: Grant Baldwin Photography)
#cltpride
Happy Birthday! Atrium Health’s first baby born in 2021 was delivered on January 1 at 1:03 a.m. to proud parents LaKara and RyQwonn. Cute little Zoie was born at Carolinas Medical Center weighing 6 lbs 13 oz.
Congratulations to the family and Happy New Year to all! 🎉
New Year’s babies! Introducing the first Atrium Health
@LevineChildrens
baby of 2020. Millie James Efird was born at 12:13 am at Atrium Health Cabarrus weighing 6 lbs, 5 oz, delivered by Dr. Steven Paterno of Atrium Health Copperfield OB/GYN. Welcome to the world, Millie. 🥰
FRIDAY: Start picking up your free mask.
🕰️9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Atrium Health
801 East Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28203
🏀 Multiple YMCA locations
🍻Several Charlotte breweries
😷Places, times, details:
@YMCACharlotte
x
#MaskUpNC
x
#cltbeer
We are saddened by the passing of Dr. Ophelia Garmon-Brown. We are a better community – a better people – for her courageous devotion as a physician, minister, advocate and healer.
Congratulations Carolinas Rehabilitation for receiving one of the most prestigious awards in healthcare, the 2019
@ahahospitals
Quest for Quality prize! Carolinas Rehabilitation is the first rehab hospital in the country to receive the prize. Learn more:
NEWS: Our public-private partnership with
@honeywell
, Tepper Sports & Entertainment and
@CLTMotorSpdwy
has resulted in a widely distributed how-to guide for leaders, including the White House, to use as a resource for mass vaccination events.
“The hardest thing I think I’ve ever had to do is to FaceTime families for them to tell the people that they love the most goodbye.”
Listen to the message from Catherine Austin, COVID-19 Unit Nurse.
Help us see light at the end of this tunnel. Please get vaccinated.
Congratulations to our CEO, Eugene A. Woods, who received the MLK “Growing the Dream” Award for fostering unity and diversity in
#Charlotte
.
@CLTgov
held the 9th Annual
#MLK
Growing the Dream Award Luncheon Saturday, where Gene was honored.