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January 16, 2007 -- Forsyth Medical Center and Novant Health have joined a national coalition to provide free electronic prescribing capabilities for every physician in America.

February 7, 2007 -- Forsyth Medical Center and Novant Health rank seventh among the Top 100 integrated healthcare networks in the United States, according to Verispan, a research firm that evaluates healthcare systems. Novant ranked eighth last year and is now the highest nationally ranked health system in North Carolina.

May 24, 2007 -- Novant Health announced today that it has formed a new physician malpractice insurance company to help the health system's doctors better control their medical malpractice premium costs. The company's name is New Star, Inc. and its operational offices will be based in Winston-Salem.

June 20, 2007 -- Forsyth Medical Center recently announced that Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Professional Wayne Tilley has received the 2nd Annual "Honoring Dedication to the Community" Award for Excellence in EMS.

July 11, 2007 -- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that Forsyth Medical Group and nine other participating physician groups improved the clinical management of diabetes patients in the first year of the three-year CMS-sponsored Physician Group Practice (PGP) Demonstration project.

August 1, 2007 -- Approval for the new hospital comes 14 months after FMC's initial filing with the state in May of 2006 to build the facility.

August 30, 2007 -- Alliance established to provide the real-time data necessary for physicians and staff to make well-informed decisions about patient care and enterprise operations.

September 17, 2007 -- Medical Park Hospital (MPH), an affiliate of Forsyth Medical Center (FMC), announced today it has filed for state approval to build a new $96 million, 50-bed acute care hospital in the Village of Clemmons.

September 24, 2007 -- Medical Park Hospital (MPH), an affiliate of Forsyth Medical Center (FMC), announced four meeting dates to present plans for the proposed Medical Park Hospital Clemmons and to gather community reaction.

September 25, 2007 -- The Village of Clemmons Town Council unanimously passed a resolution of support for Medical Park Hospital Clemmons at its Monday, September 24 Council Meeting.

October 9, 2007 -- Forsyth Medical Center and its parent organization solicited feedback from its managers and employees on how to best celebrate the healthcare system's tenth anniversary. After considering several good ideas, the organization chose the option that its employees overwhelmingly recommended - give something back to its communities.

October 29, 2007 -- Forsyth Medical Center's smallest patients are getting a bigger home. On Tuesday morning, the Sara Lee Center for Women's Health's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) will expand into a larger, more private, 30,274-square-foot department in the new North Tower.