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94 Member Acute Care Hospitals & Health Systems eumon Pn ia Pneumonia knockout campaigN Hospitals Pledged to Knockout Pneumonia k n o ck o u t The following Hospitals have taken the Pledge to reduce Pneumonia mortality by 7.5% to the national average over 2 years, and reduce Pneumonia readmissions by 5.4% to the national top quartile over 2 years. Alamance Regional Medical Center Margaret R. Pardee Memorial Hospital Alleghany Memorial Hospital Maria Parham Medical Center Angel Medical Center McDowell Hospital Annie Penn Hospital Mission Hospital Asheville Specialty Hospital Morehead Memorial Hospital Blue Ridge Regional Hospital Murphy Medical Center, Inc. Caldwell UNC Health Care Nash Health Care Systems Cape Fear Valley – Bladen Healthcare, LLC New Hanover Regional Medical Center CarolinaEast Health System Northern Hospital of Surry County Carolinas HealthCare System Anson Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center Carolinas HealthCare System Blue Ridge Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center Carolinas HealthCare System Cleveland Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center Carolinas HealthCare System Kings Mountain Novant Health Kernersville Medical Center Carolinas HealthCare System Lincoln Novant Health Matthews Medical Center Carolinas HealthCare System NorthEast Novant Health Medical Park Hospital Carolinas HealthCare System Pineville Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center Carolinas HealthCare System Stanly Novant Health Rowan Medical Center Carolinas HealthCare System Union Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center Carolinas HealthCare System University Park Ridge Health Carolinas Medical Center Pender Memorial Hospital Carolinas Medical Center-Mercy Person Memorial Hospital CaroMont Health, Inc. Randolph Health Carteret Health Care Southeastern Health Catawba Valley Medical Center Swain Community Hospital Central Carolina Hospital The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital Charles A. Cannon, Jr. Memorial Hospital The Outer Banks Hospital, Inc. Chatham Hospital Transylvania Regional Hospital Columbus Regional Healthcare System UNC Lenoir Health Care Cone Health Behavioral Health Hospital UNC REX Healthcare Davis Regional Medical Center Valdese Hospital Duke Regional Hospital Vidant Beaufort Hospital FirstHealth Montgomery Memorial Hospital Vidant Bertie Hospital FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital Vidant Chowan Hospital FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital – Hamlet Vidant Duplin Hospital FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital-Hoke Campus Vidant Edgecombe FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital Vidant Medical Center Frye Regional Medical Center Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital Granville Health System Wake Forest Baptist Health – Davie Medical Center Halifax Regional Medical Center Wake Forest Baptist Health – Lexington Medical Center Harris Regional Hospital Wake Forest Baptist Health – Wilkes Medical Center High Point Regional UNC Health Care Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Highlands-Cashiers Hospital WakeMed Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital WakeMed Cary Hospital Iredell Health System Watauga Medical Center J. Arthur Dosher Memorial Hospital Wayne UNC Health Care Johnston Health Wesley Long Hospital Johnston Health Clayton Women’s Hospital Kindred Hospital Greensboro Lake Norman Regional Medical Center LifeBrite Community Hospital of Stokes .
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