Novant Health to Lay Off 90 Employees: A Look at the Reasons Behind the Changes

In June 2024, Novant Health announced that it will lay off 90 employees from its Indian Land, SC location and 81 employees from its Winston-Salem facility in North Carolina. The layoffs are effective August 25th and will affect a variety of positions, including analytics developers, data engineers and software developers. These employees were given a 60-day notice and are not represented by a union.

According to a statement released by Novant Health, these layoffs are part of the company’s ongoing efforts to reduce costs and improve efficiency. In 2023, the company announced a new IT model for its Digital Products and Services (DPS) team, which involves outsourcing some DPS services to Deloitte Digital. This move is expected to reduce the company’s use of other external partners by more than 90 percent, allowing it to allocate more resources towards investing in its health system.

The changes will impact less than 300 team members or less than 0.8% of the nearly 40,000 positions in the health system. Interested team members may have the opportunity to join external partners or transition to roles within Novant Health. For other team members, the company is extending resources to ease the transition and expresses gratitude for their service to Novant Health and its patients.