Case story 02 · Healthcare

EmergeOrtho

Emerge Stronger

Four of North Carolina’s top orthopaedic practices joined into one. Morvil gave them a name, a ribbon and a promise, then carried it from a phone screen to the front of the building.

Drag the ribbon · blue outside, orange within

Chapter two

Four practices. One name.

Each practice kept its doctors, its locations and its patients. What changed was the promise above the door: one group, one health record, one way of saying it. In Wilmington the ads said it plainly: OrthoWilmington is now EmergeOrtho.

  1. Blue Ridge Bone & Joint Asheville · Hendersonville · Arden
  2. Carolina Orthopaedic Specialists Hickory · Morganton · Lenoir
  3. OrthoWilmington New Hanover · Brunswick · Onslow
  4. Triangle Orthopaedic Associates Greater Triangle Area

EmergeOrtho

A mother carries her son on her back, arms out like a plane, in warm sunlight

Chapter three

Emerge healthier.

Emerge stronger.

Emerge better.

The name is a verb. Every patient is on the way out of an injury, so the line became the sign-off of every piece: the site, the ads, the stationery, the signs.

Chapter four

What this means for you.

49

office locations in 21 counties, from the mountains to the coast

1

electronic health records system for seamless access to your chart

4

practices, with the same doctors and services you know and trust

21

counties covered by one shared promise

Chapter five

One front door for four practices.

On launch day emergeortho.com had one job: send every patient to the right practice in a single click, then explain what the merger meant for them. Here it is rebuilt in code. Switch devices and watch it reflow.

A new level of orthopaedic care has emerged.

To visit your provider, click on their website link below:

EmergeOrtho is a group of four top orthopaedic practices statewide that puts patients first.

These four independent practices have teamed up to expand your access to the highest quality, patient-centered care. At EmergeOrtho, our sole focus is helping you emerge from treatment—stronger, healthier, better.

What this means for you:

49 office locations in 21 counties, from the mountains to the coast

One Electronic Health Records system for seamless access to your medical chart

The same doctors and services you know and trust, at the same locations

Patient Portals

EmergeOrtho is pleased to provide our patients with access to their personal, web-based patient portal, an online tool that offers you:

  • 24-hour access to your personal health information
  • Access to your scheduled appointments
  • Reminders and medications
  • Secure communication with the practice
  • Appointment requests

Checking on an appointment for August 1 or after?

For information regarding appointments with any EmergeOrtho practice on or after August 1, 2016, access your patient portal account here.

Asheville | Hendersonville | Arden
828.258.8800
Greater Hickory | Unifour Area
828.324.2800
Greater Triangle Area
800.359.3053
Greater Wilmington Area
800.800.3305

Emerge stronger. Emerge healthier. Emerge better.

Rebuilt in code from the launch design · scroll inside the screen · try a practice

Chapter six

The ribbon, pulled flat.

On paper the shield unwinds into a wave of blue and orange that runs off the edge of every sheet. The ad, the letterhead, the envelope and the cards, rebuilt and laid out on the table.

Click any piece to pick it up · click again or press Esc to put it back

And on the people who wear it.

The lab coat
The lab coatThe shield and wordmark, embroidered over the heart.
Named, too
Named, tooEach physician coat carries a name in script above the pocket.
Staff polos
Staff polosNavy knit, white wordmark, the same blue and orange as the building.

Chapter seven

The brand is finished in the parking lot.

Monument signs carry the shield over a navy face with an orange crest; wayfinding pylons take patients from the curb to Main Entrance, Urgent Ortho Care, Physical Therapy and the MRI Imaging Center.

Scroll to walk around it

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