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Emergency? There's an App for That

Last month the Newberry County Sheriff’s Office, School District of Newberry County, Newberry Memorial Hospital, and Newberry County Public Safety Department announced their adoption of the Rave Panic Button™, an app-based emergency response system that allows rapid notification of staff, administrators, and first responders that can dramatically reduce response times

SCHA Personal Membership Groups Win National Awards

SCHA would like to congratulate two of its personal membership groups for their success on the national stage! The South Carolina Healthcare Human Resources Association (SCHHRA) officially became a member of the national American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration and received an honorable mention in the ASHHRA 2017 Chapter

Texas Hospital Association and SCHA Solutions Partner to Provide Member Hospitals Access to Healthcare Staffing Services

The Texas Hospital Association is partnering with SCHA Solutions to provide their 474 member hospitals access to Healthcare Staffing Services (HSS). HSS is a nationally recognized Managed Service Provider in the healthcare industry that specializes in supplemental staffing and was developed by hospitals, for hospitals.

Conway Medical Center President and CEO Philip Clayton Announces Retirement

Conway Medical Center announced today that President and Chief Executive Officer, Philip A. Clayton, will retire effective December 31, 2017 after 37 years of leadership and service to the community.  The Conway Medical Center Board of Directors has named Bret Barr, the Medical Center’s current Chief Operating Officer and Executive

Upcoming training opportunities

American Heart Association Worksite Wellness Workshop | Sept. 28 | Columbia, S.C.Join the American Heart Association and Carolina Nutrition Consultants for their 2017 Worksite Wellness Workshop on Thursday, Sept. 28 from 8:30 a.m. until noon at the Carolina Alumni Center in Columbia, SC. The keynote speaker is Dr. Anil V. Yallapragada, Medical Doctor of stroke at Palmetto Health and an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of South Carolina. This workshop is free and offers three HRCI credit hours.  

Congratulations to September Platinum Award Recipients

Working Well would like to congratulate Contec Inc. and AlignLife for their achievements! These organizations are recognized by Working Well for achieving Platinum status through our Strategy for Wellbeing web tool.

USC’s Exercise is Medicine Designation

Working Well would like to congratulate the University of South Carolina for recently receiving the bronze accreditation for Exercise is Medicine on Campus, a program that promotes physical activity as a vital indicator of the health and wellbeing of students, faculty, and staff on a college campus.

Save the Date for the Seventh Annual Working Well Fall Meeting

Registration will be open soon for the seventh annual Working Well Fall Meeting. This exciting, day-long training brings together our entire cohort of Working Well hospitals, businesses, municipalities, institutions of higher education, and state agencies to network and share best practices and challenges in employee wellbeing and workplace health promotion. 

Register for Working Well’s Webinar on Incorporating Financial Wellbeing in Your Wellness Program

Research shows that employees who take better control of their financial situations are more satisfied, loyal, engaged and productive.This webinar will give you information on why financial wellbeing is important to your workforce and what types of services could help your employees enhance their financial wellbeing, thereby reducing stress and increasing engagement during their workday.This webinar will be Thursday, Nov. 16 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. 

Sam Wyche to Speak at TAP

Sam Wyche, a former NFL coach and sports analyst, will be our initial guest speaker to kick off our SCHA Trustee, Administrator, and Physician (TAP) Conference on Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. The annual conference will be held at The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort and Spa.Coach Wyche

Upcoming training opportunities

HERO Forum '17 | Sept. 12-14 | PhoenixLong anticipated trends are now being felt by businesses and communities in the form of transformational challenges. Millennials are now our majority generation, more than 8,000 Baby Boomers are leaving the workforce every day, and America still rightfully claims world leader status in attracting immigrant brain power and labor. Such demographic diversity is accelerating changes in workplace policies, environments and cultural practices that could positively impact employee and community health, but may also produce unintended consequences.

Save the date for the 28th Annual Art & Science of Health Promotion Conference

Mark your calendar now for the 28th Annual Art & Science of Health Promotion Conference in San Diego, Calif., on March 26-30, 2018. The conference theme is “Best Science + Expert Implementation = Best Outcomes.” Learn about the most effective evidence-based strategies to improve program outcomes from some of the most talented practitioners and scientists in the world. Connect with hundreds of people who manage the most effective programs all over the United States and in a dozen other nations.

New Assessments May Mean Platinum Recognition

Organizations that frequently complete their Strategy for Wellbeing reassessment demonstrate more improvement than organizations that reassess less often. Reassessing helps employers determine the extent to which they are implementing evidence-based best practices for wellness programs. When organizations reassess their current policies, systems and environment, a scorecard, customized improvement opportunities and a library of online resources are made available. This increases the organization’s ability to implement changes at the worksite. How to reassess:

SC Public Employee Benefit Authority offers onsite farmer’s market to employees

What began as a fresh fruit and vegetable initiative is now a weekly farmer’s market offered onsite to SC Public Employee Benefit Authority (PEBA) employees. PEBA began this initiative by running a small fruit and vegetable stand. A distributor would deliver fruits and vegetables one day each week that the

MUSC's New Meditation Labyrinth

A dedication ceremony for the new Imagine MUSC 2020 Meditation Labyrinth, located at the MUSC Fitness Park, was held on July 19. Guest speakers included Dr. Susan Johnson, Dr. Dan Handel, Chaplin Terry Wilson, and labyrinth designer Holly Bendz. This project was built through collaboration between the Office of Health Promotion and the MUSC Grounds Department, and funded through a stipend from SCHA’s Working Well initiative.