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Celebrating Patient Safety Awareness Week March 10-16

South Carolina hospitals are celebrating Patient Safety Awareness this week in honor of their continued commitment to Zero Harm and a culture of high reliability.Over the last two decades, South Carolina hospitals have fully embraced this new approach towards improving quality of care and are now a national model for

Upcoming Training Opportunities

2019 Art & Science of Health Promotion Conference | Adapting to the Emerging Growth and Evolution of Health Promotion | April 1-5 | Hilton Head, SCThis conference brings together health promotion professionals from across disciplines and settings for an experience filled with learning, sharing and connecting with others who share your passion.

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

 Did you know that colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. for both men and women? While colorectal cancer is very serious, it is treatable when found early and can even be prevented through appropriate screening (unlike many cancers). In fact, 90% of the

Congratulations to our February Platinum Award Recipient!

SCANA is recognized by Working Well for achieving Platinum status through our Strategy for Wellbeing online platform. To receive Platinum recognition, organizations must demonstrate they have met various best practice standards within one of the nine dimensions of workplace wellbeing:  Wellness Culture, Risk Assessment & Outreach, Nutrition & Food Environment,

Upcoming Training Opportunities

Working Well Webinar | Crafting a Meaningful and Effective Strategy to Drive Your Wellbeing Initiative | January 30 | 2:30-3:30 p.m. ESTDoes your employee wellbeing initiative ever feel more like an experiment than a strategy? Do your efforts feel like reactive guesswork? Strategic planning is a critical, yet often overlooked, step in creating a comprehensive wellbeing program. It takes intentionality and consistency to produce results, yet many wellbeing programs operate without any strategic direction.

MUSC Receives Overall Platinum Award for Second Year

The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is recognized by the South Carolina Hospital Association’s Working Well initiative for earning the Strategy for Wellbeing Platinum award for the second year in a row. This award symbolizes excellence in workplace wellbeing and support for optimal employee health. Strategy for Wellbeing is an interactive, automated online platform designed to help employers implement best practices in employee wellbeing.

Congratulations to Platinum Award Recipients

These organizations are recognized by Working Well for achieving Platinum status through our Strategy for Wellbeing online platform during the past four months. To receive Platinum recognition, organizations must demonstrate they have met various best practice standards within one of the nine dimensions of workplace wellbeing:  Wellness Culture, Risk Assessment & Outreach, Nutrition & Food Environment, Physical Activity, Tobacco Free, Emotional & Mental Wellbeing, Financial Wellbeing, Incentives & Communications, and Evaluation.

29th Annual Art & Science of Health Promotion Conference

April 1-5, 2019 | Hilton Head Island, SCAdapting to the Emerging Growth and Evolution of Health Promotion. How Do Employers, Clinicians, Health Promotion Providers and Communities Need to Adapt to Benefit from the Emerging Growth and Evolution of Health Promotion?This conference brings together health promotion professionals from across disciplines and settings for an experience filled with learning, sharing and connecting with others who share your passion for health promotion.

McLeod Health’s Rob Colones Named 2018 Grassroots Champion by AHA

President and Chief Executive Officer of McLeod Health Rob Colones recently won an American Hospital Association Grassroots Champion Award, a recognition from AHA that celebrates hospital leaders who most effectively educate elected officials on how major issues affect the hospital’s vital role in the community. 

Collective Medical Partners with the South Carolina Hospital Association

Partnership fosters care collaboration for the benefit of behavioral health patients and those struggling with substance use disorder; promotes workplace safety for caregivers

BCBSSC’s Rewarding Excellence Program Adds Advance Care Planning (ACP) to 2020 Measures

The addition is one of the first of its kind and indicates a true commitment to integrating advance care planning into South Carolina’s healthcare system

New Requirement for Newborn Parent Education

A new law requires a video presentation explaining the dangers associated with shaking infants and young children be revised to include safe sleep practices and the causes of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID).

Register for the Leadership Summit for Healthy Communities

 Hundreds of healthy eating and active living specialists from across South Carolina will gather at the 15th Annual Leadership Summit for Healthy Communities. This is the only statewide conference that unites these policy leaders and decision makers to help improve the lives and health of all residents. Eat Smart Move

Congratulations to September Platinum Award Recipients

These organizations are recognized by Working Well for achieving Platinum status through our Strategy for Wellbeing online platform.

Register for the “How Giving Back Can Propel Your Organization Forward” Webinar

 Working Well, in collaboration with the Oklahoma Hospital Association’s WorkHealthy Hospitals initiative, is hosting a webinar on “How Giving Back Can Propel Your Organization Forward.” Corporate giving and community involvement are more than just nice ideas -- they’re smart business strategies. Creating a culture of giving in your organization can