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Upcoming Training Opportunities

Register for "Making Wellbeing into a Profit Center" webinar| June 1 | 3 p.m.This free one-hour webinar will enable you to:

Self Regional Healthcare Earns Working Well's Strategy for Wellbeing Platinum Award

 Self Regional Healthcare is recognized by the South Carolina Hospital Association’s Working Well initiative for being one of the first organizations to achieve the Strategy for Wellbeing Platinum award for excellence in workplace wellbeing and supporting optimal employee health. Strategy for Wellbeing is an interactive, automated online tool designed to

LRADAC Earns Working Well's Strategy for Wellbeing Platinum Award

 LRADAC has been recognized by the South Carolina Hospital Association’s Working Well initiative as of the first organizations to achieve the Strategy for Wellbeing Platinum award for achieving excellence in workplace wellbeing and supporting optimal employee health. Strategy for Wellbeing is an interactive, automated online tool designed to help employers

Congratulations to May Platinum Award Recipients

 These organizations are 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

TDE Healthy People, Healthy Carolinas Grant Opportunity and Webinar

The Duke Endowment is currently seeking new applications for Healthy People, Healthy Carolinas, a program to improve community health outcomes in North Carolina and South Carolina. This opportunity is designed to support up to five new or existing South Carolina community coalitions in their efforts to improve population health through:

AnMed Health Director of Volunteers Jan Verbeck Wins Major Award

Verbeck organized a drug drop-off campaign that won her the 2018 Impact Award from the Society for Healthcare Volunteer Leaders 

Aiken Regional Medical Centers Awarded Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Center

Aiken, SC- Aiken Regional Medical Centers (ARMC) has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Heart-Check mark for Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Centers. The Gold Seal of Approval® and the Heart-Check mark represent symbols of quality from their respective organizations.  

The Alliance for a Healthier SC is a Finalist in Prestigious Population Health Challenge

The Alliance is one of the 15 statewide networks across the country to be named a finalist in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s “States of Solutions” program

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 Working Well is looking for organizations who would like to contribute to our monthly eNewsletter. If you have a success story to share of how your organization is creating a culture of wellness and improving the health of your employees, we want to know about it! If you are interested

Congratulations to the April Platinum Award Recipient

 This organization 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

Carolinas Hospital System - Florence Names New CEO

Carolinas Hospital System has named Vance Reynolds as the new Chief Executive Officer, effective April 30, 2018. Reynolds joins the hospital from Aiken Regional Medical Center, a 259-bed hospital in Aiken, South Carolina.“Carolinas Hospital System has a strong tradition of providing patients with compassionate, quality care,” said Reynolds. “I am excited to work with and support the medical staff, employees, volunteers and community to continue building upon and strengthening the quality care we provide patients.”

Beaufort Memorial Hospital Awarded Advance Certification for Primary Stroke Centers

Beaufort Memorial Hospital (BMH) has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Heart-Check mark for Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Centers. The Gold Seal of Approval® and the Heart-Check mark represent symbols of quality from their respective organizations.

Regional Medical Center CEO Charles Williams joins SCHA Board of Trustees

Orangeburg, SC – March 30, 2018 – Charles Williams, FACHE, president and CEO of the Regional Medical Center, was recently appointed to a three-year term on the South Carolina Hospital Association (SCHA) board of trustees. The SCHA board of trustees is responsible for overseeing the objectives of the association and determining policy that supports hospitals and health systems in South Carolina. SCHA Board members serve three year terms and may be re-elected for an additional three-year term.

Greenville Memorial Hospital achieves Magnet® Recognition

Greenville Health System’s (GHS) Greenville Memorial Hospital (GMH) has been granted Magnet ® recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), reflecting a commitment to nursing professionalism, teamwork and superiority in patient care.

Palmetto Health Baptist Receives "Baby-Friendly" Designation

Palmetto Health Baptist has been recognized as a Baby-Friendly designated birth facility by Baby-Friendly, USA, Inc., the U.S. authority for the implementation of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative. Currently there are 496 active Baby-Friendly hospitals and birth centers in the United States. Palmetto Health Baptist is the 13th Baby-Friendly designated birth facilities in South Carolina. The “Baby-Friendly” designation is given after a rigorous on-site survey is completed.