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Designing Wellness Program Incentives Webinar Registration

Have you been thinking about offering incentives for your wellness initiatives or changing your current incentive structure? This webinar will help to understand both sides of the discussion for using wellness incentives and what types of incentives may work best for your organization. The webinar will be Thursday, August 24 from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Upcoming training opportunities

Race Equity and Inclusion Webinar SeriesRacial disparities, discrimination, and segregation are widespread and continue to undermine our nation’s social fabric. The purpose of this webinar series is to provide organizations with the foundational knowledge needed to integrate race equity and inclusion into programs, policies, and practices. The webinars will feature speakers from the acclaimed Race Matters Institute based in Baltimore, Md., as well as from community-based groups focusing on health equity within North and South Carolina. 

Congratulations to our June Platinum Award Recipients

These organizations are recognized by Working Well for achieving Platinum status through our Strategy for Wellbeing web tool. To receive the Platinum recognition, each organization 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.

Coalition Announces Statewide Immunization Initiative

“Immunize South Carolina Week” is scheduled for Aug. 14-21, during which community leaders will join together to share the important message that immunizations reduce the risk of death and that citizens should check with physicians, pharmacists and health departments to determine if they are up-to-date with vaccines.

HERO Forum on Engagement & the Emerging Workforce

Long anticipated trends are now being seen in the form of transformational challenges facing businesses and communities. Millennials are now the majority generation; 8000 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.

LMC Governor’s Cup Road Race Working Well Corporate Challenge

In 2017, the Governor's Cup Road Race partnered with South Carolina Hospital Association's Working Well initiative to form the Working Well Corporate Challenge.

South Carolina Hospitals Win Premier Inc. Awards for Reducing Hospital-acquired Conditions and Readmissions

Five hospitals from around the state were awarded Premier Inc. HIIN Awards for their success in reducing hospital-acquired conditions and readmissions: Mary Black Health System – Gaffney, Self Regional Healthcare, Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital, Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital and Conway Medical Center. 

University of South Carolina Walk and Bike Event

The University of South Carolina and the City of Columbia recently celebrated the campus’ and the city’s commitment to wellness and sustainability through a walk and bike event. University and city partners met near USC’s student union to bike or walk down one of the most recent “Complete the Streets” projects within the university’s campus. The “Complete the Streets” project included the addition of bike lanes, crosswalks and pedestrian signs along a portion of Greene Street. This project was an effort to celebrate active living within the campus and city environment. 

Upcoming training opportunities

Race Equity and Inclusion Webinar SeriesRacial disparities, discrimination, and segregation are widespread and continue to undermine our nation’s social fabric. The purpose of this webinar series is to provide organizations with the foundational knowledge needed to integrate race equity and inclusion into programs, policies, and practices. The webinars will feature speakers from the acclaimed Race Matters Institute based in Baltimore, Md., as well as from community-based groups focusing on health equity within North and South Carolina. 

SC Judicial Department and Staff Welcome Healthy Vending Choices

There’s a new “micromart” canteen at the SC Court of Appeals building to help Judicial Department staff members who are looking for healthy options. In collaboration with the American Heart Association, Working Well and the SC Commission for the Blind, Eat Smart Move More South Carolina (ESMMSC) hosted a healthy taste test April 28 to help the micromart vendor determine what types of healthy options to sell. Visit here to learn more. 

New Letsgosc.org Website Launching in August

Healthcare professionals and consumers throughout South Carolina will soon have an improved online resource for finding healthy foods and safe places to be physically active. Coming in August, Eat Smart Move More South Carolina (ESMMSC) will launch a redesigned Letsgosc.org website with some new user-friendly features. Visit here to learn more. 

Incentives Webinar Registration

Working Well, in collaboration with the Oklahoma Hospital Association, is excited to host its second webinar for participating organizations. Have you been thinking about offering incentives for your wellness initiatives or changing your current incentive structure? This webinar will help you understand both sides of the discussion for using wellness incentives and what types of incentives may work best for your organization. The webinar will be Thursday, August 24 from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. 

Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) Update

On Friday, May 19, Gov. Henry McMaster signed H.3824 into law which makes changes to the Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP)/SCRIPTS program run by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC).Bill Highlights:

Upcoming Training Opportunities

Grant Development Workshop |  June 7 - 8 | Columbia, SCThis two-day grant proposal workshop is geared towards those who wish to strengthen their grant writing skills, as well as beginners who wish to acquire and master the techniques of preparing and writing winning proposals to various funding agencies. The focus will be on how to effectively write proposals in times of keen competition and limited resources. 

Upload Your Documentation to Receive Platinum Recognition

To receive platinum recognition in any of the nine dimensions of employee wellbeing through the Strategy for Wellbeing web platform, we ask that you upload documentation to support your assessment answers. We will no longer hold confirmation calls; instead, uploading supporting documentation to the web platform to help us verify your assessment answers. As you answer assessment questions, you will be prompted to upload the supporting documents for the corresponding questions.