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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:

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.

Tips and Tools: Creating a Workplace Garden

Have you ever considered creating an onsite garden at your workplace to provide employees with access to fresh produce? A worksite garden can be a creative way for an organization and its employees to get healthy and even give back to the community. Benefits of a worksite garden can include improved employee health and wellness as well as employee engagement, team building, environmental stewardship, sustainability, promotion of green space, education, and improved community relationships. 

Tidelands Health Offers Employees At-Work Serenity Rooms

Tidelands Health has established serenity rooms at each of their hospitals, Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital and Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital, to support employees’ mental and emotional wellbeing. At-work serenity rooms can lower a company's healthcare costs by reducing chronic stress, which is a major risk factor for illness.

Leadership Summit for Healthy Communities Accepting Presentation Proposals

Eat Smart Move More South Carolina (ESMMSC) and the Summit Planning Committee invite proposals for breakout session presentations and poster presentations for the Leadership Summit for Healthy Communities, formerly the SC Obesity Summit, October 23-24, 207. The breakout sessions at the Summit are designed to provide resources and best practices to attendees for use in their work to reduce obesity in South Carolina.

SCMA Offering FREE Mandatory CME on Controlled Substances

All South Carolina licensed physicians must complete two hours of approved CME on prescribing and monitoring controlled substances by June 30, 2017. And thanks to the South Carolina Medical Association (SCMA), hospital and health system-affiliated physicians can access this approved course for FREE through SCMA’s website. SC Physicians should also be aware that the required 40 Category I CME hours, with 30 of those hours focused in the physician’s area of practice, must also be completed by June 30, 2017. 

Working Well Evaluation Webinar

Working Well, in collaboration with the Oklahoma Hospital Association, is excited to host quarterly webinars for participating organizations. The first webinar will focus on the importance of evaluating your wellness program, some best practices in doing so and tips to implement evaluation efforts in your workplace wellness program. The webinar will be Wednesday, May 24 from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

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.

What Are You Doing for National Stroke Awareness Month?

May is National Stroke Awareness Month, and we need your help educating the community on the signs and symptoms of stroke and the importance of calling EMS. “SPOT A STROKE FAST” and www.facearmspeechtime.com is a joint community stroke awareness campaign by the South Carolina Hospital Association and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC).