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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.

Tidelands Health MUSC Family Medicine Residency Program Continues to Grow

The Tidelands Health MUSC Family Medicine Residency Program is now in its second year and welcomes a new class of eight residents that were formally paired with the program last week. They will begin their training in July. The residency program, designed to attract new physicians to the growing region, has so far proven to be exactly what Tidelands Health imagined it would be. through their three years of hands-on in the hospital working with experienced faculty physicians.

Upcoming Training Opportunities

Register for "The Thriving Employee: Fostering a Culture of Emotional & Mental Wellebing Throughout your Workforce" webinar| April 25 | 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.Working Well, in collaboration with the Oklahoma Hospital Association’s WorkHealthy Hospitals initiative, is hosting a webinar focusing The Thriving Employee: Fostering a Culture of Emotional and Mental Wellbeing Throughout Your Workforce. Do you want to move beyond siloed stress reduction techniques like chair massages and stress balls in your employee wellnes

Register for the Second Annual Governor’s Cup Working Well Corporate Challenge

 Working Well is partnering again with the Lexington Medical Center Governor’s Cup Road Race, the oldest continuously conducted running event in South Carolina, to promote the race to employers throughout the state. The 2018 running festival is scheduled for May 18-19, and includes the following events: 

Register for “The Thriving Employee: Fostering a Culture of Emotional and Mental Wellbeing Throughout Your Workforce” Webinar

 Working Well, in collaboration with the Oklahoma Hospital Association’s WorkHealthy Hospitals initiative, is hosting a webinar called The Thriving Employee: Fostering a Culture of Emotional and Mental Wellbeing Throughout Your Workforce.  

Congratulations to March 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

Advance Care Planning Initiative Request for Proposals

This announcement solicits applications for Community Outreach Partners in support of the South Carolina Coalition for the Care of the Seriously Ill (SC CSI) Advance Care Planning (ACP) Initiative.  The ACP Initiative is supported by The Carolinas Center through a grant from the BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation.  The purpose of this grant is to improve the quality of and accessibility to ACP conversations through shared decision making for all South Carolinians.   The intent of this initiative is to ensure these quality conversations will be reflected in documents that are

New Rankings Show Healthiest and Least Healthy Counties in SC

Princeton, N.J. and Madison, Wis. – Beaufort County ranks healthiest in South Carolina and Marlboro County is the least healthy county in the state, according to the ninth annual County Health Rankings, released today by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (UWPHI).

Less Than a Month Until the Midlands Heart Walk

This year, Working Well is teaming up with the American Heart Association to challenge employers to participate in the 20th Annual Midlands Heart Walk. The Midlands Heart Walk will be held Saturday, March 24, 2018 at the Colonial Life Arena in Columbia.