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Help Us Improve Health Literacy in SC

We are asking for your help.South Carolina Hospital Association and researchers at the University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health along with community partners have teamed up to develop an initiative focused on improving patient health literacy and patient-provider communication.The program was developed in response to an all

Virtual Urgent Care Now Available for SC Public Employees

Starting January 1, 2020, beneficiaries of the State Health Plan have access to free virtual urgent care from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), the home of the SC Telehealth Alliance. MUSC has been rapidly expanding its Virtual Urgent Care program, recognizing the power that online visits with doctors,

Improving the Quality of Rural Care

The Regional Medical Center recently announced a strategic 5-year partnership agreement worth $16 million to deliver innovative diagnostic imaging solutions for the residents of rural Orangeburg, Calhoun, Bamberg and Barnwell counties. The partnership with Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, will also support the expansion of the region’s

Twenty Years Later

Last month marked the 20th anniversary of the landmark Institute of Medicine report “To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System.” The report proved to be a turning point, with hospitals and healthcare professionals across the country became even more committed to better, safer, more patient-centered care. This was

Prisma Health and Clemson Join Forces for Innovation Efforts

Prisma Health has teamed up with Clemson University on a host of innovative medical initiatives to improve the quality of healthcare in South Carolina. Three recent Clemson-Prisma Health collaborations are receiving support from the Innovation Maturation Fund, a joint effort between the Health Sciences Center (HSC) at Prisma Health and the

Inaugural Live Healthy SC Award Winners Announced

The Live Healthy SC 2019 Annual Meeting was a chance for a diverse array of leaders and organizations from across the state working together to get updated on the Live Healthy SC State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) and State Health Assessment and to celebrate the health improvement work that supports

Insurance Time for 2020

The open enrollment period for signing up and purchasing private health insurance on the ACA Marketplace begins on Friday, November 1 and runs through Sunday, December 15, 2019. The ACA’s income-based subsidies on premiums are still intact, which means many South Carolinians will again be eligible for zero-premium bronze

Standing Tall for Hospital Workers

The threat of violence is, unfortunately, both a major safety issue and a daily fact of life for healthcare workers in hospitals and health systems across South Carolina.Studies show that healthcare workers are significantly more likely to be the victims of violence and abuse than workers in other industries, and

Fighting Burnout

As a newly graduated nurse, Dr. Teresa Stephens learned lessons familiar to many of her colleagues: The combination of high stress, long hours and harshly critical co-workers caused her to leave after one year. Unfortunately, her second job wasn’t much different, but that time Stephens made a life-changing decision. “I

Drive to Zero Harm Leadership Award

The South Carolina Hospital Association (SCHA) is pleased to announce Scott R. Isaacks as the winner of our inaugural Drive to Zero Harm Leadership Award, a recognition given to the South Carolina healthcare leader who demonstrates extraordinary commitment to creating a culture of high reliability to eliminate harm from all

The 2019 Zero Harm Awards

The South Carolina Hospital Association (SCHA) is pleased to announce that we have recognized a record-breaking 57 SC hospitals who collectively won 230 Certified Zero Harm Awards this year. These awards collectively represent 148,173 central line infection-free days and 19,771 surgical procedures with no medically caused harm and illustrate the

Responding to Burnout

Working Well, a program that helps employers develop a strategic plan to impact employee health by focusing on evidence-based policy, systems, and environmental changes, was recently awarded a grant from The Duke Endowment to incorporate an integrated, multi-layered approach to reducing burnout and improving worker wellbeing.At a time when over

A National Leader

Willis Tisdale is a small-town South Carolinian—which is why he likes working at Shriners Hospitals for Children—Greenville. It’s a small hospital and workplace, but also a caring and important one. People know one another and are sensitive to personal dynamics and relationships in a way that’s comfortable for the longtime

Healthy Conservation

Earlier this year, employees from Prisma Health took time off from their day jobs of providing quality healthcare to give back to the community in a different kind of healthy way—by working to conserve the environment. A volunteer day was set up for all employees who wanted to take part,

MUSC Embraces Hospital Safe Zones Campaign

MUSC Health has rolled out a host of new workplace violence initiatives, including an adaptation of our Hospital Safe Zones campaign that is freely available to all hospitals and health systems. Posters featuring MUSC Health CEO Dr. Patrick Cawley, nurse manager Kim Curnell-Pean and April Roscoe, manager of the safe