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Finding the Next Generation

The South Carolina Society of Hospitals Materials Management (SCSHMM), a personal membership group of the South Carolina Hospital Association, has been taking proactive steps to ensure a pathway for students looking to join their profession.Anderson University students Marissa Black and Sara Walenceus recently attended the national conference for the Association

Celebrating Zero Harm

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Insurance Time

Despite recent efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), it’s still providing insurance for millions of Americans—as long as they sign up.The open enrollment period for purchasing private insurance on the Marketplace begins on November 1 and runs through December 15, 2018. The ACA’s income-based subsidies on premiums are

SC Hospitals to Honor Organ Donors in the 2018 Rose Parade

We Are Sharing Hope SC, the organ and tissue recovery service for our state, is offering South Carolina hospitals the opportunity to once again join with hospitals across the nation to be a part of the 2019 Donate Life Rose Parade Float. The float honors organ, eye and tissue donor

SCHA Awards $50,000 in Grants For Healthcare Education at Clemson, USC

Date: 10-15-18Contact:  Lara Hewitt, SCHA Solutions803.744.3518lhewitt@scha.orgThe South Carolina Hospital Association (SCHA) has awarded Clemson University and the University of South Carolina $25,000 each to support the development of a high-quality healthcare workforce, with the potential for two additional years of fu

Preparing for the 2018 Flu Season

The official start of flu season isn’t until November 1, but South Carolina hospitals are already in full preparation mode. Last year’s seasonal bout of influenza looms in the minds of many healthcare workers thanks to its overwhelming impact on the state. DHEC records indicate that there were over 130,000 incidents

Palmetto Health and GHS Announce New Unified Brand

Greenville Health System and Palmetto Health announced a new, unified brand coming in early 2019: Prisma Health.The two health systems have been operating under the same parent company with the interim name SC Health Company since November 2017. Both will rebrand as Prisma Health in the coming months, while campuses

2018 TAP Conference Canceled

Due to the impact of Florence on our state and the pressures that many of our hospitals have faced grappling with its effects, SCHA has made the decision to cancel the 2018 TAP Conference. Our thoughts continue to be with our neighbors in North Carolina and the communities in South Carolina

Florence: The Aftermath

(September 24, 2018 - 11:00 a.m.)Roads and bridges across the Pee Dee remain closed as Georgetown County authorities put more than 8,000 people on alert for possible evacuations this week. Areas set to be impacted by rising floodwaters are making their final preparartions for the possible dangers ahead.State and local

Zero Tolerance Towards Workplace Violence

From 2002 to 2013, incidents of serious workplace violence were four times more common in healthcare than in private industry on average. The scant studies on violence in the industry suggests that hospital staff see it as “part of the job” and much of it goes unreported.Grand Strand Health took

A Quality Life

Indun (Whetsell) Patrick has spent four decades working to improve the quality of care at Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg, SC.Over the course of her career, the role and scope of quality and patient safety work in hospitals have expanded dramatically, and Patrick was at the forefront of many of

Snowbound Steward

As the Medical Director and CEO of a Veteran’s Administration Medical Center, Scott Isaacks is acutely aware of the tremendous sacrifices soldiers make while serving their country. From traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries to orthopedic amputations and visual impairments, Isaacks has seen everything come through the doors of Ralph

SCHA Partners with Healthcare Leaders to Address the Opioid Crisis

COLUMBIA, S.C.— The South Carolina Hospital Association, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, and the South Carolina Medical Association have joined to form the Opioid Risk Prevention Partnership (ORPP), which is designed to advance the conversation among and between hospitals, physicians and other providers, patients and the general public around the

Innovation Aquarium

It’s telling that the first Apple-approved tech store located within a dedicated academic medical center campus is at the Medical University of South Carolina. The store, dubbed Innovation Station, is typical of the interactive-heavy retail Apple shops, but the Station’s offerings extend beyond the Cupertino company’s products and tech services to

Just Culture in Action

Just Culture is one of the foundations of building highly reliable systems. It’s an elegantly simple philosophy—hold systems accountable for how they are designed and people accountable for the choices they make. Underneath that simplicity, though, organizations face a host of challenges, from the difficulty of implementing large-scale culture change