Prisma Health, LifeNet partnership will expand air ambulance coverage in South Carolina
Representatives from Air Methods explained that nurses, pilots and paramedics must have several years of experience to be hired.
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‘Thank you for putting our lives before your own’ – COVID-19 survivors surprise Bon Secours staff
They fought for their lives against COVID-19 and a team of respiratory therapists fought with them. Now, they want to thank them.
Prisma to open Fountain Inn medical facility this fall
The medical practice will be completed in spring 2023.
UofSC Medical School Greenville celebrates the class of 2024
The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville celebrated the class of 2024 on May 22 with a White Coat ceremony.
People, Not Patients
Alzheimer’s and dementia sufferers in assisted living facilities benefit from being treated like individuals.
Bon Secours St. Francis debuts 38-foot Mobile Medical Unit
“This new mobile unit complements the already high-quality care provided at our brick and mortar facilities,” said Bon Secours St. Francis market president Matt Caldwell.
‘Walt’s Waltz’ works to sweep away the stigma of mental health conditions
Walt’s Waltz is a Greenville-based organization working to raise awareness around mental health conditions through education.
Anderson University acquires Bearwood Ambulatory Surgery Center
The acquisition came due in part to a substantial gift from the owners of Bearwood, Dr. Terry Holdredge and Susan Holdredge.
Prisma hospitals to collect prescription drugs in fight against opioid addiction
Research has found a majority of misused prescription drugs were taken from family and friends.
Upstate medical clinics pause Johnson & Johnson vaccination distribution
Following six reported cases of blood clotting in individuals who had received the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the South Carolina Department…
Prisma and University of South Carolina School of Medicine welcome resident physicians
More than 90 resident physicians will join Prisma Health in the Upstate.
Prisma Health announces physician leadership team for first-in-Upstate solid organ transplantation program
The program was announced in February and is expected to begin caring for patients later this year.
Clemson receives $10.6 million grant to establish research center on human genetics and disease
The grant will fund the first five-year phase of the Center of Biomedical Research Excellence.
Bon Secours St. Francis Downtown tops off new 45,000-square-foot emergency department
The construction project is part renovation and part new construction.
Clemson Corner: Nursing students take pride in knowing they’ve faced down a pandemic
Not many nurses can say they were students during a pandemic, helping to vaccinate the public against a novel disease. But 278 Clemson nursing students can make that claim —…