Healthcare in South Carolina

SupplyCopia Launches Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Report on McLeod Health Total Joint Replacement Pilot

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Thursday, July 15, 2021

At McLeod Health, total joint replacement is among the procedures with the greatest patient outcomes "life changing," in the words of their patient population.

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  • At McLeod Health, total joint replacement is among the procedures with the greatest patient outcomes "life changing," in the words of their patient population.
  • The McLeod team partnered with SupplyCopia to develop a user-friendly dashboard to support its total joint CQO pilot.
  • Founded in 1906, McLeod Health has a leading regional presence in Northeastern South Carolina and Southeastern North Carolina McLeod Health.
  • The hospitals within McLeod Health include: McLeod Regional Medical Center, McLeod Health Dillon, McLeod Health Loris, McLeod Health Seacoast, McLeod Health Cheraw, McLeod Health Clarendon and McLeod Behavioral Health.

McLeod Health to Roll Out Tecsys' End-to-End Supply Chain Execution Solution Across Hospital System

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Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Through this investment, McLeod Health will be able to leverage end-to-end supply chain data to streamline supply chain operations from planning and receiving through to consumption and replenishment, creating a flexible ecosystem that can grow and expand with the organization.

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  • Through this investment, McLeod Health will be able to leverage end-to-end supply chain data to streamline supply chain operations from planning and receiving through to consumption and replenishment, creating a flexible ecosystem that can grow and expand with the organization.
  • Founded in 1906, McLeod Health has a leading regional presence in Northeastern South Carolina and Southeastern North Carolina McLeod Health.
  • With seven hospitals, McLeod Health operates three Health and Fitness Centers, a Sports Medicine and Outpatient Rehabilitation Center, Hospice and Home Health Services.
  • The hospitals within McLeod Health include: McLeod Regional Medical Center, McLeod Health Dillon, McLeod Health Loris, McLeod Health Seacoast, McLeod Health Cheraw, McLeod Health Clarendon and McLeod Behavioral Health.

McLeod Health Commits to Quality and Innovation with a Patient-Reported Outcomes Program for Total Joint Replacements

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Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Since going live with CODE on November 30, 2020, McLeod is enrolling an average of 115 total joint replacement patients and 95 PROs per month.

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  • Since going live with CODE on November 30, 2020, McLeod is enrolling an average of 115 total joint replacement patients and 95 PROs per month.
  • Within one (1) years-time, McLeod Health will have a robust and powerful data registry with nearly 1,500 completed PROs.
  • McLeod is positioning themselves to lead the nation in orthopaedic quality and innovation.
  • Cian Robinson, Chief Administrative Officer, McLeod Heath Innovation said, To make true strides towards healthcare innovation, good quality patient centered data is a necessity.

EX Program By Truth Initiative® And McLeod Health Join Forces To Help Employees, Patients Live Tobacco Free

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Tuesday, February 16, 2021

The McLeod Healthier You Program will integrate the EX Program into its overall wellness package for employees.

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  • The McLeod Healthier You Program will integrate the EX Program into its overall wellness package for employees.
  • As part of its McLeod Lung Cancer Screening Program outreach, McLeod will also offer the EX Program to deliver even more resources to support lung cancer patients and those people looking to quit tobacco use.
  • Developed in collaboration with Mayo Clinic, the EX Program is an enterprise-level, digital health program for tobacco addiction for employers and health plans.
  • The hospitals within McLeod Health include: McLeod Regional Medical Center, McLeod Health Dillon, McLeod Health Loris, McLeod Health Seacoast, McLeod Health Cheraw, McLeod Health Clarendon and McLeod Behavioral Health.

Eastern North Carolina Health Alliance Hospitals Choose New Blood Provider

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Thursday, November 5, 2020

These hospitals are joining other healthcare systems in the Coastal Carolina Health Alliance like Vidant Health and McLeod Health, who have also chosen TBC as their blood supplier.

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  • These hospitals are joining other healthcare systems in the Coastal Carolina Health Alliance like Vidant Health and McLeod Health, who have also chosen TBC as their blood supplier.
  • TBC has served as a non-profit 501(c)(3) community blood center for decades and is the exclusive provider for the entire Upstate of South Carolina and a large portion of North Carolina.
  • TBC currently supplies 30 hospital partners with life-saving blood products in 29 counties across eastern North Carolina.
  • Founded in Greenville, South Carolina, TBC is an independently managed, not-for-profit, community blood center that provides blood products to more than 70 hospitals within Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.

Remote COVID-19 Health Screens Enable Safe Return for Employees, Students

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Tuesday, September 8, 2020

More than 115,000 health and safety screens are completed each day with Conversas HealthCheck program, developed in partnership with UCSF Health .

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  • More than 115,000 health and safety screens are completed each day with Conversas HealthCheck program, developed in partnership with UCSF Health .
  • (Photo: Business Wire)
    Prominent health systems such as Prisma Health and SCL Health have recently launched programs on the heels of Conversas success with leading health systems such as Northwell Health, UCSF Health, UNC Health and University Hospitals.
  • Prisma Health is an 18-hospital health system and South Carolinas largest private employer with nearly 30,000 team members.
  • Prisma Health uses digital health tools to meet our community members where they are, said Dr. Nick Patel, chief digital officer of Prisma Health.

Prisma Health Collaborates with Ethicon Inc., part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, to Manufacture and Distribute the VESper™ Ventilator Expansion Splitter Device that is Authorized for Emergency Use Only During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Monday, April 6, 2020

GREENVILLE, S.C., April 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Prisma Health announced today that it is collaborating with Ethicon Inc., part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, to make and distribute a ventilator expansion device, called the VESper Ventilator Expansion Splitter.

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  • GREENVILLE, S.C., April 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Prisma Health announced today that it is collaborating with Ethicon Inc., part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, to make and distribute a ventilator expansion device, called the VESper Ventilator Expansion Splitter.
  • "Our goal is to provide healthcare providers with an emergency use device for critical patients in rapid time at no cost," said Mark O'Halla, Prisma Health president and chief executive officer.
  • Ethicon is bringing its 3D printing manufacturing and supply chain expertise to meet the challenging demand of providing the ventilator expansion splitters.
  • Prisma Health will review all requests so that the device can be prioritized to areas and hospitals with the greatest need.

Innovative ventilator device developed by Prisma Health to quickly increase ventilator capacity for COVID-19 patients

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Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Produced using 3D printing technology, the device is developed with material already in use for medical devices and produced at minimal cost.

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  • Produced using 3D printing technology, the device is developed with material already in use for medical devices and produced at minimal cost.
  • "The VESper device can be lifesaving when the number of critically ill patients requiring breathing support is greater than the number of available ventilators.
  • A Prisma Health emergency medicine physician realized the opportunity of using a single machine to breathe for multiple patients.
  • "This is an exemplary demonstration of rapid innovation and collaboration," said Mark O'Halla, president and chief executive officer of Prisma Health.

Prisma Health renews partnership with Prudential to oversee $1.3B in retirement assets

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Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Prudential Retirement will continue its decade-long relationship with Prisma Health, South Carolinas largest not-for-profit health organization serving more than 1.2 million patients annually, as record keeper for its defined contribution retirement plans.

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  • Prudential Retirement will continue its decade-long relationship with Prisma Health, South Carolinas largest not-for-profit health organization serving more than 1.2 million patients annually, as record keeper for its defined contribution retirement plans.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200108005106/en/
    Michael Knowling, Head of Client Relations & Business Development, Prudential Retirement (Photo: Business Wire)
    As of July 3, 2019, Prudential oversees $1.3 billion in retirement assets covering 18,000 employees.
  • With more than 85 years of retirement experience, Prudential Retirement helps meet the needs of 4.4 million participants and annuitants.
  • Our organization was formed in late 2017 when Greenville Health System and Palmetto Health joined together, officially becoming Prisma Health in January 2019.

Prisma Health Partners With Contessa to Bring High-Quality Hospital-Level Care Into Patients’ Homes

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Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Prisma Health , the largest not-for-profit health organization in South Carolina, will partner with Nashville-based Contessa on an innovative care model called Home Recovery Care that keeps patients out of the hospital by bringing key elements of inpatient care directly into patients own homes.

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  • Prisma Health , the largest not-for-profit health organization in South Carolina, will partner with Nashville-based Contessa on an innovative care model called Home Recovery Care that keeps patients out of the hospital by bringing key elements of inpatient care directly into patients own homes.
  • Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital and Prisma Health Baptist Easley Hospital will be the next ones to offer it.
  • The long-term goal is to offer it to eligible patients at any Prisma Health hospital in S.C.
    Home Recovery Care provides hospital-level care to patients with acute, non-life-threatening medical conditions in the comfort of their own homes.
  • Our organization was formed in late 2017 when Greenville Health System and Palmetto Health joined together, officially becoming Prisma Health in January 2019.