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Trident Health consolidates obstetric, neonatal services next week
Trident Health is consolidating the health system’s obstetric and neonatal services into one department at Summerville Medical Center next month. Kelly Bowen, spokeswoman for Summerville Medical Center, said the move is meant to help Trident Medical Center and Summerville Medical grow their services. “It just gets ev[...]
Aardvark recovers at S.C. Aquarium after ingesting plastic
Meet Aardvark, a resilient, young green sea turtle. Aardvark — who is too young for experts to determine its sex — was found washed up on shore in Hog Inlet in North Myrtle Beach. Aardvark is now at the S.C. Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Care Center in downtown Charleston. The turtle is undergoing treatment and re[...]
Summerville Medical Center begins ER expansion
Summerville Medical Center has begun a $24 million expansion of its emergency room, part of Trident Health’s $100 million investment in the facility. The multiphase expansion began last month and is expected to be completed in August 2020. The project will increase the emergency room capacity to 43 beds. It will also add 13,000 square […]
New member elected to MUSC Board of Trustees
The General Assembly elected Dr. Henry Frederick Butehorn III to serve as the medical professional representing the 4th Congressional District on the Medical University of South Carolina and Medical University Hospital Authority Board of Trustees.
MUSC receives grant to support telehealth network development
The Medical University of South Carolina has received a $3.6 million grant to support the development of a national telehealth research network. As opposed to supporting a specific clinical research study, the grant seeks to establish an easily accessible support structure around telehealth research, including tools, resources, collaboration, education and advocacy materials to anyone across […][...]
MUSC partners with Charleston schools for telehealth clinics
Charleston County School District has partnered with the Medical University of South Carolina to expand school-based health offerings through telehealth clinics. MUSC Health operates its School-Based Health Program in 23 schools across the district so students can receive health care in school. Services include sick visits, chro[...]
Debate renewed over contentious health care law
South Carolina regulations guiding health care investment are coming under scrutiny again after a Department of Health and Human Services report found that such laws do not achieve their intended goals. The law, known as the State Certification of Need and Health Facility Licensure Act, requires any health care system or company that wants to build […]
MUSC completes acquisition of 4 rural hospitals
The Medical University of South Carolina Hospital Authority has completed its purchase of four South Carolina hospitals from Community Health Systems Inc., a publicly-traded company based in Franklin, Tenn. MUSC agreed to the purchase at a special called board of trustees meeting in November. The acquisition includes the 82-bed Chester Regional Medical Center in Chester; […]
MUSC partners with Irish medical company
The Medical University of South Carolina is partnering with an Irish medical technology company to focus on developing solutions that improve health outcomes for patients while reducing costs. The initial focus of the five-year partnership with Medtronic PLC will be on addressing chronic diseases and acute conditions prevalent in South Carolina, such as cardiovascular disease. […]
MUSC receives $5 million for children’s heart program
Businessman Gene Reed Jr. has donated $5 million to support the pediatric heart program and inpatient floor in the new Medical University of South Carolina Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital. “This is not about me,” Reed said. “It’s about the medical university’s children’s hospital, and [...]
Roper St. Francis employee emails compromised
An email security breach targeting Roper St. Francis Healthcare gave unauthorized access to employee email accounts late last year, but the health care system says it has seen no indication that patient information was misused. In a statement, Roper St. Francis said it discovered on Nov. 30 that someone gained access to the email accounts […]
Roper St. Francis, MUSC to partner on rehab hospital
Roper St. Francis Healthcare and the Medical University of South Carolina are partnering to build a new rehabilitation hospital on the campus of the future Roper St. Francis Berkeley Hospital. Troy Powell, chief administrative officer for post-acute services at Roper St. Francis, said the 43-bed freestanding facility will be an [...]
