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March 2024

February 2024

    Guardians of Care

    February 14, 2024
    How Prisma Health implemented an innovate panic button system to combat workplace violence in their facilities

    WHY Offers Mental Health First Aid Training

    February 7, 2024
    Just as CPR provides skills needed to assist someone having a heart attack, MHFA equips hospital staff members to support those experiencing a mental health or substance use-related challenge or crisis.  

    Tidelands Health’s Gayle Resetar named 2024 Chair of SCHA

    February 1, 2024
    Resetar has been a consistent advocate for the delivery of high-quality healthcare in South Carolina for more than 30 years.

January 2024

    Reimagining WHY

    January 31, 2024
    Reimagining WHY, a virtual learning collaborative that will give hospital leaders a place to share innovative solutions and test promising practices around workforce experience.

    Out and About, Vol. 7

    January 24, 2024
    2024 is off and running for SCHA!
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    SCHA and SC Technical College System Announce New Clinical Faculty Academy Session

    January 24, 2024
    The South Carolina Hospital Association and the SC Technical College System are pleased to announce the next session of our Clinical Faculty Academy will be held April 4-5, 2024, at Technical College of the Lowcountry, New River Campus.

    Better State of Health, By the Numbers

    January 17, 2024
    SCHA's Data Center has launched a new Tableau version of their signature "By the Numbers" report.

    Dogs to the Rescue

    January 10, 2024
    Canine companions can be an innovative way of enhancing hospital security.

December 2023

    SCHA Announces First WHY We Lead Participants

    December 14, 2023
    Twenty-four hospital rising stars have been selected as the first class to participate in a new leadership development series sponsored by the South Carolina Hospital Association (SCHA). Called WHY We Lead, the highly selective program is intended to support healthcare workforce needs by identifying and equipping the next generation of hospital leaders to effectively lead teams, encourage employee engagement, and embrace change.

November 2023

    Out & About, Vol. 6

    November 15, 2023
    Multiple meetings last week, including the re-launch of a statewide initiative to improve maternal outcomes and a joint meeting of several of SCHA's professional memberships, are covered in this latest edition of "Out & About."

    SCHA Launches “WHY We Lead” Leadership Development Series

    November 8, 2023
    The program is designed to help hospital leaders in mid-level management positions enhance and cultivate skills and qualities necessary to successfully lead their teams, drive teamwork and engagement, and embrace change.

    Out & About, Vol. 5

    November 1, 2023
    In this edition of “Out and About,” SCHA President & CEO Thornton Kirby gives us a second update from his October travels.

    H is for Hiring Campaign Takes Homes Three Wallies at the Annual CHPRMS Conference

    November 1, 2023
    The Wallie Awards are given for individual, stand-alone entries, while the prestigious Golden Tusk Awards recognize overall campaigns with multiple pieces of supporting material.

October 2023

    New WHY Initiative Aims to Transform Healthcare Work Experience

    October 25, 2023
    The WHY initiative, an acronym that stands for Work, Harmony, You, aims to identify and find solutions for systemic, root causes of healthcare worker burnout, disengagement, and turnover.

    SCHA's Angel Bourdon Joins PHEARLESS Initiative to Advance Health Equity

    October 24, 2023
    Grants awarded to new cohort of public health, community leaders to advance health equity

    Out & About, Vol. 4

    October 24, 2023
    In this edition of “Out and About,” SCHA President & CEO Thornton Kirby gives us an update (and pictures) from his October travels.

    Out and About, Vol.3

    October 11, 2023
    In this edition of “Out and About”, we learn more about SCHA President & CEO Thornton Kirby's travels across the state (and to Washington) over the course of September 2023.

    Next in Line

    October 4, 2023
    AnMed and Anderson University have been working on the next generation of healthcare supply chain professionals.

September 2023

    Out and About, Vol. 2

    September 27, 2023
    In this second edition of "Out and About,"  SCHA President & CEO Thornton Kirby provides an update on recent meetings and happenings in the SC hospital community.