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wach.com
SEE THE PICS: Kindergarteners become doctors for a day
GREENVILLE, S.C. (WACH) — About 140 kindergarten students from Robert E. Cashion Elementary visited the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville on March 31 for a “Doctors for a Day” event. Students took part in activities including CPR lessons, skeletal anatomy and learning how doctors...
FOX Carolina
City of Abbeville addresses allegations about PFAS, water quality
ABBEVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Across the country, communities are grappling with PFAS — so-called ‘forever chemicals’ — in their drinking water. In Abbeville, city leaders are setting the record straight about its water quality and alleged contamination. City officials said that in 2023, PFAS sampling...
chaindrugreview.com
RedSail white paper warns about pharmacy switch risks and resilience
SPARTANBURG, SC — A new white paper from RedSail Technologies highlights one of pharmacy’s most critical vulnerabilities —the pharmacy switch —and explains why it requires immediate attention from industry operators. Inside the Pharmacy Switch Crisis: What We Learned and Where Pharmacy Goes Next explains the real-world...
thetarheeljournal.com
Wound Care Advantage Expands Network with Launch of Rutherford Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center
New center brings advanced wound care and hyperbaric oxygen therapy to Rutherfordton, North Carolina community. Rutherford Regional is doing this the right way—investing in their community with the infrastructure to back it up. We're proud to be part of that mission.”. — Mike Comer, CEO and Founder, Wound Care...
greenvillejournal.com
USC School of Medicine Greenville inspires local kindergarteners to be future doctors
The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville recently celebrated National Doctors’ Day by inspiring the next generation of future doctors. Approximately 140 kindergarten students from Robert E. Cashion Elementary School in Greenville took a field trip to the local medical school on March 30. Phyllis MacGilvray, dean of USC School of Medicine Greenville, said the field trip was designed as a fun way to introduce students to the medical field.
bpr.org
Despite multiple safety sanctions, Mission Hospital receives state approval to add 95 more beds in Asheville
This story was originally published in the Asheville Watchdog. Mission Hospital has received state approval to add 95 more acute-care beds to its main facility in Buncombe County despite being under investigation by state and federal healthcare agencies for repeated safety violations linked to multiple patient deaths in recent years.
dpcnews.com
The Primary Care Death Spiral
Let’s talk about the recent residency MATCH and the impending primary care death spiral. Fewer and fewer med students are choosing primary care, leading us closer to a primary care death spiral. How do we pull out of a death spiral? Can we reach the students to teach them the hope of DPC? Will the questions never end?
WSPA 7News
Save more on Rx drugs: Clinics, programs that can cut costs
Are you paying too much for your prescription drugs?
beckershospitalreview.com
Baptist Health pharmacy leader joins Prisma
A former pharmacy leader at Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health System, Jordan Propst, PharmD, has joined Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health. Dr. Propst announced the transition in a March 16 LinkedIn post, saying he is joining Prisma Health as pharmacy director of outpatient and specialty pharmacy services. He most recently served as director of Baptist Health’s central pharmacy, a $40 million, 102,000-square-foot facility that opened in June 2024.
avlwatchdog.org
Weak powers, limited cooperation hamper Mission Hospital oversight, independent monitor says
Sign up for free email updates from The Watchdog. You’ll be notified whenever we publish our latest award-winning investigative reporting, John Boyle’s Answer Man and Opinion columns, Tom Fiedler’s Democracy Watch, and more!. Since 2024, Affiliated Monitors has been tasked with overseeing whether HCA Healthcare is complying...