Express Medical Care•Laurens, a new urgent care healthcare practice in Laurens County, opened to patients on January 6, 2014. Urgent care focuses on delivering non-emergency medical services on weekends and when doctor’s offices are usually closed.
Three future respiratory therapists have each been awarded scholarships from the Self Regional Healthcare Foundation to help fund their studies at Piedmont Technical College.
The 26th annual ball will be co-chaired by Jane Dean and Jenni Shingler. This signature community event is scheduled for Saturday, March 1, 2014 and will feature a theme of “Moonlight and Magnolias, An Evening of Southern Elegance.”
Jim Pfeiffer, president & CEO of Self Regional Healthcare has been elected to serve on the 2014 healthcare board of PHT, PHTS, and PHLIP.
In just six months, Ronnie Turner says he has transformed his diet and his activity levels to allow him to manage his diabetes—for the first time since his initial diagnosis in 1977. “My quality of life has changed,” says Ronnie Turner. “When I get home, I have so much more energy to do things with my family.”
Self Regional is celebrating World Diabetes Day with a special community outreach initiative in Uptown Greenwood on Nov 14, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.. The event includes free diabetes assessments and screenings, information from our Diabetes Educators, refreshments, and a proclamation by mayor Welborn Adams.
Self Regional Healthcare and Self Medical Group in Greenwood were recipients of a Palmetto Hospital Trust (PHT) Most Improved Safety Award at the 11th Annual PHTS Safe Patient Handling Conference & PHT Awards Luncheon in September.
Pretty in Pink, the area’s largest breast cancer awareness celebration, is back for a third year with a revamped program that is designed to help screen low-income women for breast cancer. The event will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 8, at the Greenwood American Legion at 5:30 p.m. and is a ticketed event.
The Self Regional Healthcare Foundation will be the title sponsor of a Symetra Tour – Road to the LPGA charity golf tournament to raise funds for women’s health initiatives. The tournament will be named the Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Women’s Health Charity Classic, to be held May 5-11, 2014, at The Links at Stoney Point golf course in Greenwood, S.C.
Self Regional Healthcare has been named one of the nation’s best healthcare workplaces for the third consecutive year by Modern Healthcare. The prestigious “Top 100” listing was announced this week, and Self Regional is the only healthcare provider in South Carolina to receive this recognition.