Dreaming here

"We need to be ready to meet the needs of our community"

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 12:00 p.m. (0)

Think of it as an opportunity for the Greenville Drive and the Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center to team up with the community and hit a home run for improving health care in the Upstate.

That’s the goal for the “Field of Dreams Gala,” a first-of-its-kind event planned for Oct. 7 at Fluor Field being staged to raise scholarship dollars for students enrolled in the GHS Medical Experience Academy, a recently announced pipeline for students interested in advanced training in healthcare.

The fundraiser includes a concert by the Greenville Symphony Orchestra, a black tie and sneakers dress code, formal dining and a finale featuring fireworks as the backdrop to Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture.  Continue reading...

 

The week in pictures: 11/06/10

Look who's in the Journal

NOVEMBER 7, 2010 3:12 p.m. (0)

This week:

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GHS makes 'baby' changes

Area hospitals  shift to family-centered maternity care

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 12:15 p.m. (0)

Both of Julie Smart’s children were born by caesarian section, but a philosophical shift at Greenville Hospital System’s Women’s Hospital made the experiences so very different.

“You have images in your head of when a baby is born, they hand the baby to you and you have a fine family moment,” she said.

But when her son, Drew, was born in November 2009, he was whisked away to the nursery and she to the recovery room. It was three hours before Smart got to hold him.  Continue reading...

 

Med school becomes No. 136

Greenville Hospital System, USC earn preliminary approval for The University of South Carolina School of Medicine – Greenville, joining the ranks of the nation's 135 other medical schools

OCTOBER 7, 2011 10:03 a.m. (0)

Jerry Youkey was in Spain when the call came.

The University of South Carolina School of Medicine – Greenville had earned preliminary approval — the biggest hurdle in the effort to expand doctor training in Greenville.

Youkey, the dean of what is now the nation’s 136th medical school, started emailing. Mike Riordan, president and chief executive officer of the Greenville Hospital System. Spence Taylor, the medical school’s senior associate dean for academic affairs and diversity. Harris Pastides, president of the University of South Carolina. Michael Amiridis, USC provost.  Continue reading...

 

100 years and counting

Greenville Hospital System celebrates a milestone

JANUARY 12, 2012 11:48 a.m. (0)

As they started to raise money through teas, doll shows and operas for Greenville’s first hospital more than a century ago, the Rowena Lodge of the Knights of Pythias ladies’ auxiliary could never have imagined their efforts would be the beginning of one of the nation’s largest public hospital systems.

City Hospital opened on Jan. 10, 1912 on Memminger Street. Antibiotics didn’t exist, babies delivered at home often died of complications and patients had a less than 50-50 chance.

Now, surgeons use robotic equipment to perform intricate surgeries, an array of medicines are available to treat all types of diseases and prescriptions are sent to pharmacies with a keyboard stroke on a computer.  Continue reading...

 

Diversity in leadership

Greenville Hospital System ranks among the nation’s top 50 companies for promoting diversity at the top

JUNE 7, 2012 10:31 a.m. (3)

The Greenville Hospital System has been recognized as one of the nation’s top 50 companies for programs promoting diversity in leadership positions.

The ranking by Diversity MBA Magazine puts GHS at 49th in its annual list of “50 Out Front for Diversity Leadership: Best Places for Diverse Managers to Work.”  Continue reading...