GHS - In The News
Below is a list of recent press releases issued by Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center.
GHS launches innovative medical training academy for young people
July 26, 2010
To help meet the Upstate’s growing healthcare needs and attract young people into the work force, Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center has launched the GHS Medical Experience Academy, a pipeline for students interested in advanced training in health care. The debut class includes 12 rising high-school seniors, but GHS envisions the program expanding down to the elementary level and up to college.
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Community celebrates major trail section opening
May 07, 2010
The GHS Swamp Rabbit Tram Trail is making forward leaps with next week’s opening of a major section between Travelers Rest and Greenville. It’s the newest link in a proposed network of greenways that could one day span Greenville County and extend as part of a state-wide mountain-to-sea passage. Advocates say the local trail is already revitalizing communities, growing tourism and making citizens healthier with every walk, run and ride.
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Greenville Memorial Hospital receives national stroke award
April 27, 2010
Greenville Memorial Hospital has received the American Stroke Association’s Get With The GuidelinesSM–Stroke (GWTG–Stroke) Silver Performance Achievement Award. The award recognizes Greenville Memorial’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of stroke care by ensuring that stroke patients receive treatment according to nationally accepted standards and recommendations.
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Surgeon receives grant to provide colerectal cancer education
April 15, 2010
Dr. Brian McKinley, a surgical oncologist with Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center (GHS), recently received a $2,500 grant from the Betty Ann Moore Community Grants Program, which is supported by the Center for Colon Cancer Research at the University of South Carolina, to provide colorectal cancer education in Greenville County.
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GHS receives grant from Komen to educate, save lives
April 13, 2010
The Mountains to Midlands Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® has awarded a $75,000 grant to the breast health program at Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center (GHS) to provide free mammograms, diagnostics and biopsies to underserved women in Greenville County.
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GHS and YMCA expand wellness options in Greenville
April 12, 2010
Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center (GHS) and the YMCA of Greenville are taking their partnership to a new level and making health and wellness services more accessible and convenient thanks to a new membership option called PATH (Partners Achieving Total Health).
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Local cancer program receives national accreditation
March 24, 2010
The Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons has granted Three-Year Accreditation with Commendation and an Outstanding Achievement Award to Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center (GHS) for its efforts to provide quality care to cancer patients. GHS is one of only 82 programs nationwide to receive the Outstanding Achievement Award.
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St. Baldrick's Foundation awards $50,000 grant to GHS
November 19, 2009
St. Baldrick's Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising money for childhood cancer research, awarded a grant of $50,000 to the Bi-Lo Charities Children’s Cancer Center at Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center (GHS) in Greenville, SC. These fall infrastructure grants provide institutions with resources to make more research possible and treat more kids on clinical trials, their best hope for a cure.
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Breast health program first in Upstate to receive national accreditation
October 13, 2009
The breast health program at Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center (GHS) recently received a three-year/full accreditation designation from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program administered by the American College of Surgeons. GHS’ breast health program is the first in the Upstate to receive this accreditation.
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GHS Board of Trustees approves $1.4 billion budget for FY2010
September 15, 2009
The board of trustees of the Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center (GHS) on Tuesday approved a nearly $1.4 billion total operating revenue budget for fiscal year 2010. The budget, which begins Oct. 1, increased 12 percent over 2009’s $1.2 billion projection and reflects a 3 percent price increase.
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Healing Landscape
March 30, 2009
Healing Patients with a Healthy Landscape 2009 03 30 Patients on the upper floors of Patewood Memorial Hospital must wonder if they’re seeing things when they see grass growing on the roof below them. Patients on the upper floors
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Community bands together on $11 million therapeutic-recreation facility
February 04, 2009
An innovative collaboration led by Greenville County Recreation District and Greenville Hospital System Children’s Hospital has combined the strength of private and public support to do what no entity could do individually -- build an approximately $11 million facility that will streamline therapeutic recreation needs for children and adults with special needs, disabilities and potentially life-long illness.
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Palmetto Health and GHS launch an unprecedented collaboration
January 13, 2009
Palmetto Health Baptist Easley hospital, together with the state’s two largest healthcare systems, will launch an unprecedented collaboration that will enhance health care in the Upstate in a cost-effective manner by increasing access, improving quality and facilitating the coordination of patient care in the community hospital.
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YMCA & GHS announce PATH to better health
November 20, 2008
The YMCA of Greenville and Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center (GHS) on Thursday announced the creation of PATH, an innovative wellness partnership which will provide fitness and preventive care that’s affordable, easily accessible – and focused on reaching people before they get sick.
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Cancer program uses new technology to personalize treatment
October 23, 2008
Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center (GHS) and Cancer Centers of the Carolinas (CCC) could revolutionize the way cancer is treated locally by tapping into an elite national program that uses molecular profiling to create drug therapies personalized to each patient.
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Local cyclists embark on 1,500-mile bike ride to raise funds for cancer research
October 14, 2008
On October 19, the Challenge to Conquer Cancer cycling team will leave Greenville and bike 1,500 miles to Austin, Texas, in an effort to raise money for cancer research. The group, recruited by the Palmetto Peloton Project (P3), is made up of five teams of five cyclists. The team will leave Greenville on October 19 and arrive in Austin on October 23.
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Children's Hospital Radiothon
October 07, 2008
Entercom Radio will broadcast live from the lobby of Greenville Memorial Hospital on Oct. 9, 10 and 11 to raise funds and awareness for Children’s Hospital of Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center (GHS).
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GHS Board of Trustees approves $1.2 billion budget for FY 2009
September 10, 2008
The board of trustees of the Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center (GHS) on Wednesday approved an approximate $1.2 billion total operating revenue budget for fiscal year 2009, which begins Oct. 1. The new budget increased 12 percent over 2008’s $1.1 billion projection.
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