Prisma Health and UnitedHealthcare have finally reached a new agreement after months of negotiations.
Doctors with Prisma Health are offering tips for families as children and teens gear up to start a new grade.
Lisa James, Associate Chief Nursing Officer for Prisma’s Parkridge location, says the new “Hercules Patient Repositioning Technology” allows a single nurse to reposition a patient safely — in less than ten seconds.
In June, when seconds counted, the Prisma Health Richland Stroke team was there for their 99-year-old patient, Hazel Presnell, who suffered a stroke. The team administered fast treatment and a clot-busting drug, putting her on the road to recovery.
The duck helps comfort children going through cancer or sickle cell treatment.
Summer officially arrives on Thursday, and with the season comes high temperatures.
Dr. Stanley Hassinger, the Director of Prisma Health of the Midlands’s Wilderness Medicine Program, says having a discussion with your hiking buddies regarding comfort levels and medical conditions within the group is a great place to start.
This week families and kids fighting cancer have the chance to have some fun and de-stress.
“Just because someone has a brain injury doesn’t mean that something is wrong with them,” said trauma survivor Evan McWilliams.
The University of South Carolina is opening a Brain Health Clinic inside of Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital on North Sumter Street.
