Prisma Health
Prisma Health is the largest not-for-profit health organization in South Carolina, formed by the merging of Palmetto Health and the Greenville Health System in November 2017.
Areas of specialty at Prisma Health include:
- Bariatric surgery
- Behavioral care
- Breast care
- Cancer care
- Geriatrics
- Heart and vascular care (including the Advanced Heart Health Center and the Midlands' only LVAD program)
- Musculoskeletal
- Neuroscience
- Obstetrics (including high-risk pregnancy and genetic counseling, and the area's only two Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Units)
- Orthopedics
- Pediatrics
- Surgery (including the Midlands' regions' first da Vinci® robotic surgical systems)
- Trauma care (region's only Level I trauma center and the first Level 2 pediatric trauma center)
- Women's care
Hospitals
- Baptist Easley Hospital (Located in Easley)
- Greenville Memorial Hospital (located in Greenville)
- Greer Memorial Hospital
- Laurens County Hospital
- North Greenville Hospital
- Oconee Memorial Hospital
- Patewood Hospital
- Prisma Health Hillcrest Hospital
- Prisma Health Richland Hospital (located north of Downtown Columbia)
- Prisma Health Baptist Hospital (Located at the Intersection of Taylor and Marion Streets in Downtown Columbia)
- Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge Hospital (Located in Irmo)
- Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital (Located in Sumter)
Specialty Hospitals
The Specialty Hospitals operated by Prisma Health include:
- Prisma Health Children's Hospital (Children's Hospital located on Richland Campus)
- Prisma Health Heart Hospital (Cardiac-Care Facility located on Richland Campus)
Pending Acquisition
Prisma Health and LifePoint Health announced that they have signed an agreement for Prisma Health–Midlands to acquire KershawHealth in Camden, South Carolina, and Providence Health in Columbia, South Carolina.[1]
A part of LifePoint Health, KershawHealth consist of facilities in Camden, Elgin, Lugoff and Kershaw, including a 119-bed Medical Center and a 20-bed Geriatric Psychiatric Unit in Camden, Outpatient Center and Urgent Care in Elgin, Sleep Diagnostics Center, and a Physical Therapy Unit.
Providence Health consists of two hospitals in Columbia, a freestanding Emergency Room in Fairfield County and multiple physician practices, rehabilitation centers, sleep centers, imaging and diagnostics labs, and other services. Providence Health’s downtown Columbia hospital specializes in high acuity care, while its Northeast Columbia campus recently transitioned from a specialty facility to a full-service community hospital.
References
- "Prisma Health to acquire KershawHealth and Providence Health". Prisma Health. Retrieved 2020-03-18.