Prisma Health Magazine

IN THIS ISSUE

Issue 1.1 March 2020

Welcome to Welless

Approaching Health Care with a PRISMATIC Outlook................................. 4 Better Outcomes for Cancer Care on the Horizon................................. 6

Our patients have told us they need

high-quality, accessible health care

and they’re concerned about rising

health care costs. To meet their needs,

GHS and Palmetto Health have come

together to create a new, not-for-profit,

Keep it Moving.................. 8

multiregional health organization that’s

designed to improve the health and

'Watching' Over Atrial Fibrillation.......................... 12

well-being of the communities we serve.

We’re confident that together we will continue to make great strides

to improve the patient experience, clinical quality and access to care,

Keeping the Faith When Faced with Prostate Cancer.............. 14

while addressing rising health care costs. By unifying under one brand,

we want to make it easier for our patients and their families to under-

stand who we are and what we do when they need our services. The

sacred relationships between patients and their physicians/advanced

Don't Ignore the Snore........................... 16

practice providers will not change.

Living in the Stone Belt.......................... 19

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

James a. Bennett Shaniece Criss, ScD, MPH, MPA Edward duffy Jr., MD Jean E. Duke Calvin H. Elam, CLU, ChFC Frances DeLoache Ellison George S. King, Jr.

Jerome D. Odam, PhD Michelle B. Seaver Rev. Thomas E. Simmons

A Breathtaking Journey..............................22

James E. Wheeler Richard Wilkerson Dwayne Wilson