Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood, S.C., is proud to be recognized for its employees, quality, service and advanced technology. From around town to around the world, Self is continually distinguishing itself as a leader in healthcare excellence. Below are some of the recent awards, recognitions, and notable facts about Self Regional that show how we bring advanced care closer ...
Worldwide
Great Workplace Award - For the third consecutive year, Self Regional Healthcare has been named among the top-performing organizations in the world for its highly engaged workforce. In fact, there are only 25 organizations total on this year’s list – a distinction that belongs solely to our dedicated team members. Certainly, an award doesn’t make a workplace great, but we think our people do and we think you’ll feel the difference in care you receive ... only at Self. Self Regional was honored because its employee engagement results demonstrate the healthcare organization has a workforce that is among the most productive and engaged in the world. The Great Workplace Award is based on two components: database performance and financial performance. Applicants’ results are compared across Gallup’s renowned workplace research database composed of 15 million employees worldwide. A panel of workplace experts reviews each organization’s portfolio, which includes quantitative and qualitative components, and the award-winning organizations are then named. See the announcement by clicking here. To learn more about career opportunities at Self Regional, click here.
National
Outstanding Patient Experience Award™ - Self Regional is the recipient of this HealthGrades award, which ranks the hospital among the top 10 percent in the nation for excellence in patient satisfaction.
Compass Award - One of only 11 facilities in the country – and the only in South
Carolina – to receive this award from Press Ganey for the most improvement over two years in overall inpatient satisfaction. Press Ganey Associates, Inc., partners with more than 7,000 healthcare facilities – including nearly 40 percent of U.S. hospitals – to measure and improve the quality of their care. The company’s databases are the largest in the industry, and allow facilities nationwide to benchmark their results against peer organizations. For more information, click here.
Orthopedic Services - Ranked in the top 10 percent in the nation in overall orthopedic services.
Neurosurgery – Ranked in the top 5 percent in the nation for spine surgery (fusion and nonfusion) by HealthGrades.
Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care – Self Regional is a participant in this program administered by Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Blue Distinction® is a designation awarded by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies to medical facilities that have demonstrated expertise in delivering quality healthcare, under objective selection criteria. The designation is based on rigorous, evidence-based selection criteria established in collaboration with expert physicians' and medical organizations' recommendations. Its goal is to help consumers find quality specialty care on a consistent basis, while enabling and encouraging health professionals to improve the overall quality and delivery of healthcare nationwide. Blue Distinction Centers for Cardiac Care provide a full range of cardiac care services, including inpatient cardiac care, cardiac rehabilitation, cardiac catheterization (including percutaneous coronary interventions) and cardiac surgery (including coronary artery bypass graft surgery). These facilities must meet stringent quality criteria, as established by expert physician panels and national organizations.
Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery - Self Regional is a participant in this program administered by Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Blue Distinction Centers for Spine Surgery is a new Blue Distinction designation that is awarded to medical facilities exhibiting a commitment to quality care, resulting in better overall outcomes for spine surgery patients. Blue Distinction Centers for Spine Surgery will have demonstrated experience in offering comprehensive inpatient spine surgery services, including discectomy, fusion and decompression procedures. Candidates for this designation must also submit clinical data to establish that they meet objective, evidence-based thresholds for clinical quality.
Cancer Treatment – Self Regional’s Cancer Center was honored with the 2009 American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer Outstanding Achievement Award. The award is designed to recognize cancer programs that strive for excellence in providing quality care to cancer patients. A facility receives the OAA following the on-site evaluation by a physician surveyor during which the facility demonstrates a Commendation level of compliance with six standards that represent the full scope of the cancer program and also receives a compliance rating for the remaining 30 standards.
Statewide (clinical)
Neurosurgery - Top-ranked in South Carolina for spine surgery (fusion and
non-fusion) by HealthGrades.
Spine Surgery Excellence Award™ – Top-ranked by HealthGrades for spine surgery (fusion and non-fusion).
Orthopedics - Top-ranked in South Carolina for overall orthopedic services and joint replacement by HealthGrades.
Orthopedic Surgery Excellence Award™ - Highest award by HealthGrades for orthopedic services.
Joint Replacement Excellence Award™ - Highest award by HealthGrades for joint replacement surgery.
Statewide (non-clinical)
ISO 9001:2000 certification – Self Regional has 27 certified departments – more than any hospital in the state - and is a designated mentor hospital for ISO training in South Carolina. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a
worldwide standard-setting body that aims to improve consumer satisfaction by
standardizing processes. ISO is the world’s largest developer and publisher of
international standards.
Lakelands Region
South Carolina Governor’s Quality Silver Award - For outstanding achievement in the development and implementation of quality management systems.
Fire Starter Award – Self Regional Healthcare is a recipient of this Studer Group award for quality and service improvement. The award is presented monthly to one hospital in the country. Studer Group is an organization that works with hundreds of hospitals across the country to raise service and quality standards. Studer Group’s Fire Starter Award recognizes hospitals that excel in these areas.
Palmetto Hospital Trust (PHT) Safety Award – One of seven South Carolina
healthcare organizations recognized as one of the most improved PHT hospitals. Palmetto Health Trust is a leading provider of workers’ compensation coverage to the state’s not-for-profit healthcare industry.
Five-Star Rating for overall Orthopedic Services - Highest rating by HealthGrades for overall othopedic services.
Five-Star Rating for Joint Replacement - Highest rating by HealthGrades for this orthopedic procedure.
Five-Star Rating for Total Knee Replacement - Highest rating by HealthGrades for this orthopedic procedure.
Five-Star Rating for Cholecystectomy - Highest rating by HealthGrades for surgical removal of the gallbladder.
Five-Star Rating for Spine Surgery - Highest rating by HealthGrades for spine surgery (fusion and nonfusion procedures).
Five-Star Rating for Back and Neck Surgery (except spinal fusion) - Highest rating by HealthGrades for these procedures.
Five-Star Rating for Back and Neck Surgery (spinal fusion) - Highest rating by HealthGrades for these procedures.
Five-Star Rating for Carotid Surgery - Highest rating by HealthGrades for this procedure.
Advanced Services
Open-air MRI – Hate tight spaces? Lots of people do. That’s why the Imaging Center of Self Regional Healthcare has an “open air” MRI, a state-of-the-art outpatient
diagnostic tool. It is in a large, comfortable and private room. Unlike “tube” MRIs, this one gives you plenty of breathing room. People used to have to drive far away for open-air MRI, but now it’s close and convenient.
64-Slice CT – It’s the closest thing to seeing inside your body without a scratch. Self Regional’s 64-slice CT can scan your whole body in less than a minute and provide your doctors with the most detailed images available anywhere.
3-D Vascular Imaging – Now surgeons can see the problem before it’s treated. New vascular imaging technology makes 3-D models of aortic and cerebral aneurysms, and arterial blockages in the neck, kidneys and limbs. It creates highly detailed images of the smallest vessels to help guide surgery or stenting–with minimum radiation.
PET-CT Scan – When you’re facing the possibility of cancer, you need answers. Fast. The Imaging Center of Self Regional Healthcare can help. We offer a new outpatient diagnostic tool called a PET-CT scanner. It can literally pinpoint cancer activity in its early stages. And our radiologists are specially trained to use this state-of-the art
technology and they support your physician the information to make a diagnosis. People used to have to drive far away for this technology, but now it’s close and
convenient. And it’s only at Self.
Level III Neonatal Intensive Care - Some babies arrive a little too early. Others are born with special needs. For newborns like these, our fully accredited Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is available to help 24 hours a day. Ours is the only Level III NICU in the Lakelands region. Having it close by means you can choose to stay near family and friends even when your pregnancy entails higher than normal risk. And you can choose Self's NICU with incredible confidence.
Surgical weight management - Self Regional Healthcare offers gastric bypass and gastric banding procedures along with pre- and post-surgery counseling and support groups.
Self Regional is the only provider of these advanced services in the seven counties it serves, including Abbeville, Greenwood, Edgefield, McCormick, Newberry, Laurens and Saluda.
