Talk:Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System

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SRHS Superlatives

Removed this from the article, seems to be an unnecessary and uncited list of awards. Feel free to add back (with citations) if you see relevant. -TG 13:48, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

1970s: First approved Family Practice Residency Program in the Southeast; First Program to receive approval and certification from the American Board of Family Practice

1989: First EMS in the state to win the National Paramedic System of the Year award.

2001: Solucient, an independent healthcare performance benchmarking firm, named Spartanburg Regional Medical Center one of the Top 100 Cardiovascular (Heart) Hospitals in the nation in the Cardiovascular Benchmarks for Success 2001 study. SRMC's Regional Heart Center was the only hospital in the Spartanburg/Greenville/Asheville region, and only one of two in the state, to achieve such distinction.

2001: Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System (SRHS) was named one of the nation's “Most Wired Hospitals,” according to the 2003 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study released by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, the journal of the American Hospital Association. This marked the second time in three years that SRHS was named a Top 100 hospital.

2003: The Stroke Center became part of the Stroke Center Network of the National Stroke Association and is classified as a Level I Stroke Center.

2005: Spartanburg Regional Medical Center named among the nation's top three percent of hospitals for excellence in nursing by being awarded Magnet® Status from the prestigious Magnet® Recognition Program. SRMC is the first hospital in South Carolina to be recognized as a national leader in nursing services by the group's American Nurses Credentialing Center. SRMC is one of only 188 hospitals to receive Magnet Recognition.

2007: HealthGrades recognized Spartanburg Regional as No. 1 in over heart services in South Carolina and No. 1 in heart surgery in North Carolina and South Carolina.

2009: Palmetto Work Force Partnership Award, Large Employer Category.

2010: Spartanburg Regional laid claim to South Carolina's only residency program to achieve dual accreditation for both the allopathic and osteopathic wings of medicine.

2010: SRMC earned a second Magnet® designation for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. SRMC is the only hospital in South Carolina to receive this prestigious award twice.

2011: Palmetto Hematology Oncology was recognized by the Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI®) Certification Program, an affiliate of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). PHO is one of two practices in South Carolina to receive this recognition.

2012: Gibbs Cancer & Research Institute was recognized for award-winning Survivorship Care by the Association of Community Cancer Centers in 2012.

2014: Spartanburg Regional HealthCare System received an ACTION Registry-GWTG Performance Achievement Award in 2014 by the National Cardiovascular Data Registry.

2014: Spartanburg Medical Center was ranked the number one regional hospital in South Carolina by U.S. News & World Report in the 2014-15 U.S. News Best Hospitals rankings. Spartanburg Medical Center earned high-performing status in nine specialty areas: cardiology and heart surgery; diabetes and endocrinology; gastroenterology and GI surgery; geriatrics; nephrology; neurology and neurosurgery; orthopedics; pulmonology; and urology.

2014: North Grove Medical of Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System received a HealthStream Award of Excellence for Outpatient-Sleep Lab in 2014.

2014: Pelham Medical Center voted “Best of the Upstate” by readers of The Greenville News.

2015: CyberKnife Radiosurgery System, a surgery-free radiation therapy, is available exclusively at Gibbs Cancer Center & Research Institute at Pelham starting in 2015.

2015: Spartanburg Regional is the Only in South Carolina to be Recipient of the Healthgrades 2015 Cardiac Surgery Excellence Award™

2015: Spartanburg Regional is the only in South Carolina to be Named Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Cardiac Surgery in 2015

2015: Spartanburg Regional is 1 of 2 in South Carolina to be Five-Star Recipient for Coronary Bypass Surgery for 3 Years in a Row (2013-2015)

2015: Spartanburg Regional is the Only in South Carolina to be Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Failure for 5 Years in a Row (2011-2015)

2015: Spartanburg Medical Center (SMC) was one of 40 nationwide hospitals ranked by the U.S. News & World Report as high performing in the Best Hospitals for Common Care ratings. SMC was the only South Carolina hospital recognized. A total of 4,600 hospitals were evaluated nationwide. SMC earned high-performing status in five specialty areas: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart bypass surgery, heart failure, and hip and knee replacement.

2016: Spartanburg Medical Center (SMC) was named one of America's 50 Bests Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery by Healthgrades in 2016 and is in the top 5 percent in the nation for cardiac surgery.

2016: Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System (SRHS) was a partner in a community consortium that was one of only five in the nation to receive a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Way to Wellville Challenge grant designed to significantly improve health outcomes in the community over a five-year period.

2017: U.S. News & World Report named Spartanburg Medical Center (SMC) as the best hospital in the Upstate of South Carolina.

2017: In 2017, Spartanburg Medical Center achieved the Baby-Friendly designation. This is a global breastfeeding quality improvement project created by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). The center is the only facility in Spartanburg County to have achieved this important designation.

2018: For three years in a row, Pelham Medical Center (PMC) was one of 100 companies and organizations named “The Best Places to Work in Healthcare” by Modern Healthcare. Pelham Medical Center was recognized in 2016, 2017 and 2018. That trend had been broke.

2018: Spartanburg Medical Center (SMC) opened a new $38 million Critical Care Pavilion.

2018: Pelham Medical Center was recognized by Healthgrades as one of America's 100 Best Hospitals for orthopaedic surgery.

Additional Superlatives and Accreditations • South Carolina's first nationally accredited chest pain center • Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence • First Certified Primary Stroke Center in South Carolina • Gibbs Cancer Center, recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award • Fully accredited breast center • Fully accredited Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit • First accredited Sleep Center in the Upstate (South Carolina) • An original NCI Community Cancer Centers Program since 2007 • Pelham Medical Center ranked a leader in patient satisfaction