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News Releases 

Title Date
August
Roadway Construction on Richland campus  08/16/2010 
Palmetto Health Heart Hospital reminds families to eat healthy during Hot Weather  08/13/2010 
Palmetto Health Recognized As A Fit-Friendly Company  08/13/2010 
Palmetto Health Hospice Offers Volunteer Training  08/11/2010 
Palmetto Health again one of the 99 Most Wired  08/06/2010 
Palmetto Health Hospice sponsors Brett’s Rainbow Family Bereavement Camp  08/05/2010 
The Personal Touch Volunteer Program at Palmetto Health Baptist Is Celebrating Its 20th Anniversary  08/05/2010 
July
Palmetto Health to close Palmetto Health Child Development Center  07/21/2010 
Palmetto Health forms Accountable Care Organization called Palmetto Health Quality Collaborative  07/13/2010 
Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital Reminds Parents that Energy Drinks May Cause Harmful Side Effects for Children and Teens Especially During Summer Months  07/06/2010 
Palmetto Health presents the Third Annual “Women at Heart” Forum and Exhibition, Sept. 25  07/06/2010 
June
Family Emergency Preparedness  06/29/2010 
IDG’s Computerworld Names Palmetto Health to Annual List of Best Places to Work in Information Technology   06/21/2010 
Palmetto Health Provides Tips On How To Prevent Heat Illnesses  06/15/2010 
Dr. Raymond Invited to Join the Executive Quality Leader Network  06/11/2010 
Palmetto Health discontinues accepting new patients at Bamberg and Summerville Hospice locations  06/11/2010 
Palmetto Health Baptist offers Safe Sitter Babysitting Course  06/10/2010 
Palmetto Healthy Start Receives $735,000 Grant to Continue Success in Improving Maternal and Infant Health  06/10/2010 
S.C. BlueCross, Palmetto Health Family Medicine Center Launch Health Care Reform Project  06/10/2010 
Camp Kemo, led by Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital, offers summer camp experience for children with cancer and blood disorders, June 14-19  06/04/2010 
Palmetto Health Baptist Parkridge Hospital CON Agreement Reached  06/04/2010 
Camp Wonder Hands, led by Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital, offers summer camp experience for deaf and hard-of-hearing children  06/03/2010 
Dr. Olga Rosa Among Nation’s First Board Certified Child Abuse Pediatricians   06/03/2010 
May
Palmetto Health recognizes May as Trauma Awareness Month and Advocates for Safe Driving  05/21/2010 
Palmetto Health Richland receives National Weather Service StormReady Certification  05/20/2010 
Palmetto Health Response To Department of Justice Settlement  05/18/2010 
Palmetto Health sponsors Teen Health Summit June 4  05/17/2010 
Palmetto Health Sponsors Two Health Events in June  05/17/2010 
April
USDA Revamps Dietary Guidelines  04/29/2010 
Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital Adds Roof Top Sign To Building  04/26/2010 
Brazilian Chef Spices up Spring for Patients, Customers and Staff   04/23/2010 
Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital is partnering with Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to present “The Red Carpet Event  04/23/2010 
Palmetto Health Provides Local Leaders a Community Health Update  04/23/2010 
Richland County Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) signs New Agreement  04/20/2010 
Palmetto Healthy Start sponsors Family Health Festival  04/12/2010 
Palmetto Health Baptist to Roll out Red Carpet as host of NICU Spring Party  04/01/2010 
SAFE KIDS Midlands and Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital Offer Free Swim Lesson  04/01/2010 
March
Palmetto Health Richland signing up Junior Volunteers for summer  03/29/2010 
Palmetto Health Baptist signing up Junior Volunteers for summer  03/24/2010 
Beebe James Receives Champion of Children Award  03/23/2010 
Medical staff officers elected at Palmetto Health Hospitals  03/23/2010 
Palmetto Health’s Communications Team Wins Six ADDY Awards  03/18/2010 
Palmetto Health to host the 17th Annual Hospice Foundation of America’s National Bereavement Teleconference in Bamberg   03/16/2010 
Palmetto Health to host the 17th Annual Hospice Foundation of America’s National Bereavement Teleconference in Newberry  03/16/2010 
Palmetto Health/USC Pediatric Residency Program Rated Among Top Programs in the Nation  03/16/2010 
Palmetto Health/University of South Carolina School of Medicine Receive Highest Honor for Giving Patients a Quality Medical Home   03/15/2010 
Palmetto Health presents Oh, Baby! And Mommy Too  03/08/2010 
February
Saturday Screening Mammograms Available  02/23/2010 
Palmetto Health to host the 17th Annual Hospice Foundation of America’s National Bereavement Teleconference   02/22/2010 
Palmetto Health sponsors community walk in recognition of Colorectal Cancer Month  02/16/2010 
January
Palmetto Health Heart Hospital offers activities to help community stay heart-healthy  01/29/2010 
Palmetto Health Richland Total Joint Has Been Designated as a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement  01/27/2010 
Palmetto Health’s Board of Directors Elects Officers and New Members for 2010  01/21/2010 
H1N1 Shot or Mist Available  01/07/2010 
December
Home for the Holidays: Warm Memories or Family Drama?  12/22/2009 
Palmetto Health Richland only SC hospital and one of only 219 US hospitals to receive Department of Health and Human Services Silver 1 Medal   12/18/2009 
Palmetto Health is Training Ground for Medical Disaster Preparedness  12/10/2009 
Palmetto Health’s PrimeTimes sponsors A Grand Affair, a Celebration of Life  12/10/2009 
Palmetto Health Provides Healthy Eating Tips that could Prevent a Trip  12/08/2009 
Happy Wheels Start Rolling Today At Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital   12/07/2009 
Baptist Healthcare System Board of Trustees Elects New Member   12/03/2009 
Palmetto Health’s Communications Team Earns Seven Awards  12/03/2009 
November
Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital and SafeKids Midlands teamed up with U.S. PIRG today to announce its 24th annual Trouble in Toyland report  11/30/2009 
Maintain a List of your Medications for Patient Safety  11/24/2009 
Palmetto Health Baptist offers Safe Sitter Babysitting Course  11/23/2009 
Diaper Drive Set for Nov. 18 at Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital  11/17/2009 
Palmetto Health enlists help of the community during holiday season  11/10/2009 
October
Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital host Halloween Carnival and Trick or Treat Event for its patients  10/28/2009 
Palmetto Health sponsoring Diversity Supplier Conference  10/28/2009 
Palmetto Health Wins Palmetto Pillar Award  10/26/2009 
Make Sure Halloween Costumes and Treats Are Safe for Your Kids  10/15/2009 
Children Invited to Take the Healthy Palmetto Challenge  10/12/2009 
Palmetto Health sponsors community walk “Hearts & Hands Forever”  10/08/2009 
September
Palmetto Health Hospice sponsors Brett’s Rainbow Family Bereavement Camp  09/30/2009 
Palmetto Health Richland Total Joint Center offers Adaptive Gardening Seminar, Oct. 7   09/28/2009 
Palmetto Health Invites Men to Win the Fight Against Prostate Cancer  09/04/2009 
August
Celebrity Chef Marvin Woods and Heart Disease and Airline Crash Survivor  08/31/2009 
First Care joins Palmetto Health!  08/25/2009 
Children’s Hospital Outpatient Center Welcomes Congressman Joe Wilson to Share Books with Children in  08/18/2009 
July
Rockin’ Out For The Kids concert series celebrates first anniversary at Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital  07/29/2009 
Palmetto Health presents the Second Annual “Women at Heart” Forum and Exhibition  07/27/2009 
Palmetto Health Breast Center Receives Accreditation   07/24/2009 
June
IDG’s Computerworld Names Palmetto Health to Annual List of Best Places to Work  06/16/2009 
Palmetto Health Baptist offers Safe Sitter Babysitting Course  06/16/2009 
Palmetto Health is sponsoring Diversity Supplier Conference  06/16/2009 
CAMP KEMO celebrates 30th anniversary this week, June 15-19  06/15/2009 
Palmetto Health and Greenville Hospital System agreement to own and operate Palmetto Health Baptist Easley moves forward  06/08/2009 
Palmetto Health sponsors health events in recognition of June as Men’s Health Month  06/04/2009 
Palmetto Health Heart Hospital Designated as a Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care®  06/01/2009 
May
Ellis M. Knight, MD has earned the Fellow in Hospital Medicine designation by the Society of Hospital Medicine  05/28/2009 
Katherine G. Stephens Elected President of the Association for Hospital Medical Education  05/28/2009 
April
Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital Announces ‘Cribs for Kids of the Midlands’  04/29/2009 
Palmetto Health Hospice will Host the 16th Annual Hospice Foundation of America’s National Bereavement Teleconference   04/17/2009 
Virtual Office Visits Lead the Way to Better Patient-Centered Care at Twelve Mile Creek Family Medicine  04/17/2009 
Palmetto Health presents Oh, Baby!  04/13/2009 
Dedication Ceremony for Isabel’s Garden and the Survivor’s Bell  04/08/2009 
Easter Bunny to visit Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital  04/06/2009 
Alexandra Lautenschlaeger named South Carolina’s Young Dietitian of the Year  04/03/2009 
Anna Brant Kay promoted to Vice President of Physician Practices at Palmetto Health   04/03/2009 
Deborah J. Tapley promoted to Vice President of Operations for Palmetto Health Richland  04/03/2009 
Jay D. Hamm named vice president of Emergency, Surgical & Trauma Services at Palmetto Health Richland  04/03/2009 
Michelle E. Edwards promoted to Senior Vice President /Chief Information Officer  04/03/2009 
March
The Annual First Lady Easter Egg Hunt, co-sponsored by Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital and Junior League of Columbia  03/27/2009 
Palmetto Health Baptist Easley signing up Student Volunteers for summer  03/02/2009 
Palmetto Health Richland Total Joint Center offers Adaptive Gardening Seminar  03/02/2009 
Palmetto Health sponsors community walk in recognition of Colorectal cancer Month  03/02/2009 
February
Cardiologist And Sleep Expert Dr. Joe Hollins warns about Sleep and Heart Disease  02/16/2009 
January
Palmetto Health and GHS launch an unprecedented collaboration  01/30/2009 
Palmetto Health Baptist Easley Provides more than $15 Million in Community Benefits  01/30/2009 
Palmetto Health Heart Hospital offers 6th Annual “Be Sweet to Your Heart” Cooking Contest  01/19/2009 
Couple renews vows at Palmetto SeniorCare   01/16/2009 
October
Parenting 911  10/07/2008 
September
Palmetto Health Selected one of Best Places to Work in Healthcare  09/09/2008 
July
Palmetto Health Hospitals among the best in America!   07/11/2008 
November
Palmetto Health Heart Hospital Sponsors Free Irregular Heartbeat Seminars  11/14/2007 
Palmetto Health South Carolina Comprehensive Breast Centers at Baptist and Richland   11/13/2007 
October
Palmetto Health Baptist Easley Provides more than $11 Million in Community Benefits  10/22/2007 
Palmetto Health Provides more than $100 Million in Community Benefits  10/22/2007 
Palmetto Health Celebrates Diabetes Awareness Month with Free Events  10/16/2007 
Churches, civic groups rewarded for fighting prostate cancer  10/10/2007 
National Depression Screening Day  10/08/2007 
Palmetto Health Celebrates Survivors   10/05/2007 
September
Palmetto Health sponsors community walk “Hearts & Hands Forever”  09/25/2007 
Palmetto Health Parkridge Imaging Center   09/19/2007 
Palmetto Health Parkridge Imaging Center Now Providing Digital Mammography  09/19/2007 
In observance of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month   09/14/2007 
Community to Test Drive Robot   09/10/2007 
Stephen Ministry Volunteers Needed  09/10/2007 

Palmetto Health Easley - Care You Can Believe In 

Title Date
June
How to Keep Children Safe During Summer Activities  06/14/2006 
Providing Healthier Lunches and Snacks for Your Children  06/07/2006 
May
May is Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month  05/31/2006 
Women with Pelvic Floor Defects Need Not Suffer in Silence  05/24/2006 
Eye Care Concerns for Baby Boomers  05/17/2006 
Cancer Screenings can Help Lower Minority Cancer Rates  05/10/2006 
What is a Hospitalist?  05/03/2006 
April
Organ Donation is the Real Gift of Life  04/26/2006 
What Women Need to Know About Hormone Replacement Therapy  04/19/2006 
Learning About Knee Replacement Surgery  04/12/2006 
April is National Alcohol Awareness Month  04/05/2006 
March
Getting Control of Your Seasonal Allergies  03/29/2006 
Prevent Colon Cancer with Annual Testing and Colonoscopy  03/22/2006 
Healthy Living is a Habit Worth Keeping  03/15/2006 
Antioxidant Vitamins: Friend or Foe to the Heart?  03/08/2006 
Heart Matters in the Workplace  03/01/2006 
February
Take Care of Your Heart by Using Caffeine Wisely  02/22/2006 
With Food Portions - Seeing is Believing  02/15/2006 
Learning About Strokes Can Save Your Life  02/08/2006 
Cardiovascular Disease is No. 1 Killer of Women  02/06/2006 
January
Osteoarthritis of the Knee  01/25/2006 
January Is Cervical Health Awareness Month  01/18/2006 
Winterizing Your Workouts  01/11/2006 
Don’t Take Stress to Heart  01/04/2006 
December
Healthy New Year!  12/28/2005 
Giving a Heart-Healthy Party  12/21/2005 
Keeping Your Family Safe at Home for the Holidays  12/14/2005 
Surviving Holiday Blues  12/07/2005 
November
Parents Always Must be Alert to Toy Safety Issues  11/30/2005 
Celebrating a Heart-Healthy Thanksgiving  11/23/2005 
It’s Never Too Late to Stop Smoking  11/16/2005 
Diabetes is a Lifelong, Daily Disease  11/09/2005 
How to Survive Flu Season  11/02/2005 
October
Healthy Halloween Treats for Children  10/26/2005 
The Low-Down on New Cholesterol Guidelines  10/19/2005 
Breast Exams are Best Way to Observe National Breast Cancer Awareness Month   10/12/2005 
Childhood Obesity Does Not Have to Be an Epidemic  10/05/2005 
September
Steroid Use is Not a Measure of Athletic Success  09/28/2005 
Practicing Sun Safety Year-Round Can Help Prevent Skin Cancer  09/21/2005 
Cholesterol Management in your Golden Years  09/14/2005 
Knowing More about Heart Attacks can Save Your Life  09/07/2005 
August
Annual Exams are Key to Good Prostate Health  08/31/2005 
August is Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month  08/24/2005 
What is ADHD?  08/10/2005 
Backpacks Can Be Source of Back Pain in Children  08/03/2005 
Healthy Snacks Help Make Healthy Children  08/03/2005 

Take Heart Articles 

Title Date
The golden hour of a heart attack   
Warm weather exercise tips   
A coronary care unit on wheels   
A healthy game plan for Super Bowl Sunday    
All-arterial revascularization: Bypass surgery today   
Calcium scoring: To test or not to test?   
Can an aspirin a day keep heart disease away?    
Can drinking alcohol benefit the heart?   
Carb counting is different if you have diabetes    
Cardiac clinical trials at Palmetto Health    
Cardiovascular surgery advances    
Celebrating a heart-healthy Thanksgiving    
Chest Pain Unit Ruling out a heart attack    
Cholesterol management in your golden years    
Clearing blocked arteries with interventional catheterization    
Clueing in on controlling portions    
Concerns about sex and the heart    
Coumadin®–to clot, or not to clot    
Don’t just sit there, get up and “fluff” your cholesterol!    
Don’t take stress to heart    
Echocardiogram: a window to an athlete’s heart    
Ethnicity: a factor that increases heart disease   
Facts on folic acid    
Fighting the childhood obesity epidemic   
Food and drugs don’t always mix    
For Their Hearts, Help Children Embrace Exercise   
Genetics and heart disease    
Glucose Tolerance Testing   
Go fish!   
Healing the Heart: Patient support after a heart attack    
Healthy Halloween treats for children    
Healthy New Year!    
Heart Healthy Nutrition/Menu   
Heart Healthy Tailgating    
Heart matters in the workplace    
Heart Start: saving lives and educating our community    
Heart-healthy ethnic dining    
Heart-healthy food can feed a fever (football fever, that is)    
Heart-healthy food can feed a fever (football fever, that is)   
High HDL cholesterol is good    
High sensitivity CRP blood test    
His and Hers: the symptoms of heart disease   
How low can you go?    
Is cardiovascular disease claiming more children’s lives?    
Is heart disease rooted in your family tree?   
Is Obesity the New National Epidemic?   
It’s never too late to quit smoking    
Jack Sprat could eat no fat.    
Latest pacemaker technology helps heart failure patients lead fuller lives    
LDL, HDL, TG, Lp(a),apoB …alphabet soup or love letters?   
Living with peripheral vascular disease   
Managing Depression after a heart attack   
Managing lifestyles with cardiac rehab   
Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement    
Minimally-invasive mitral valve surgery   
New SVR procedure improves quality of life for heart patients   
Nutritional supplements: Friend or foe to the heart?    
Opening the lid on today’s heart medications    
Sauce for the goose may be all wrong for the gander.    
Seeing Red about Women and Heart Disease    
Since when is being young a risk factor for heart disease?   
Take care of your heart: use caffeine wisely    
Taking steps to better health   
The ABCs of high blood pressure    
The low-down on new cholesterol guidelines    
The restaurant survival guide   
Throwing a heart healthy party   
Tommy Barrett of Columbia has battled a family history of heart disease.   
Too much or too little: thyroid problems and the heart    
Understanding triglycerides    
Unique Cardiac Risks for Diabetic Women    
We’re Seeing Red about Women and Heart Disease    
What your teeth may be telling you.   
Why do seemingly healthy, young athletes die?    
Winterizing your workouts