Tidelands Health

Tidelands Health | September 01, 2016

Tidelands Health will sponsor a regional health screening from 7:30–10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 9, at Belin Memorial United Methodist Church Family Life Center. Screenings offered for a fee include chemistry profile, $20; complete blood count with differential, $20; thyroid screen, $15; diabetes (hemoglobin A1C), $15; PSA for men, $15. Chemistry profile tests require a 10- to 12-hour fast....

Tidelands Health | September 01, 2016

Area residents diagnosed with heart disease now have access to advanced cardiac care close to home.Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital has begun offering elective PCI, or percutaneous coronary intervention, to patients diagnosed with coronary artery blockages in a non-emergent situation. In lay terms, the procedure is commonly known as stent insertion or balloon angioplasty and is used to widen narrow or blocked coronary arteries to increase blood flow to the heart....

Tidelands Health | September 01, 2016

She was a young nursing assistant, eager to make the most of a career that would make a difference in the lives of her patients.Barely six months into her job on 2 East at Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital, Danielle Bonelli was assigned to care for an elderly woman. Her patient didn’t stay long. Turns out, she didn’t stay out of the hospital long, either. Within two weeks, she has been readmitted, brought in by a home health aide concerned that she was unable to live independently....

EHRIntelligence | January 16, 2020

Eighty-four percent of EHR users are dissatisfied with the technical service and basic software account support from current EHR and HIT vendors, according to a 2020 Black Book Research survey. Since the HITECH Act was signed into law in 2009, EHRs have not only been more prevalent, but they have continued to change and evolve. However, technical service from EHR vendors hasn’t kept up with the constant change, according to high-level hospital tech managers. Healthcare software support is ...