Prisma Health

Issue 1.1 March 2020 Welcome to Welless 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, multiregional health organization that’s designed to improve the health and 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, 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 practice providers will not change. IN THIS ISSUE 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 James E. Wheeler Richard Wilkerson Dwayne Wilson Approaching Health Care with a PRISMATIC Outlook................................. 4 Better Outcomes for Cancer Care on the Horizon................................. 6 Keep it Moving.................. 8 'Watching' Over Atrial Fibrillation.......................... 12 Keeping the Faith When Faced with Prostate Cancer.............. 14 Don't Ignore the Snore........................... 16 Living in the Stone Belt.......................... 19 A Breathtaking Journey..............................22