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Your dog is your best friend, and you take good care of him, making sure he gets quality food and exercise, immunizations and heartworm medication. Why, then, does your veterinarian also insist on a yearly heartworm test?
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Beginning April 4 Greenville Health System’s patients will be able to access care via a computer, smartphone or tablet.
GHS patients experiencing minor care illnesses such as bladder infections, sore throats, ear pain and sinus infections can be served through a SmartExam. The telehealth visit guides patients through a comprehensive online interview to describe their symptoms.
By Alex Love
Pelham Medical Center will host a career fair for experienced nurses today from 4-9 p.m.
Experienced, talented and compassionate nurses are being sought.
Just when Greenville was getting a lot of positive vibes for its technology and financial growth, along comes a financial website to add on some unwanted heft.
WalletHub added all its data and reported Greenville is among the top 10 Fattest Cities in America. Fat prevalence, weight-related health problems and healthy environment weighed heavily in the findings.
Greenville Health System (GHS) announced a $16 million shortfall that may result in 410 positions eliminated throughout its entire system.
“The initial action plans call for eliminating roughly 410 positions, but more than half of these positions will be the result of normal attrition, not filling open vacancies and the possible implementation of a voluntary exit incentive program,” said GHS Chief Operating Officer Greg Rusnak.
By Jessica Pickens
Spartanburg Regional Health System
Riverside Middle School will host the 6th Annual iMOVE 5K Run / Walk & Community Health Fair on Saturday April 30.
iMOVE is the signature, collaborative partnership with local business and community groups to help bring awareness of importance of healthy lifestyles and to raise funds for local charity.
By Jessica Pickens
Spartanburg Regional Health System
By Alexa Hone
Imagine you are trapped and can’t get out. No one else around you knows, no one else can help, but you. It’s like that monster from your childhood, who lurked under your bed finally came out and held you captive.
An upstate organization is empowering people with disabilities to live their lives to the fullest potential. Able South Carolina is a non-profit Resource Center for Independent Living that serves 23 counties across the Upstate.
Able SC is “An organization not about helping people with disabilities, but built on the central concept of self-empowerment,” said Rachel Kaplan, the Youth Transition Coordinator for Able SC. “It’s a consumer-controlled, community-based, cross disability nonprofit that provides an array of independent living services.”
By Jessica Pickens
Fourteen-year-old Ginger Dailey has created a yearly tradition: raising money through birthday presents.
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