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Prisma Health is the largest not-for-profit health organization in South Carolina, serving more than 1.2 million patients annually. Our 32,000 team members are dedicated to supporting the health and well-being of you and your family.
Our promise is to: Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.
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Our story
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 understand 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
Patient benefits
Improve the health of the people of South Carolina
Increase access to care
Improve the patient experience
Address rising health care costs
Frequently asked questions
Greenville Health System (GHS) and Palmetto Health are becoming Prisma Health. We are one organization with affiliates in two regions, the Midlands and the Upstate. We no longer will use the interim name SC Health Company. Both affiliates will begin using the Prisma Health name and logo in early 2019. We will retire the legacy names and brands for GHS, Palmetto Health and our aligned entities as we move to one name and brand.
Palmetto Health-USC Medical Group will become Prisma Health-USC Medical Group, and will begin transitioning to its new name in late 2019 when it has fully implemented its new patient registration, appointment scheduling and billing system.
The interim parent company name, SC Health Company, will change immediately.
The new company brand and name will begin replacing the GHS and Palmetto Health brands and names in early 2019. However, campus and hospital names you’re familiar with will retain their core brand identities. Legacy hospital identities like Baptist, Greenville Memorial, Laurens, Richland and Tuomey will be included in the new names. Specific hospital names with the new brand will be introduced in early 2019.
There will be a phased approach to the rollout. We will begin branding all SC Health Company parent company materials as Prisma Health immediately. In early 2019 we will retire our legacy brands and will begin using the Prisma Health name and logo for GHS, Palmetto Health and our aligned entities. This is when you will begin seeing the new name and logo in things from email signatures and voicemail to advertising, websites, social media sites, badges and more.
The Prisma Health Board of Directors named a Task Force who worked with marketing and communications leaders from GHS and Palmetto Health in the development process. This team engaged an internationally recognized branding agency to create our new name and logo. Together over the course of nine months, the team gathered input to guide the name and logo development from more than 200 people – team members, physicians and community members in the Midlands and Upstate – through focus groups discussions. We also consulted our legal counsel to ensure we landed on a name we could fully own. We ultimately chose the name Prisma Health because the team, and those they consulted through the process, saw great potential for how that name and the logo could represent our organization today and as we move into the future.
Our new name is a made-up word, which is intentional. Most real words have been trademarked, often by an organization related to health care. We chose a name that is unique, one that stands out. Like Google® and Starbucks®, we have the opportunity to take a new name and give it meaning – make it our own.
Prisma Health reflects the multifaceted, dynamic organization we are today, and lights the way for all we are becoming. Our new name includes a visual identity that unites us. Bold and fresh, the logo design includes sharp angles and bright, vibrant colors that distinguish us from traditional health care providers in our region and beyond. The design of the letters is intentional and engaging, evoking the facets of a prism, and illustrating how we are looking at health care in a completely new way.
We are one health organization and one team: Prisma Health. As colleagues and members of the community, we are our brand. Each of us is responsible for bringing to life our new Purpose Statement – Inspire Health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference. – through every action and every interaction at work. Palmetto Health-USC Medical Group, which will transition to Prisma Health-USC Medical Group in late 2019, also will adopt the new Purpose Statement.
Since we announced the creation of SC Health Company (interim name) last November, we’ve realized the sooner we can integrate under one brand, the faster we can realize our goals and accomplish what neither affiliate can do alone.
After speaking with team members, physicians, patients and community members from both affiliates and the Medical Group, it became clear that now is the time to begin building equity in one brand and one purpose.
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 understand 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.
Our commitment to transforming health care through education and research will not change. From educational and clinical research initiatives to collaborating with our academic partners, the organization remains strongly committed to academics. We will continue to focus on educating the next generation of physicians, nurses, dentists and other medical professionals and investing in clinical research to improve the lives of those we serve.
The rebranding will take place over the next year or more. We’re putting together a detailed plan to manage the conversion of the various elements in a phased, cost-effective manner. At the affiliate level, printed materials will be transitioned to Prisma Health in early 2019, replacing existing materials and such as they are depleted. Digital conversion costs are negligible. We’re working now with our signage vendor on the plan and estimates, and will re-use as many of our existing signage structures as possible. Signage replacements are scheduled to begin in early 2019.
We are one organization with affiliates in two regions. Our parent company (now known as Prisma Health), supports both affiliates with overall direction and leadership as we continue to align. Soon, we will share one brand to better reflect this. The rebranded Palmetto Health-USC Medical Group will continue to operate as a joint venture between the Midlands affiliate and the University of South Carolina School of Medicine.
We plan to rebrand the GHS and Palmetto Health websites in 2019. Eventually, our plan is to create one new website that supports the parent company and both affiliates, including the Palmetto Health-USC Medical Group.
Your health care is still local. Your doctor won’t change. Your hospital won’t change. Only our company’s names and logos will change to reflect our unified organization, and to make it easier for you to connect with us. The sacred relationships between patients and their physicians/advanced practice providers will not change.
We remain committed to improving the health of our communities and the lives of those we serve. In joining together, we are not simply building a new health company—we are building a more innovative organization that will transform the way care is delivered in the state of South Carolina.
Graduate Medical Education
The academic partnership, which joins Prisma Health and the University of South Carolina Schools of Medicine, offers exceptional advanced training environments. As a result, the best and brightest medical professionals can thrive in their careers and help advance the art and science of healthcare.
Our main campuses in Columbia and Greenville offer all the benefits of being in bustling metropolitan areas. Our community hospitals in Sumter, Greer and Seneca offer a more intimate environment and equally exciting opportunities for the next phases of your medical training and career.
Governance
A governance board of directors for Prisma Health has been seated and is comprised of South Carolina business, community and medical leaders. The board is working closely with Prisma Health leadership to operationalize the new health company. Our goal is to deliver improved clinical quality, expanded access to health and wellness services and enhanced patient and caregiver experiences, while addressing health care affordability.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mark S. O’Halla
The Prisma Health board of directors is pleased to announce the selection of Mark S. O’Halla as the health company’s new president and chief executive officer (CEO). O’Halla, along with the members of the executive leadership team, will be responsible for advancing the health company’s goal to create a better state of health in South Carolina by improving clinical quality, the patient experience, access to care, and addressing rising health care costs.
James A. Bennett
Occupation:
Mid-South Area Executive Vice President, First Citizens Bank
Education:
University of South Carolina, B.A., political science; graduate of South Carolina Bankers School
Service:
Member, Palmetto Health board of directors; Baptist Healthcare System board of trustees member; chair, Claflin University board of trustees; SCANA board member; BHS Finance Committee chair; Pitts Fund Committee member; treasurer, SC Bankers Association; former board member, Governor’s School for the Arts Foundation; USC Educational Foundation board member; former Palmetto Health Foundation board member; former Education Oversight Committee member; former Governor’s appointee to South Carolina Ports Authority; named Outstanding Young Banker of the Year; named Board Member of the Year by Columbia Urban League; member, Francis Burns United Methodist Church (Columbia, South Carolina).
