Tandem Health

Tandem Health has been in the business of hometown health care in the greater Sumter community for nearly 20 years. We pride ourselves on being local people helping local people and relish in the fact that we are able to provide quality, personalized health care services and patient-centered experiences to all.

It's an honor to be able to serve patients of all backgrounds and ages and provide comprehensive and affordable health care no matter the patient’s insurance status or ability to pay. Our top priority is meeting patients where they are and ensuring they receive comprehensive health care by our knowledgeable and experienced care team, not just one single provider. We serve nearly 18,000 patients yearly and have a staff that continues to grow exponentially yearly and which currently stands at nearly 230 people consisting of both clinical and non-clinical members. Our main goal is to create a meaningful and personal relationship with our patients that lasts from the cradle until the grave, and we are intentional in creating programs and areas of specialty that cover all their various health care needs. We believe that health care should include not only checkups, prescriptions and monitoring, but also education for our patients. We want to give power to our patients on how to maintain and grow in their own personal health and that of their children. This is exactly the reason why we offer specifi c programs like diabetes prevention and management, substance abuse counseling, a centering program for expectant mothers, infectious disease education and more. 2020 and the pandemic has certainly brought numerous challenges to health care, but it also created an opportunity for us to grow how we connect and adequately serve our most vulnerable members of the community. Telemedicine, on-site testing and vaccinations have become the norm and have allowed us to continue to meet our patients' needs while ensuring their safety. When the world shut down, it brought clarity to how important our existence is and continued operations are to our community here in Sumter, especially when it comes to being able to provide affordable and accessible treatment and services to all who are in need. It also helped to spotlight what areas of service we needed to expand to meet our patients’ biggest needs, and we were also able to focus on enhancing our safety procedures and protocols to ensure our staff members and patients remained protected and healthy.

As we look to the future of Tandem, we are excited about the opportunity we have to continue to grow and serve even more of our community members. We look forward to continuing to be actively engaged within our community by supporting local events and creating new give-back opportunities and programs that benefi t so many in need in our area. It is essential that we remain engaged and enthusiastic about what is to come because Sumter is growing and changing for the better, and we want to grow and change right alongside her. We want to always strive to be bigger, better and more to those who need and depend on us. The more programs, areas of service and staff that we add, the better we are going to be able to provide the needed knowledge and the high-quality, affordable health care and services. Both within and outside of our various locations, we intend to make our patients confi dent that we really are local people who love helping local people, and the more we learn and listen, the better we get at enhancing our patients’ experiences and the stronger our relationships to them grow. That’s why we love doing what we do every day. Our love and commitment to Sumter is strong and so is our love and commitment to our patients.

We at Tandem Health would love the opportunity to become your new medical home. We feel confi dent that you will love your experience and care at any of our six locations, and we offer a wide variety of services and programs to fi t your health needs and desires, including pediatrics, OBGYN, family medicine, behavioral health, adult medicine, immunology, dental services, diabetes prevention and education, two on-site pharmacies and so much more.

Call us today to set up an appointment at (803) 774-4500 or check us out at www. tandemhealthsc.org.

Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital

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BY PRISMA HEALTH

Established more than a century ago, Tuomey Hospital today is a 283-bed Joint Commission-accredited medical center dedicated to putting our community fi rst.

Our active medical staff includes more than 150 doctors representing more than 25 medical specialties. Our facilities include a 36-bed nursery, an expanded ICU, 10 operating suites, an outpatient surgery center, an award-winning day surgery unit, a beautiful women and infants pavilion and a satellite medical park. We offer diagnostic and treatment capabilities for cancer, heart care, maternity, wound care, orthopedics and surgery.

Prisma Health’s purpose is to: Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference. That means providing the safest, most impactful care, considering a patient’s emotional health as well as physical health and fi nding new ways to help our community stay healthy.

Tuomey Hospital is a part of the largest not-for-profi t health care company in South Carolina, one that serves more than 1.2 million patients annually. Prisma Health employs more than 30,000 people who work to improve the health of our communities through improved clinical quality, access to care and patient experience while also addressing the rising cost of health care.

More than 1,400 people work on the Sumter campus. The dedication of these team members has helped Tuomey earn prestigious designations as a Baby Friendly Hospital and Breast Center of Excellence. Being named a Pathway to Excellence hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center recognizes Tuomey as a place that encourages nurses to be their best, to seek continuous learning and higher certifi cation, to provide strong leadership and help that engagement fl ow into other departments.

The Tuomey Pharmacy opened in 2020, making it more convenient for patients to obtain their medications immediately following their appointments. The pharmacy keeps on hand the top 400 medicines ordered by area physicians so that patients can pick up their prescriptions without having to leave the campus. Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital also is administering the COVID-19 vaccine as part of the state’s response.

Tuomey is also a satellite for Prisma Health Children’s Hospital in the Midlands, providing pediatric care that includes support from a pediatric pharmacy, nutrition therapy and the ability to keep smaller infants and those needing special care close to home and their families.

The hospital supports a Level II nursery; an intensive care unit; 10 operating suites; centers for outpatient surgery, imaging and cancer treatment; an infusion center; an award-winning wound healing center; a heart failure clinic and cardiac, speech, physical and occupational rehabilitative services. Our diagnostic capabilities feature comprehensive pathology services, interventional radiology and cardiac catheterization. Transitional care is provided through our Home Health Services program, as well as hospice and palliative care.

Other Tuomey Hospital facilities include:

An intensivist care program is dramatically changing the way care is provided in the intensive care unit, with measurable increases in patient quality of life and signifi cant drops in patient mortality among our most critically ill population.

Tuomey became home to its fi rst residency program in 2019. Eight family medicine physicians are completing their residencies in collaboration with Tandem Health to bring greater access to primary care to Sumter residents

The Wound Healing Center specializing in the treatment of chronic wounds, such as diabetic foot ulcers, pressure ulcers, venous stasis ulcers and dehisced surgical wounds. The center offers outpatient care and hyperbaric oxygen therapy as well as disease management, diabetes care, vascular studies, tissue culturing and biological skin substitute applications.

The Cancer Treatment Center was one of the fi rst in the state to offer TrueBeam radiation treatment, using state-of-the-art linear accelerators paired with CT-based treatment planning, which allows radiation oncologists to offer intensity-modulated radiotherapy. The center uses stereotactic body radiation therapy for early stage lung cancer to allow highly precise delivery of high radiation doses to a small target.

The Women and Children’s Center includes the Birthplace and the Family Place, units dedicated to meet the unique needs of our pediatric, gynecological and obstetric patients. Pediatric hospitalists are trained to provide inpatient care for children and are often able to keep smaller infants and those needing special care close to home and their families by treating them locally. The Level II nursery allows the hospital to treat high-risk

newborns. The center also features breastfeeding rooms, a lactation consultant and education nurse, antepartum rooms and a bereavement room.

Having an infusion center on site means patients can go home from the hospital more quickly and perhaps even avoid being admitted. We provide treatment for Crohn’s disease and rheumatoid arthritis, as well as infusions of medications such as antibiotics, antivirals and iron drugs in an outpatient setting.

Our Wesmark Boulevard campus offers outpatient imaging (including bone density studies and 4D ultrasound for pregnant women), programs in physical therapy, speech and occupational therapy, cardiac rehab, audiology and one of the most comprehensive sports medicine/orthopedics programs in the region. We provide pre-season screenings for athletes, injury clinics to assess injuries post-game and onsite sporting coverage.

About Prisma Health

Prisma Health is a nonprofit health company and the largest health care system in South Carolina. With nearly 30,000 team members, 18 hospitals, 2,947 beds and more than 300 outpatient sites with nearly 2,000 physicians, Prisma Health serves more than 1.2 million unique patients annually in its 21-county market area that covers 50% of South Carolina. Prisma Health’s goal is to improve the health of all South Carolinians by enhancing clinical quality, the patient experience and access to affordable care, as well as conducting clinical research and training the next generation of medical professionals. For more information, visit PrismaHealth.org.

Prisma Health physician practices aligned with Tuomey include:

• Prisma Health Pulmonology • Prisma Health Cardiology in Sumter and Manning • Prisma Health OB/GYN in Sumter and Manning • Prisma Health Surgery in Sumter and Manning • Prisma Health Pain and Spine • Prisma Health Orthopedics • Prisma Health Family Medicine • Prisma Health Infectious Disease • Prisma Health Plastic Surgery • Prisma Health Gastroenterology and Hepatology

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