Healthcare

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SCRA starts up funding for rural healthcare innovation

Innovation nonprofit SC Research Authority has made funding available for tech startups focusing on rural health via its Tech Catalyst Fund. The program “will deliver non-dilutive funding to early-stage medical technology companies” aiming to improve access to healthcare in rural SC communities, SCRA said in a May 27 statement.

Entrepreneurship

Sandhills Medical announces new CEO, CIO, cybersecurity incident

Sandhills Medical has appointed Amanda Duke as CEO and Sena Ocloo as CIO. Sandhills Medical is a federally qualified health center based in McBee.

People

MUSC Health acquires Palmetto Primary Care for $111M

MUSC Health has acquired North Charleston-based Palmetto Primary Care Physicians for $111 million, according to a statement Tuesday. Palmetto Primary Care, formed in 1996, is "the state’s largest independent multispecialty care practice," the statement said. It has 31 physicians, 95 advanced practitioners and 40 medical practices, with physical therapy, urgent care and other clinics in the Lowcountry, Midlands and Myrtle Beach.

Healthcare

Coker's healthcare simulation lab a 'game changer'

Coker University’s new advanced learning lab has boosted the school’s healthcare curricula, as well as its partnerships with local healthcare providers, according to a post on the university blog Monday.

Education

Healthcare

SCRA starts up funding for rural healthcare innovation

Sandhills Medical announces new CEO, CIO, cybersecurity incident

MUSC Health acquires Palmetto Primary Care for $111M

Coker's healthcare simulation lab a 'game changer'

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