MUSC Health, the clinical enterprise of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), is dedicated to the pursuit of changing whats possible in health care. Nationally recognized for its innovation, patient, and family-centered care, and quality outcomes, this integrated health care system is accessible at the downtown Charleston campus and through more than 100 outreach locations, clinical affiliations with numerous health care partners, and a robust telehealth network. MUSC Health sees more than one million patient encounters annually, and its specialized care teams consistently rank among the best in the country. MUSC Health delivers transformational care shaped by world-class clinicians, health scientists, and educators who provide leading-edge care, while developing the next generation of innovative health care leaders.
MUSC Medical Center is a key component of MUSC Health. This premier health sciences center is at the forefront of the latest advances in medicine and includes South Carolinas #1 and most preferred hospital (as ranked by U.S. News & World Report on its Best Hospitals 2018-2019 list and the National Research Corporation respectively), a NCI-designated Cancer Center, a Level I Trauma Center, and South Carolinas only nationally recognized childrens hospital.
MUSC Health Alliance is a physician-managed clinically integrated network that aligns other health care organizations with MUSC Health in the delivery of patient-focused, quality-driven, and cost-effective care. It works with insurers and governmental programs in the areas of accountable care, patient-centered medical homes, and value-based care. Sophisticated clinical programs and analytics required under those concepts would be out of reach for many of the participants without the scope of the Alliance.
MUSC Healths Integrated Centers of Clinical Excellence (ICCE) are the organizational units of MUSC Health. Committed to care models that improve patient experience and achieve optimal patient outcomes, these comprehensive care teams are led byphysician chiefsand are charged with providing patients the most innovative, efficient, and effective subspecialized care.
To honor MUSC Healths mission of preserving and optimizing human life in South Carolina and beyond through education, research and patient care, the vision for the MUSC Health Affiliate Network states:
MUSC Health, the clinical enterprise of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), is dedicated to the pursuit of changing whats possible in health care. Nationally recognized for its innovation, patient, and family-centered care, and quality outcomes, this integrated health care system is accessible at the downtown Charleston campus, the Regional Health Network and more than 100 outreach locations, clinical affiliations with numerous health care partners, and a robust Telehealth Network. MUSC Health sees more than one million patient encounters annually, and its specialized care teams consistently rank among the best in the country. MUSC Health delivers transformational care shaped by world-class clinicians, health scientists, and educators who provide leading-edge care, while developing the next generation of innovative health care leaders.
We view each collaboration with an affiliate as an opportunity to find the best ways of providing health care services through partnership and innovation. Collaboration with our clinical affiliates includes, but is not limited to, the following:
The MUSC College of Medicine is eager to explore partnerships in clinical education with qualified health care entities. The co-development of designated teaching hospitals and clinical preceptors results in long term benefits to the facility and the community it serves including improving quality of care and creating a pipeline of talented early career healthcare team members a particularly welcome asset in light of increasing health care demands. Affiliate providers also benefit from continuing medical education, participation in grand rounds and ongoing consults.
AnMed Health and the Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine have partnered to create an innovative Clinical Education Program at AnMed Health for medical students. Through the partnership, selected third- and fourth-year MUSC students will complete their final two years of education at AnMed Health in a curriculum designed to emphasize patient-centered primary care. Expanding medical education opportunities for students interested in primary care can improve access to care in South Carolina.
In collaboration with Tidelands Health, MUSCs College of Medicines Department of Family Medicine assisted with the establishment of an ACGME certified postdoctoral program for the education of family medicine residents. The Tidelands Health MUSC Family Medicine Residency Program is a new, innovative, community-based unopposed residency program with eight residents each year.