Episode 6: Innovation powers progress in the fight against cancer
Learn how cutting-edge technology and techniques are changing the fight against lung cancer. South Carolina has lung cancer rates that are significantly higher than the national average, but new innovations are providing growing hope.
Date: Feb 10, 2025
Length: 20 min 26 sec
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Episode 5: Volunteers give wonderful gifts, but they get something valuable, too
Two resident physicians and AnMed’s director of nursing got their starts in the health system as young volunteers. They gave time, energy and attention without expectation of compensation, but they did receive something valuable, and its effects linger to this day.
Date: Dec 2, 2024
Length: 32 min 09 sec
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Episode 4: Health equity raises tide for all
Genetics play a vital role in the fate of our health, but no one’s health care should be solely determined by the social or economic circumstances in which they were born. That’s why we’re acting. And we’re proud that our efforts have won national praise.
Date: Sep 25, 2024
Length: 35 min 14 sec
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Episode 3: Adoption perspectives: Real stories of real love
Adoptions within the U.S. and internationally have declined in recent years, but that doesn’t mean the need for adoptions is declining. The act of a couple or a person raising someone else’s biological child as their own is a beautiful thing. It takes sacrifice, but it reaps wonderful rewards, and AnMed teammates have firsthand experience on both sides of the family dynamic.
Date: Jul 22, 2024
Length: 27 min 40 sec
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Episode 2: AnMed fights rising health care costs
Inflation isn’t the only thing that’s impacting patients’ financial dealings in health care. Trends are troubling. But work is being done to ease that burden. Samantha Evans, director of business services at AnMed, and a group of local high school students led by Grace Wang, Kaylee Jacobson and Maleeha Khan-Niazi are among those who are stepping up. For more information on the students’ efforts, visit healthfirstalways.org
Date: May 24, 2024
Length: 25 min 32 sec
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Episode 1: Thorough lab work helps girl in need
Something didn’t seem quite right when Paige Fuhrer and Lori White studied one particular blood culture recently. So they went beyond the norm and helped make a rare find for a young, autistic, non-verbal girl. And that made all the difference.
Date: Mar 3, 2024
Length: 22 min 38 sec
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