AnMed Health

Description

In all endeavors AnMed Health and its staff are guided by a clear mission a focused vision and principled values that set an exemplary community example for all to follow

Our Mission
The mission of AnMed Health is to passionately blend the art of caring with the science of medicine to optimize the health of our patients staff and community

Our Vision
Our vision is to be recognized and celebrated as the gold standard for healthcare quality and community health improvement

History

History
AnMed Health got its start in 1904 when Mrs Jennie Gilmer a young wife and mother made a promise to God that that if she survived the birth of her second son she would see that a hospital was built in Anderson Mrs Gilmer survived and largely due to her efforts the Anderson County Hospital Association a group that would oversee the construction and operation of a new hospital was organized and incorporated in 1906 Mrs Gilmer and other members of the Association led a spirited effort to raise the 25000 needed to construct the original twostory 25bed hospital building Anderson County Hospital as it was first called officially opened on April 20 1908

AnMed Health has been through a number of renovations and milestones during the past 100 years The timeline below follows our journey from Anderson County Hospital to AnMed Health quotA Century of Healingquot a coffee table book depicting the history of AnMed Health is available for 3495 at Something Special and Something Special Too

1939 Anderson County Hospital opened a 66bed addition named the Jennie Gilmer Pavilion in honor of the hospital founder

1943 Anderson County Hospital was renamed Anderson Memorial Hospital in memory of the Anderson area residents who had lost their lives in World War I and World War II

1947 The hospital opened the Daniel Wing a sevenstory addition named for hospital trustee Charles E Daniel Today it is the oldest remaining building from the early years

1961 Anderson Memorial Hospital opens The North Tower a sevenstory wing that serves as the front door to the Medical Center

1969 An eightstory diagnostic and treatment wing was completed bringing the total bed capacity to 460 beds

1989 A new cancer treatment center opens offering advanced radiation therapies

1990 AnMed Wellspring a 27bed inpatient chemical dependency treatment facility opens in Williamston

1991 The Board of Trustees approved the purchase of a 125acre tract of land about two miles north of the hospital

1993 Anderson Memorial Hospital became Anderson Area Medical Center a name that reflected the hospitals status as a stateoftheart regional medical center The hospital was also designated as the AnMed Health system

1994 The AnMed Health Board initiated its community investment program Over the following years it provided significant support for activities designed to improve the health of communities served by AnMed Health

1997 AnMed Health dedicated the DK Oglesby Jr Center a 400000squarefoot outpatient facility on the North Campus

2001 Anderson Area Medical Center performed its first openheart surgery and angioplasty AnMed Health also became the first healthcare provider in the state to install the first alldigital mammography system

2003 AnMed Health Rehabilitation Hospital opened The inpatient rehabilitation hospital became the third licensed hospital in the AnMed Health system That same year AnMed Health broke ground on a 120 million expansion project at the North Campus The project included a new Womens and Childrens Hospital a cancer treatment center and a cardiac diagnostic and rehabilitation center

2005 AnMed Health Womens and Childrens Hospital opens The board of trustees also voted to change the name of Anderson Area Medical Center to AnMed Health Medical Center The downtown campus on Fant Street was renamed the Medical Center Campus

2007 A new mission vision and building blocks were introduced to the staff A 74 million expansion and renovation project begins at the Medical Center

2008 AnMed Health celebrates its 100th anniversary

2009 AnMed Health signs affiliation agreements with Cannon Memorial Hospital in Pickens SC and Carolinas HealthCare System in Charlotte NC creating a new health care network for the Upstate