Providence Hospital

Description

About Us
A Higher Level of Caring
Sponsored by the Sisters of Charity Health System Providence Hospitals is known statewide for its compassionate care Our nonprofit organization is licensed for 304 beds and is comprised of four entities Providence Hospital Providence Heart amp Vascular Institute Providence Hospital Northeast and Providence Orthopaedic amp Neuro Spine Institute A faithbased health care facility in the Midlands area of South Carolina Providence employs more than 1900 caring individuals

Providence Hospital located in downtown Columbia was founded by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Augustine in 1938 The facility is best known for the expertise in cardiac care it provides through Providence Heart amp Vascular Institute which is recognized statewide as a referral center for the prevention diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease

Providence Hospital Northeast is a 46bed community hospital established in 1999 that offers a range of medical services in surgery emergency care womens and childrens services and rehabilitation Providence Northeast is home to Providence Orthopaedic amp Neuro Spine Institute which provides medical and surgical treatment of diseases and injuries of the bones joints and spine The hospital campus also includes an afterhours care program at night and on weekends for pediatric patients who require specialized treatment for illness and injuries

Our Mission
In the spirit of the Sisters of Charity of St Augustine Providence Hospitals extends the healing ministry of Jesus Christ to Gods people

Our Vision
As a Catholic faithbased organization Providence Hospitals will be nationally recognized for quality and service

We will commit to demonstrate our core value of

Respect by acknowledging everyone with a kind greeting by

Acknowledging everyone in a positive manner with a smile handshake kind
word calling by name or eye contact

Maintaining a professional appearance by following the dress code wearing my
ID and practicing good hygiene

Compassion by showing a caring attitude at all times by

Apologizing for mistakes and taking corrective action

Listening and speaking calmly

Collaboration by a willingness to cooperate with others by

Cooperating with teams across the organization

Accepting responsibility and accountability for myself and my team

Courage by being willing to stand for what is right by

Addressing issues not based on organizational values or diverse needs

Showing a willingness to change and learn from my mistakes

Justice by valuing everyone as an individual by

Adhering to all organizational standards and requiring the same of my team

Valuing everyone as individuals and exhibiting appreciation and sensitivity
toward other cultures and backgrounds

History

History
An Extraordinary Act of Faith
The opening of Providence Hospital in Columbia SC in 1938 was the result of an extraordinary act of faith by an extraordinary collection of people

Father Martin C Murphy of St Peters Church with little more than a fervent belief that Columbia and South Carolina needed the kind of quality health care synonymous with Catholic hospitals purchased an 18acre tract in the heart of the states capital city for the new hospital

Columbia businessman James B Younginer donated the down payment for the property Interestingly he was not Catholic but he was so impressed with the treatment his wife had received in a Catholic hospital in California he thought the people of South Carolina deserved the same type of faithbased care

And perhaps the greatest manifestation of faith was that of the Sisters of Charity of St Augustine a Catholic order in Ohio that mortgaged its motherhouse in Cleveland to finance the new hospital in Columbia a city the Sisters had never even seen

But when the Sisters of Charity founded Providence they established more than just a new hospital They also established an extraordinary commitment to the lives of the people of our community

Providence Hospitals is a member of the Sisters of Charity Health System which is located in Cleveland Ohio The Health System assists Providence strengthen Catholic health care and human services in South Carolina The health system also ensures that the mission charism and philosophy of the Sisters of Charity of St Augustine are implemented in each of its ministries Visit their Web site at wwwsistersofcharityhealthorg

An Extraordinary Commitment
Cardiovascular care however is only one center of excellence at Providence The physicians and staff at Providence also provide extraordinary care in a variety of other fields including general surgery orthopedics internal medicine ophthalmology emergency medicine nuclear medicine and related diagnostic services maternity care rehabilitation services chronic wound treatment and occupational medicine

This commitment is still in place today at Providence Hospital Providence Heart amp Vascular Institute and Providence Hospital Northeast which together comprise a missionoriented ministry that is recognized as a beacon of leadership on the states health care landscape

For more than a quarter of a century now Providence has been known as South Carolinas heart hospital and for good reason Since Providence Heart amp Vascular Institute opened in 1974 the physicians and staff at Providence have performed more cardiovascular procedures than any medical team in the state Their unsurpassed experience their unparalleled skills and their uncommon dedication serve to make Providence the cardiovascular hospital of choice for referring physicians in central South Carolina

The hospitals lifesaving efforts are significantly enhanced by LifeNet South Carolina a helicopter service that operates 24 hours a day as an airborne intensive care unit carrying critically ill patients to Providence and other facilities in the Carolinas and Georgia

In all cases the people of Providence are widely recognized for their compassion in addition to their professionalism They capture beautifully the spirit of the Sisters of Charity of St Augustine who founded Providence so many years ago