The MUSC Health Affiliate Network
To honor MUSC Health’s 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:
We extend MUSC Health’s mission through the establishment of meaningful relationships locally, regionally and globally.
MUSC Health, the clinical enterprise of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), is dedicated to the pursuit of changing what’s 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.
Learn more about MUSC, MUSC Health, and MUSC Children's Health.
Key Tenets of the Affiliate Network
- Health care is best provided locally. To ensure this is possible, we will work with Affiliates to capitalize on their strengths and grow their clinical capabilities.
- For care that cannot be provided locally, we commit to timely patient access and timely, personal communication with referring physicians, supported by technology where appropriate.
- Physician-to-physician relationships are essential to any affiliate relationship. They will be prioritized through regular communication and collaboration.
- Affiliate relationships will be coordinated by a dedicated relationship manager. Integrated Centers of Clinical Excellence (ICCE) Chiefs (MUSC’s physician service line leaders) will be accountable for the delivery of all clinical services.
- Affiliation agreements will contain clearly defined benefits and requirements to ensure that alignment and accountability are equally owned by both parties.
Our Affiliates
Affiliate Institutions
- AnMed
- Beaufort Memorial Hospital
- Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center
- Hampton Regional Medical Center
- HopeHealth
- MUSC Rehabilitation Hospital, an affiliate of Encompass Health
- Self Regional Medical Center
- Tidelands Health
- Tribe 513
MUSC Health Sports Medicine Athletic Affiliations
Benefits of Partnering with MUSC
MUSC provides health care organizations with opportunities to better serve their local communities and keep care in South Carolina, including:
- Support in the continual enhancement of clinical care programs and services for the community
- Assurance of continuity of care for patients that require tertiary or quaternary services
- VIP expedited access to hospitals, clinics, and health care providers throughout MUSC Health
- Greater leverage for contract negotiations and purchasing agreements (participation in a GPO)
- Utilization of cobranding when appropriate to leverage the recognition and reputation of MUSC within your community
- Support for population health initiatives including clinically integrated networks (CIN), ACOs, etc.
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:
- Integrating clinical programs, i.e., regional service lines, when appropriate, joint physician and clinical support recruiting and novel care delivery and telehealth programs
- Telehealth: Direct patient clinical connections, i.e., consultations, and tumor board participation; Provider Tele access to CME and other CE offerings
- Quality metric initiatives
- Sharing the latest clinical protocols
- Sharing practice management best practices and resource support
- Shared IT capabilities
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
AnMed and the Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine have partnered to create an innovative Clinical Education Program at AnMed for medical students. Through the partnership, selected third- and fourth-year MUSC students will complete their final two years of education at AnMed 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.
Tidelands Health Family Medicine Residency Program
In collaboration with Tidelands Health, MUSC’s College of Medicine’s 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.
Learn more about the Tidelands Health MUSC Family Medicine Residency Program.
MUSC Health advances biomedical knowledge by serving as a setting for clinical and translational research, providing resources for conducting research and opportunities for patients to participate in research and treatment protocols. Find out more about research at MUSC.
Hollings Cancer Center – South Carolina’s Only NCI-Designated Cancer Center
Research affiliations with MUSC Health allow other health care entities to access MUSC Health-based clinical trials, either as co-participants or as direct access points for their patients.
The Hollings Cancer Center Clinical Trials Network (CTN) represents a partnership of quality cancer centers dedicated to the promotion of cancer research. By establishing a collaborative infrastructure of physicians, clinical trials offices, and patients, the CTN reaches large and diverse patient populations, which increases the rate of trial enrollment — a key to the success of any clinical trial.
The CTN caters to both the clinical trial site and research sponsor. MUSC Health can design a unique service plan to meet your organization’s needs. CTN members gain access to a number of unique clinical trials, which may include trials developed at the Hollings Cancer Center, e.g., our investigator-initiated trials. Members also have the opportunity to participate in other phase II and phase III studies made available to the CTN through MUSC Health’s academic or industrial partnerships.
Affiliate Tips & Tools
This portal supports the MUSC Health Affiliates Network’s mission to improve health through collaboration in education, research, and patient care. This commitment is extended through our partnership with affiliated clinical partners across South Carolina.
This portal exists to connect health care professionals with a catalogue of continuing education programs and initiatives developed by providers at the Medical University of South Carolina. These programs build upon and share upon a growing body of knowledge involving patient care, interprofessional team practice, and population health.
You can access a range of programs whenever you need them, wherever you are. Make your selections below and check back often to benefit from the latest learning opportunities.
Continuing Education Resources
- MUSC Online Grand Rounds - The MUSC CME Office is pleased to make online grand rounds available to health care providers. Courses can be completed at your convenience and 1 CME or .1 CEU will be issued following completion of the post-test.
- MUSC CME Progressnotes - Progressnotes, an MUSC publication sent to all physicians licensed in the state of South Carolina as well as to other health care professionals, offers CME credit on selected articles. A CME-eligible sister telepresentation for each article is offered through the South Carolina AHEC program for additional credit. All Progressnotes CME activities and tests can be accessed via the Physician Portal.
- SC AHEC - videoconferencing system provides interactive programming for healthcare providers and community members across South Carolina. Participants are able to take part in programs that feature local, state and national experts engaging in case-based dialogues designed to address the educational needs of community providers.
- South Carolina College of Pharmacy – The Continuing Education Office provides accredited professional educational activities for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to enhance performance, core competencies and to promote the value of pharmacy within the health care team.
- TIDE (Teaching Immunization Delivery and Evaluation) - TIDE is a group of highly interactive, case-based modules. It's designed to help clinicians learn to store, give, and communicate about immunizations with technical excellence. Continuing Education credit is available at no charge. To receive continuing education credits, you must register and then log in.
Contact Us
MUSC Health Affiliate Network
22 West Edge Street, Suite 300
Charleston, SC 29403
Phone: 843-792-8877
Email: affiliations@musc.edu
