Did you know your child can access GHS Children's Hospital services while staying in Greer?
That's right! Children's Hospital - Greer, an extension of Children's Hospital of Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center, offers pediatric inpatient and outpatient services for medical conditions requiring a short stay. With inpatient pediatric services available here, children of the community may stay close to home when routine illnesses require hospitalization.
Services include the following:
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Care provided by staff who have received pediatric training
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Hospitalists service (hospitalists are in-house doctors; at Greer Memorial they are board certified in pediatrics as well as internal medicine and are available around the clock)
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Child-friendly practices (such as performing all procedures in an exam room so that the patient's room remains a "safe" place where blood isn't drawn or bandages changed)
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Inpatient pediatric care for newborns in our Labor and Delivery Unit, and general pediatric care in our six bed Inpatient Pediatric Unit
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Nursery services provided by Hospitalists as well as physicians at Pediatric Associates – Greer, The Children's Clinic of Greer and Greer Family Practice.
The Emergency Department at Greer Memorial Hospital provides urgent and emergent care for the children of Greer as an extension of the Children's Emergency Center of GHS Children's Hospital. There are also several private pediatric practices in Greer that are affiliated with GHS Children's Hospital. These physicians are actively involved in newborn care and have partnered with our inpatient pediatric unit when needed for older children in their practices.
What is a Med-Peds hospitalist?
Internal Medicine-Pediatrics trained physicians combine the skills, wisdom and dedication of pediatricians and internists in a single physician. This description may seem similar to Family Medicine but, while some overlap exists, the training is significantly different. A four-year residency contains two years of formal training in Internal Medicine and two years of formal training in Pediatrics.
A hospitalist is a doctor who primarily provides inpatient care. Our Greer Memorial hospitalists only perform hospital duties. They do coordinate care with your office-based physician through medical records and direct communication.