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Commitment to Care

Access highest quality healthcare

in the upstate region

Thousands of healthcare professionals – and students
– are donning their scrubs to care for the health of all
of us here in Anderson County.

e are anchored by a Northeast Georgia. The system is anchored
nationally accredited by AnMed Medical Center, a 461-bed
hospital and superb acute care hospital which has earned
W physician’s groups, the prestigious Magnet designation of
®
clinics, and specialty providers for nursing and healthcare excellence. The
whole body and mind health. four-hospital system includes AnMed
Medical Center, AnMed Women’s and
AnMed Children’s Hospital, AnMed Rehabilitation
AnMed is a nonprofit health system Hospital, and AnMed Cannon Hospital in
serving Upstate South Carolina and Pickens. With more than 400 physicians

and 3,700 employees, AnMed is one of
Anderson County’s largest employers.

AnMed is nationally accredited
and a recent award recipient of
these designations:
• Recognized as part of the American
Nurses Credentialing Center’s
Magnet Recognition Program.
• Received “A” Leapfrog Hospital
Safety Grade for spring and fall 2022.
The national distinction recognizes
AnMed’s achievements in protecting
patients from harm and error.
• Received American Heart
Association’s GoldPlus Get With
®
The Guidelines - Stroke quality
achievement award for ensuring
stroke patients receive the most
appropriate treatment.
• Since 2019, is one of six Pulmonary
Hypertension Care Centers in the
U.S. and first in South Carolina.

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