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Care Alliance Health Services

Contact Information
Telephone: 402-2273
Toll-free: 800-868-4916

Web:
http://www.carealliance.com/
Care Alliance Health Services serves the people of the Carolinas and more specifically those in Charleston and the Lowcountry for more than 200 years. The site features health information plus links to the different care facilities.
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

Contact Information
1801 Main Street
PO Box 8206
Columbia, SC 29202-8206
803-253-6100

Web:
http://www.state.sc.us/dhec
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) was formed in 1973 as the agency responsible for advising the State in matters pertaining to healthand the environment. It has the authority to monitor, control, and prevent pollution, unsanitary conditions, and the spread of communicable disease. DHEC's programs focus on personal health services, environmental regulatory activities, and health regulatory activities. Personal health services include child health, family planning and maternal care, chronic and communicable disease care, home health care, and migrant health care.

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The State Online

Contact Infromation:

Anna Velasco-Business/Medical Reporter
Telephone: 803-771-8512
Email:
avelasco@thestate.com

Kathryn Winiarski-Medical Reporter
Telephone: 803-771-8454

Email:
kwiniarski@thestate.com
Web:
http://www.thestate.com/
health/

Columbia, SC State Newspaper's online health section. Site features health new stories, health wire, and links to an area directory, community groups, a doctor finder and a health forum.
Free Medical Clinic, Inc.

Contact Information
1875 Harden Street
Post Office Box 4616
Columbia, SC 29204
Telephone: 803-765-1503

Web:
http://www.midnet.sc.
edu/clinic/

Established in 1984, the clinic's mission is to provide indigent individuals medical care and medication. There is no charge for services. They rely on volunteers and financial contributors to meet these needs.
South Carolina Public Health Association

Contact Information
P.O. Box 1763
Columbia, SC 29202
Telephone: (803) 252-1087
Fax: (803) 252-0589

Email:
dmshepar@sph.sc.edu
Web:
http://community.columbiatoday
.com/realcities/ignore?
MIval=framed_page&GID=010070109
60942428228729703&PG=01007
010960942428935305619

The South Carolina Public Health Association (SCPHA) is a statewide organization for individuals and organizations interested in protecting and promoting health.
Wellspring Resource Center

Contact Information
PO Box 6481
1825 St. Julian Place
Columbia, SC 29260-6481
Telephone: 803-765-9355

Email:
wellspringresourcecenter@
altavista.com

Web:
http://community.columbiatoday.
com/servlet/realcities_ProcServ/DBPAGE
=cge&GID=0001200000095850
8548817713&PG=000120000009
58508548980518

Wellspring Resource Center supports those faced with illness to better manage the illness and live life more fully; provides information and educational resources to increase awareness of options available for optimum health; promotes the integration of conventional medicine and complementary approaches; empowers individuals to make informed decisions and to actively participate in their own health care; encourages compassionate, mutually respectful relationships between health care providers and clients. Site features a description of programs and services, newsletter, and a calendar of community events.
The Health Information maintained by the Health and Demographics Section includes: Medical record and billing data on inpatient hospital discharges, emergency room visits, and outpatient surgery. The section also collects information on licensed health care professionals in the state.
Partners for a Healthy Community

114 W Greenville St
Anderson, SC
Telephone: (864) 375-9190

Email:
pfhc@
healthy-community.org

Partners for a Healthy Comminty is an organization established to better the health and well being of the community it serves. Web site features information on health education for Anderson county. There are links to their initiatives, task force, Healthy People 2010 program, their other projects, and their news and events


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