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T
he main medical campus of the Medical University of South
Carolina sits on the Charleston peninsula between Routes 17
and 30, in the midst of seemingly constant traffic snarls. "We
made a strategic decision that for non-tertiary care, we needed to do a
better job of integrating health care into the communities we serve,"
says Tom Crawford, MUSC's interim COO.
That's C-suite speak for relocating the health system's ambulatory
offerings — surgeries, clinics and imaging — to a convenient location
near where patients live instead of forcing them drive to historic
Charleston for needed care.
A One-Stop Shop for Surgical Care
The benefits of building a new surgery center in an old department store.
On Point
Daniel Cook | Editor-in-Chief
• MALL STATS A former JCPenney offered the Medical University of South Carolina plenty of square footage and ample on-site
parking.
MUSC
