Impact April 8, 2025

Professional Development Opportunity for Richland campus team members: William L. Ivey Scholarship

Deadline for team members to apply is June 13

The William L. Ivey endowment provides a unique scholarship opportunity for professional development for Prisma Health Richland team members. The scholarship will provide conference registration, hotel accommodations and travel to one of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) national or international conferences with the expectation that knowledge gained will be shared with others at Prisma Health and will result in first-hand expertise that will be a tremendous asset to Prisma Health.

Upon returning from the IHI conference, scholarship recipients will present their findings to the Prisma Health Richland Executive Leadership Team and/or the Quality and Patient Safety Committee, the Harm Elimination Team, colleagues, other team members and other appropriate committees.

Click here to watch Ivey Scholarship recipients surprised on the job last year!

About William L. Ivey

William L. Ivey served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Richland Memorial Hospital (now Prisma Health Richland) from 1975 until his retirement in 1992. His experience – a combination of academics, patient services, hospital administration and comprehensive health planning services – and his personal and professional commitment to affordable, quality health care for everyone enabled him to set a course for Richland Memorial, increasing its size and services to the state while making it a recognized leader in health care.

Upon his retirement, donors to the then Richland Memorial Hospital Foundation created an endowment to support educational initiatives that would develop solutions to health problems in which South Carolina ranks below the national average in outcomes. This endowment is now managed by Prisma Health Midlands Foundation.

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