In Memory of Lewis Wardlaw Haskell Blackman 1985-2000
Lewis Wardlaw Haskell Blackman was one of South Carolina's most promising young citizens. He was dearly loved by his parents and sister. Lewis had a premature and potentially preventable hospital death. As a testament to his remarkable young life and as a commitment to advance the health and safety of all South Carolinians, the Medical University of South Carolina and Health Sciences South Carolina have dedicated an endowed chair in Clinical Effectiveness and Patient Safety to his memory. Honoring Lewis in this enduring manner will serve always as a reminder that our primary mission is the health and safety of our patients.
We are all familiar with the saying, "To err is human," but starting this week, partners in Health Sciences South Carolina (HSSC), MUSC among them, took a giant leap forward in reducing medical errors in our state with the opening of the Greenville Healthcare Simulation Center.
Equipped with a half million dollars in sophisticated patient simulator technology, the Greenville Healthcare Simulation Center is the first in a planned statewide network of centers that will be used to revolutionize how our state's universities and technical colleges educate future healthcare providers, and ultimately, improve the quality of care and patient safety.
Lewis Blackman was just 15 when he died after surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina, one of thousands of Americans who die as a result of medical error every year.
On Wednesday, a plaque in his memory was unveiled at a center in Greenville that's part of a statewide program aimed at improving patient safety, a program that will bear his name.
GREENVILLE, S.C. - The first in a statewide network of patient simulation research and education centers opened today at Greenville Hospital System, marking the first step in what Health Sciences South Carolina (HSSC) hopes will become the national model for state-of-the-art clinical training for physicians, nurses and allied health professionals, and ultimately, higher quality medical care and safer hospitals.
In April 2004, the leaders of two of the South Carolina's largest healthcare systems and two of the state's research universities came together to announce the formation of Health Sciences South Carolina, a unique public-private partnership with a shared vision and a shared plan.
Lewis Blackman Endowed Chair
As a testament to his remarkable young life and as a commitment to advance the health and safety of all South Carolinians, the Medical University of South Carolina and Health Sciences South Carolina have dedicated an endowed chair in Clinical Effectiveness and Patient Safety to his memory. Read More
Collaborating Partners
On June 10, 2008 the Medical University of South Carolina and Healthcare Simulation SC partnered to open the second statewide collaborating healthcare simulation center. Click the picture to view the event photo album.
As a testament to his remarkable young life and as a commitment to advance the health and safety of all South Carolinians, the Medical University of South Carolina and Health Sciences South Carolina have dedicated an endowed chair in Clinical Effectiveness and Patient Safety to his memory. 