Richland Perinatal Systems

Prisma Health Richland Hospital serves as the designated Regional Perinatal Center (RPC) for the 16-county Midlands region of South Carolina. We have the highest level of skill and technology available in our region to care for high-risk obstetric and neonatal patients.

Caring for high-risk OB and neonatal patients

Each RPC in South Carolina has a perinatal systems department that is dedicated to caring for expectant mothers and their newborns in their region by ensuring seamless access to risk-appropriate care. We are responsible for providing transport services and consultation around-the-clock for other hospitals within our region.

Funded by a grant from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), our staff includes a regional systems developer, obstetric and neonatal outreach educators and administrative support.

Contact us

Prisma Health Richland Hospital Perinatal Systems
9 Richland Medical Park Dr., Suite 320
Columbia, SC 29203
803-434-2912
PerinatalSystems@PrismaHealth.org

Midlands Perinatal Systems team

Lynn Wellman, MS, APRN

Regional Systems Developer

803-434-6088
Lynn.Wellman@PrismaHealth.org

Michelle Flanagan, RNC, BSN

OB Outreach Educator

803-434-7243
Michelle.Flanagan@PrismaHealth.org

Cathy White, RNC, NNP

Neonatal Outreach Educator

803-434-2913
Cathy.White@PrismaHealth.org

JoAnn Williams, MS, RN, RT

Neonatal Outreach Educator

803-434-4306
Joann.Williams@PrismaHealth.org

High-risk and transport services

Prisma Health Richland Hospital treats a very high volume of high-risk mothers and babies. Doctors and caregivers from all over the Midlands send their pre-term or sick patients to our maternal fetal medicine (MFM) specialists and neonatologists. An MFM, neonatologist and pediatric surgeon are on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

To arrange a transport, physicians and midwives should contact the Prisma Health Richland Hospital Patient Transfer Center at 1-800-757-4625 or 803-757-4625.

Additional contact information:

OB/GYN Chief Resident: 803-434-3787
Neonatologist: 803-434-5886

Outreach education and consultation

We work closely with the Chief of Neonatology, Chief of Obstetrics and maternal-fetal medicine physicians, as well as the transport team, management and staff at Prisma Health Richland Hospital.

Our outreach RN educators provide education and consultation for the staff of our referral hospitals, maintain a database of all perinatal patients transferred to and from Prisma Health Richland Hospital, and provide referring physicians and hospitals feedback on the continuing care of their patients.

Perinatal Systems works with hospitals, health departments, physicians’ offices, healthy starts and community groups to improve outcomes for our mothers and babies. We assist in reviewing and developing policies, participate in morbidity and mortality reviews and do annual very low birthweight (VLBW) reviews for all of the hospitals we contract with.

Our MFM/Obstetrics and Neonatal Directors and Regional Systems Developer travel out to all area hospitals at least once a year. We visit hospital administrators, OBs, Pediatricians, Family Practitioners, Nurse Midwives and perinatal nurse managers to discuss transports and clinical practices related to high-risk pregnant women and infants.

South Carolina perinatal regions

Midlands region perinatal designations

Perinatal designation	Hospitals	Gestational age limit	Birth weight limit	Risk
Regional Perinatal Center – Level III	Prisma Health Richland Hospital	Any	Any	High
Level III	Prisma Health Baptist Hospital	Any	Any	High
Level III	Piedmont	Any	Any	High
Level II	Aiken Regional	32 weeks	1500 grams	Low-Mod
Level II	Lexington Medical Center	32 weeks	1500 grams	Low-Mod
Level II	Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital	32 weeks	1500 grams	Low-Mod
Level I	Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge Hospital	32 weeks	1500 grams	Low-Mod
Level II	MUSC Lancaster (prev. Springs)	32 weeks	1500 grams	Low-Mod
Level II	TRMC-Orangeburg	32 Weeks	1500 grams	Low-Mod
Level I	McLeod Health Clarendon	35 weeks	—	Low
Level I	Kershaw County	35 weeks	—	Low
Level I	Newberry County	35 weeks	—	Low
No delivery services	Allendale	—	—	—
No delivery services	Bamburg County	—	—	—
No delivery services	Barnwell	—	—	—
No delivery services	Fairfield	—	—	—
No delivery services	Providence Downtown	—	—	—
No delivery services	Providence Northeast	—	—	—
No delivery services	Shaw	—	—	—
SC DHEC Regulations 61-16, Section 607