Spartanburg Regional’s Village at Pelham Hospital brings a new approach to health care

Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System’s patient-focused Village at Pelham Hospital is a 48-bed facility that seeks to provide the best care to patients and their families with convenience, privacy and state-of-the art technology. The hospital puts the “Patient Room of the Future” research into a real-life setting.

Village at Pelham is designed to maximize functional efficiency and effectiveness for the patient care team while advancing healthcare quality and patient safety. It also plays a critical role in the Health Facilities Design and Testing CoEE, a collaboration between Clemson University, the Medical University of South Carolina and Spartanburg Regional.

Convenience for patient and visitors carries over into each patient room. Within each patient room are features designed to maximize functional efficiency and effectiveness for the patient care team without disturbing the patient. The national award-winning room design was created by Clemson University’s School of Architecture + Health, one of only two healthcare architectural specialty programs in the United States.

Each Village at Pelham patient room is spacious and features large windows and soothing colors. Medical equipment is out of sight. Other features enhance the patient's experience, including lighting and temperature systems that are more easily controlled by the patient; the room number is posted inside the room so the patient knows where they are; a flat-screen interactive television offers instructional videos about medications, rehabilitation and going home; meals are prepared on demand, restaurant-style.

The $58-million hospital employs more than 200 people, and is located in Greer, an Upstate community that has experienced unprecedented economic growth. The hospital has created new jobs and now meets the growing healthcare needs of many residents who have located in the area.