Lexington Medical Center Ratings
2720 SUNSET BLVD
West Columbia, SC 29169
Phone: (803) 791-2000
West Columbia, SC 29169
Phone: (803) 791-2000
Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Emergency Services: YES
Contents:
Quality of Care - Infectious Diseases - ER Wait Time - Patient Ratings
Quality of Care - Mortality Rate
How well does Lexington Medical Center save lives? 14% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.Mortality Rate | |
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Heart Attack | 16% |
Heart Failure | 13% |
Pneumonia | 15% |
Infectious Disease at Lexington Medical Center
Drug resistant bacteria are becoming the largest health facing the United States. There are an increasing number of drug resistant bacteria, including: drug resistant bacteria due primarily to unnecessary and mis-applied use among humans and livestock, patients with hospitalizations for relatively minor reasons can suddenly face lifethreatening illness.While many hospitals are implementing questionable flu vaccinations1 for their employees, many fewer have as rigorous solutions for nosocomial MDR infections.
Infectious Disease | Cases |
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C. Diff Sickens more than a half million people each year and has a 17% mortality rate after one year2 | 68 |
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%3 | 16 |
Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings
Time until initial exam: 0h 24mNon-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 16 minutes
Serious cases where patients are admitted have 2 hour and 47 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 2 hour and 29 minutes delay before leaving to their room.
Patient Ratings
While customer satisfaction surveys don't necessarily reflect the quality of care provided at the hospital, it can identify some areas that are important standards to maintain, such as managing pain and maintaining a sanitary environment.Overall Rating: AVERAGE
Lexington Medical Center
4.7
out of 5
based on 27 ratings.
27 user reviews.
78% of patients rate the hospital excellent
Positive Patient Ratings
Some patients praise:- Pain was usually controlled for patients
- Rooms and facilities are usually clean
Negative Patient Ratings
Footnotes:
1Questionable efficacy of flu vaccination
2C Diff Mortality Rate
3MRSA Mortality Rate
Lexington Medical Center Stories
Apr 01, 2024, 12:33 AM
Lexington Medical Center: "This hospital is a fucking joke . It claims to be one of the best but it's standards are as average as a hospital from the damn 80s. To be sitting in the emergency room for 6 hours to never be seen with chest pains possible heart attack is ridiculous. This sorry ass facility could care less if you died. I wouldn't recommend this garbage ass hospital to anyone sad that Richland's little ol hospital is way quicker they need to level Lexington hospital and put a damn McDonald's there bc you'll get better service fuck you Lexington county hospital y'all trash of the state..." - Phillip
Sep 19, 2023, 10:19 AM
Lexington Medical Center: "These times are false! Wait time yesterday to even be seen over 7 hours! Triage is a joke! " - Cathy
Aug 30, 2023, 12:19 AM
Lexington Medical Center: "BS, been waiting since 9pm, and it’s now 12:20" - Vinman
Aug 29, 2021, 1:47 PM
Lexington Medical Center: "Gave up after 4 hours. Many people had been waiting 7 hours. Total chaos here." - Bonnie
Jan 02, 2021, 2:55 AM
Lexington Medical Center: "Even before the wait time was ridiculous. My daughter got here a little after 10:00 p.m. here it is 2:51 a.m. still waiting on a CT scan. Over heard nurses talking saying “she can leave if she wants to. So much for supporting the troops (she’s active duty)she could have something seriously wrong and were waiting still" - Shirley
Nov 09, 2020, 10:49 PM
Lexington Medical Center: " Currently at 4.5 hours waiting " - Jackie
Jun 03, 2020, 10:54 PM
Lexington Medical Center: "Too long waiting time. Not really triaging" - Willie
May 04, 2020, 9:53 PM
Lexington Medical Center: "I know that there is a covid 19 pandemic at hand however, I brought my aunt here at 10:30am and I'm currently still sitting outside in my car at 10pm waiting on her. She wasn't taken back until 4:30pm and wasn't seen by a doctor until 6pm. From 6pm to 10pm the doctor has came in once to say that they were looking at her xrays. It's been 2 and a half hours and no one has came in her room to check on her. She calls me and says she has to use the restroom but can't reach the call button that's on the floor. So I have to call the emergency room to have a nurse go check on her. This is absolutely ridiculous. She has a serious infection in the sutures that another doctor gave her while she was here 3 days ago. During her initial visit the doctor didn't do all the xrays that was supposed to be done and just sent her on her way with a broken ankle on one side and at least 70 stitches in her knee on the other side so it's not like she can just walk out of there and its not like I can just walk in. " - Ruth
Apr 14, 2020, 12:25 AM
Lexington Medical Center: "The process to create your patient portal is endless! It’s not user friendly. I think there is room for improvement. In this world, we don’t need 18 characters and passwords with case sensitive letters and numbers! Really! Make the process seamless. Prisma is user friendly. " - Jackie
Apr 04, 2019, 4:18 AM
Lexington Medical Center: "There is nothing more annoying than waiting hours and hours for a a medical
Issue. Only to have 3 people jump ahead (even though they arrived after I signed in). I am experiencing a major medical issue. The staff is slow here. I am originally from Florida. Much better ER wait times there. We are now going on 3 1/2 hours. Regret I made the 25 miles trip to come to this ER. Lexington Medical Center is awful. Don’t waste the time coming here. " - Anonymous