Published on Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Greer Memorial Hospital earned a Straight A honor, receiving five or more A ratings in a row, in the Spring 2021 Hospital Safety Grades.
Seven Prisma Health hospitals, including Greer Memorial Hospital, have earned A grades in the Spring 2021 Hospital Safety Grades, released by The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization committed to healthcare quality and safety.
The Leapfrog Group assigns letter grades to approximately 2,600 hospitals across the country based on their performance in process/structural and outcome measures, representing a hospital’s overall performance in keeping patients safe from preventable harm and medical errors.
Some of the highlights of Prisma Health’s spring 2021 safety grades include Laurens Hospital improving their performance from a B to an A during the reporting period. Baptist Parkridge, Greer Memorial, Hillcrest and Oconee Memorial hospitals earned Leapfrog’s “Straight A ho
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COLUMBIA, S.C. Prisma Health announced Thursday they will be combining some vaccination sites in the state because of concerns surrounding vaccine supply.
This comes as a limited and often unpredictable supply causes long waits, delays and, for some, appointment cancellations.
Six locations will be affected over the next three weeks, with two in the Midlands.
Hillcrest Hospital – effective Feb. 15 appointments will move to the Kmart site.
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Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge continues to be ranked as one of the safest hospitals in South Carolina, according to the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade.
Joining it is Lexington Medical Center, which was rated among the safest hospitals as well. The Columbia and Lexington hospitals received the highest grade from the Leapfrog Group, which issues biannual safety rankings.
Since 2012, the Leapfrog Group has published Hospital Safety Scores twice a year once in the spring and once during the fall to create transparency in the U.S. health system. The rating is focused on errors, accidents, injuries and infections.