Aiken Regional Medical Center

Aiken Regional Medical Centers is located in Aiken, South Carolina on University Parkway near the University of South Carolina Aiken.

Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Geography
Location302 University Parkway, Aiken, SC, United States
Coordinates33.571164°N 81.761958°W / 33.571164; -81.761958
Services
Emergency departmentLevel I trauma center
Beds245
History
Opened1917
Links
Websitehttp://www.aikenregional.com/
ListsHospitals in the United States

Aiken Regional Medical Centers opened its doors in 1917 as the Aiken Hospital and Relief Society. Except for several years in the early 1920s, the hospital has provided quality healthcare to the residents of Aiken and surrounding communities. Today, it is a 245-bed acute care facility.[1]

Services

Acute care and surgical hospital providing healthcare to the residents of Aiken and surrounding South Carolina communities. Specialized Cancer Care Institute of Carolina is located at Aiken Regional as well as a Women's LifeCare Center and the Aurora Pavilion for Behavioral Health Services.

Emergency medicine

The nurses, staff and board-certified emergency physicians treat approximately 48,000 patients a year. Aiken is part of the Door-to-Balloon Alliance (D2B), a national network of hospitals focused on reducing the amount of time from when a heart attack patient enters the hospital door to when the patient receives artery-clearing treatment.

Affiliation

Aiken Regional Medical Centers is owned and operated by a subsidiary of Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS), a King of Prussia, PA-based company, that is one of the largest healthcare management companies in the nation.

History

Aiken Regional Medical Centers opened its doors in 1917 as the Aiken Hospital and Relief Society. Except for several years in the early 1920s, the hospital has provided quality healthcare to the residents of Aiken and surrounding communities. Today, it is a 245-bed acute care facility.

Awards and accolades
  • Received The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval in 2012 and 2013[2]
  • Certificate from The SC Partnership for Health and The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence for Reducing Hospital Readmissions by 20% for AMI
  • Earned EPA's Energy STAR Certification for 2013 and 2014[3]
  • American Heart Association Gold Fit-friendly Worksite[4]
  • Aiken County Career and Technology Center Business Partner of the Year award
  • Diabetes & Nutrition Teaching Center obtained reaccreditation by the American Diabetes Association-Diabetes Self-Management program[5]

References
  1. "About the Hospital". Aiken Regional Medical Centers. 16 January 2017.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-07. Retrieved 2014-11-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Label Building Registry - ENERGY STAR". www.energystar.gov.
  4. "Fit-Friendly Worksites Gold Award Recognition" (PDF). www.heart.org. 2013. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  5. "Diabetes Management". Aiken Regional Medical Centers. 15 December 2016.
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