LAKE CITY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Lake City, SC 29560
LAKE CITY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL PROFILE
Lake City Community Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Lake City, SC 29560 that serves the Florence county area. This facility is a public hospital with emergency services.
LAKE CITY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
258 N Ron Mcnair BlvdLake City, SC 29560
Phone: (843) 374-2036
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Patient Survey Summary Rating Summary Star Rating
The summary star rating combines data from different aspects of the patient’s experience of care to make hospital comparison easier.
Average
ABOUT THIS PROVIDER
Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals What's an acute care hospital?An acute care hospital provides inpatient medical care, services related for surgery and medical services for short-term illnesses, acute medical conditions or injuries.
Hospital Owner: Government - Hospital District Or Authority
Outpatient Safe Surgery Checklist: Yes Safe surgery checklist use (outpatient)
This hospital follows a safe surgery checklist based on accepted standards of practice. Safe surgery checklists include three critical perioperative periods: 1) The period before the administration of anesthesia; 2) The period before surgical skin incision; and 3) The period of closure of incision and before the patient leaving the operating room for outpatient surgical procedures.
Inpatient Safe Surgery Checklist: Yes Safe surgery checklist use (inpatient)
This hospital follows a safe surgery checklist based on accepted standards of practice. Safe surgery checklists include three critical perioperative periods: 1) The period before the administration of anesthesia; 2) The period before surgical skin incision; and 3) The period of closure of incision and before the patient leaving the operating room for inpatient surgical procedures.
Emergency Services: Yes Emergency Department
This hospital provides emergency services which might include acute medical care or trauma care.
The hospital patient survey at Lake City Community Hospital is administered to a random sample of adult inpatients after discharge. The following are the results of some the survey’s five-star quality ratings.
Doctor Communication: GoodQuiet Rooms: Good
Cleanliness: Fair
Pain Management: Average
Discharge Information: Average
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Fair
These performance measures at Lake City Community Hospital show how rapidly emergency departments give recommended treatments known to get the best results for patients with certain common conditions. This information could help patients compare which hospitals provide the right care at the right time.
ER Wait Time: 33 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 1 hour 28 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 4 hours 3 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 1 hour 5 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 1 hour 10 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Lake City Community Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in South Carolina or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Better performance with the effective use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment Better performance with the effective use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment
The provider's use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of SC. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 243 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 277 minutes in South Carolina. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 65 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 92 minutes in South Carolina. - Preventive Care: better performance with healthcare workers flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with healthcare workers flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 89% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 86% average score of South Carolina. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 88 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 135 minutes in South Carolina. - Stroke Care: better performance with assessed for rehabilitation Stroke Care: better performance with assessed for rehabilitation
The provider's Stroke Care performance score of 100% for the quality measure assessed for rehabilitation is better than the 99% average score of South Carolina.
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WILLIAMSBURG REGIONAL HOSPITAL | 500 Nelson Boulevard Kingstree, SC 29556 | Yes | 15.48 mi | Compare |
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MCLEOD MEDICAL CENTER - DARLINGTON | 701 Cashua Ferry Road Darlington, SC 29540 | No | 30.26 mi | Compare |
CAROLINAS HOSPITAL SYSTEM MARION | 2829 E Hwy 76 Mullins, SC 29574 | Yes | 32.68 mi | Compare |
TUOMEY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM | 129 N Washington St Sumter, SC 29150 | Yes | 33.67 mi | Compare |
CAROLINA PINES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 1304 W Bobo Newsom Hwy Hartsville, SC 29550 | Yes | 38 mi | Compare |
MCLEOD MEDICAL CENTER - DILLON | 301 E Jackson St Dillon, SC 29536 | Yes | 43.62 mi | Compare |
GEORGETOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 606 Black River Rd Drawer 1718 Georgetown, SC 29440 | Yes | 44 mi | Compare |
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