Aiken Regional Medical Center Explained

Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Location:302 University Parkway
Region:Aiken
State:SC
Country:US
Beds:273
Founded:1917
Website:http://www.aikenregional.com/

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

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 healthcare to the residents of Aiken and surrounding communities. Today, it is a 273-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 "door-to-balloon" time between 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 Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS), a King of Prussia, Pennsylvania-based company, which is one of the largest private healthcare management companies in the United States.

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. Aiken Regional Medical Centers also houses a 14-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility offering physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy.

Awards and accolades

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About the Hospital. 16 January 2017. Aiken Regional Medical Centers.
  2. Web site: Quality Check - Consumer Search - Results . 2014-11-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141107023221/http://www.qualitycheck.org/consumer/searchResults.aspx?zip=29834&dist=1&idx=-1&s=-1&st=&st_nm=&careId=&careGrpId=&provId=2&provGrpId=&settingId=1&populationId=&nm=&cty_id=-1&cty_nm=&provIdtracker=2&provGrpIdtracker=&careIdtracker=&careGrpIdtracker=&AccreditedType= . 2014-11-07 . dead.
  3. Web site: Label Building Registry - ENERGY STAR. www.energystar.gov.
  4. Web site: Fit-Friendly Worksites Gold Award Recognition . 2013 . www.heart.org . 2019-05-23.
  5. Web site: Diabetes Management. 15 December 2016. Aiken Regional Medical Centers.