Saturday, November 22, 2008

Hospitals Directory

Palmetto Health Richland

Five Richland Medical Park Dr
Columbia, SC 29203-6897
(803) 434-7000

For more information on this hospital, visit the Palmetto Health Richland

Detailed Information

At a glance

Hospital type: General medical and surgical
Operated by: Not-for-profit
Total beds: 635
Administrator: JOHN SINGERLING, EXEC VP
Parent system: Palmetto Health
Selected accreditations/memberships: Accredited, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO); ; Member, Council of Teaching Hospitals

Services Provided Glossary

Key services:
  • General medical and surgical care
  • General intensive care
  • Cardiac intensive care
  • Pediatric intensive care
  • Physical rehabilitation
  • Obstetrics
  • Orthopedics department
  • Emergency department
  • Trauma Center

Specialized services

Inpatient:
  • Birthing room
  • Infection isolation room
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Neonatal intermediate care
  • Oncology services
  • Psychiatric care:(Partial hospitalization, Psychiatric emergency services)
Outpatient
  • Birthing room
  • Infection isolation room
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Neonatal intermediate care
  • Oncology services
  • Psychiatric care:(Partial hospitalization, Psychiatric emergency services)
Patient/family support services:
  • Alzheimer center
  • Chaplaincy/pastoral care services
  • Oncology services
  • Patient support groups
  • Patient representative/ombusdman
  • Transportation for elderly/handicapped
  • Translation services
Community outreach:
  • Health fairs
  • Health screenings
Imaging services (diagnostic and therapeutic)
  • CT scanner
  • Diagnostic radioisotope facility
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Multislice spiral computer tomography (MSCT)
  • Single photon emission computerized tomography (SpedCT)
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 33,359
Inpatient surgeries: 8,852
Outpatient visits: 494,227
Outpatient surgeries: 7,562
Emergency room visits: 67,997
Births: 2,424
Number of beds: 635

Staffing(employed, on payroll):

Full-time registered nurses: 1,067
Part-time registered nurses: 219
Full-time licensed practical nurses: 76
Part-time licensed practical nurses: 12
Total full-time faculty personnel: 3,615
Total part-time faculty personnel: 846

Notes

Find out more about AHA data products at www.ahadata.com.

Data provided by American Hospital Association. Last updated December 2007.

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