Four hospitals in SC earn five-star ratings in patient surveys
Only four hospitals out of 55 evaluated in South Carolina, none of them in the Midlands, earned five-star ratings for patient satisfaction in the first such ratings released by the federal government Thursday.
The four with the highest ratings in South Carolina were Abbeville Area Medical Center, Patewood Memorial Hospital in Greenville, Greer Memorial Hospital and Mount Pleasant Hospital.
In the Midlands, Palmetto Health Richland and Providence in Columbia and Newberry County Memorial got four stars; Lexington Medical Center, Palmetto Health Baptist, Kershaw Health in Camden, The Regional Medical Center of Orangeburg and Calhoun Counties and Tuomey Healthcare System in Sumter got three stars.
The lowest ratings in the state were two stars, which seven hospitals received.
The ratings are a new component of Medicare’s Hospital Compare website. They are based on customer surveys ranking several categories of care. Throughout the country, small or medium-size hospitals were most likely to earn five stars.
Hospital ratings
Here are the South Carolina hospital rankings for patient satisfaction from Medicare Hospital Compare website.
Five stars
Abbeville Area Medical Center, Abbeville
GHS Patewood Memorial Hospital, Greenville
GHS Greer Memorial Hospital, Greer
Mount Pleasant Hospital, Mount Pleasant
Four stars
Beaufort County Memorial Hospital, Beaufort
Bon Secours-St. Francis Xavier Hospital, Charleston
MUSC Medical Center, Charleston
Roper Hospital, Charleston
Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia
Providence Hospitals, Columbia
McLeod Medical Center-Dillon, Dillon
Baptist Easley Hospital, Easley
McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence
St. Francis-Downtown, Greenville
Self Regional Healthcare, Greenwood
Village Hospital, Greer
Williamsburg Regional Hospital, Kingstree
Lake City Community Hospital, Lake City
McLeod Loris Seacoast Hospital, Loris
East Cooper Medical Center, Mount Pleasant
Waccamaw Community Hospital, Murrells Inlet
Newberry County Memorial Hospital, Newberry
Cannon Memorial Hospital, Pickens
Oconee Medical Center, Seneca
GHS Hillcrest Memorial Hospital, Simpsonville
Mary Black Memorial Hospital, Spartanburg
Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Spartanburg
Hampton Regional Medical Center, Varnville
Three stars
Aiken Regional Medical Center, Aiken
ANMED HEALTH, Anderson
Marlboro Park Hospital, Bennettsville
KERSHAW HEALTH, Camden
Chester Regional Medical Center, Chester
Palmetto Health Baptist, Columbia
Conway Medical Center, Conway
Carolinas Hospital System, Florence
Georgetown Memorial Hospital, Georgetown
GHS Greenville Memorial Hospital, Greenville
Coastal Carolina Hospital, Hardeeville
Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center, Hartsville
Hilton Head Regional Medical Center, Hilton Head Island
Springs Memorial Hospital, Lancaster
Clarendon Memorial Hospital, Manning
Carolinas Hospital System-Marion, Mullins
TRMC OF Orangeburg & Calhoun, Orangebug
Tuomey Healthcare System, Sumter
Wallace Thomson Hospital, Union
Lexington Medical Center, West Columbia
Two stars
Trident Medical Center, Charleston
Chesterfield General Hospital, Cheraw
GHS Laurens County Memorial Hospital, Clinton
Novant Health Gaffney Medical Center, Gaffney
Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, Myrtle Beach
Piedmont Medical Center, Rock Hill
Colleton Medical Center, Walterboro
This story was originally published April 16, 2015 at 8:00 AM with the headline "Four hospitals in SC earn five-star ratings in patient surveys."