Lexington Health
is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and
urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care
professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a
607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina.
It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in
Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with
Distinction status for excellence in nursing care. Consistently
ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World
Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year,
performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's
third largest employer.
Lexington Health
also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first
HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an
Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs
include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an
informatics fellowship.