June 13, 2019
West Columbia – Lexington Medical Center broke ground today on a new medical facility in Northeast Columbia called Lexington Medical Center Northeast. The 225,000 square foot building will provide patients with urgent care and imaging services, outpatient surgery, occupational therapy, physical therapy, a walking trail and classroom space. Located near the intersection of Clemson and Longtown Roads, it’s expected to open in late 2020.
“This new building will allow us to provide the best possible care to our patients in Northeast Columbia,” said Tod Augsburger, president & CEO of Lexington Medical Center. “We are grateful for the support and trust of the people of Northeast Columbia, and look forward to opening this new space in the fall of next year.”
Lexington Medical Center currently has ten physician practices in Northeast Columbia. The addition of Lexington Medical Center Northeast will allow the hospital to provide patients in the Northeast Columbia area of the Midlands with more services. In addition to urgent care and imaging including MRIs, CT scans and X-rays, there will also be three operating rooms for a variety of outpatient surgeries, along with occupational therapy, physical therapy, a walking track and classroom space. Ultimately, four floors of the new space will be home to medical specialists, allowing patients a wide variety of health care options close to home.
Importantly, the new facility will allow a patient’s medical history to be integrated into Lexington Medical Center’s electronic heath record, which allows physicians to see a patient’s complete medical history with the touch of a fingertip, and patients to have their own record on their smart phone with the hospital’s MyChart application.
In addition to bringing needed medical services to the community, Lexington Medical Center Northeast is expected to create 125 jobs when it opens and up to 400 jobs as new physician practices are added in the future.
An online media kit with information about Lexington Medical Center Northeast including a fact sheet and architectural rendering is provided here.
Lexington Medical Center is a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It anchors a health care network that includes five community medical centers and employs a staff of more than 8,000 health care professionals. The hospital is ranked best hospital in the Columbia Metro and #2 hospital in South Carolina by U.S. News & World Report and was named one of the “Best Places to Work in South Carolina” by SC Biz News, in partnership with the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and Best Companies Group. Lexington Medical Cancer Center is an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence and has a clinical research and education affiliation with MUSC Hollings Cancer Center. The network includes a cardiovascular program recognized by the American College of Cardiology as South Carolina's first HeartCARE Center. The network also has an occupational health center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, an Alzheimer's care center and more than 70 physician practices. Lexington Medical Center operates one of the busiest Emergency departments in South Carolina, treating nearly 100,000 patients each year. The hospital delivers more than 4,000 babies each year and performs more than 25,000 surgeries. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies.
