Trident Medical Center

Patients that would definitely recommend
5% lower than the national average

Awards

Healthgrades awards tell you which hospitals deliver superior quality care. Healthgrades evaluates hospital performance using objective quality measures including clinical outcomes and patient safety, as well as patient experience.

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Hospital Quality Awards

Patient Safety Excellence Award™ (2018)

Top in the nation for providing excellence in patient safety by preventing infections, medical errors, and other preventable complications

Specialty Clinical Quality Awards

America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Vascular Surgery Award™ (2019, 2018)

Superior clinical outcomes in abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, carotid surgery, and peripheral vascular bypass surgery

America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Prostate Surgery Award™ (2019)

Superior clinical outcomes in prostate removal surgery and transurethral resection of the prostate

America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Critical Care Award™ (2019)

Superior clinical outcomes in treating pulmonary embolism, respiratory system failure, sepsis, and diabetic emergencies

America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Spine Surgery Award™ (2018)

Superior clinical outcomes in back and neck surgeries and spinal fusion procedures

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Safety Ratings

How well a hospital safeguards patients from potential complications.

No events relating to foreign objects left in body during a surgery or procedure

4 ratings were better than expected View details

Pressure sores or bed sores acquired in the hospital
Excessive bruising or bleeding as a consequence of a procedure or surgery
Deep blood clots in the lungs or legs following surgery
Accidental cut, puncture, perforation or hemorrhage during medical care

9 ratings were as expected View details

Death in procedures where mortality is usually very low
Death following a serious complication after surgery
Collapsed lung due to a procedure or surgery in or around the chest
Catheter-related bloodstream infections acquired at the hospital
Hip fracture following surgery
Acute kidney dysfunction following surgery
Respiratory failure following surgery
Bloodstream infection following surgery
Breakdown of abdominal incision site

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Hospital Quality

Clinical Ratings

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Cardiac

Complication Based Ratings

Procedure/Condition

In Hospital

Defibrillator Procedures

As Expected

Pacemaker Procedures

As Expected

Mortality Based Ratings

Procedure/Condition

Mortality In-Hospital Mortality within 30 days

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery

As Expected

Coronary Interventional Procedures (Inpatient)

As Expected

Heart Attack

As Expected

Heart Failure

As Expected

Worse than Expected

Valve Surgery

As Expected

Critical Care

Mortality Based Ratings

Procedure/Condition

Mortality In-Hospital Mortality within 30 days

Diabetic Emergencies

As Expected

Pulmonary Embolism

As Expected

Better than Expected

Respiratory Failure

Better than Expected

Sepsis

Better than Expected

Specialty Excellence Awards

Critical Care Excellence Award™

2019

Gastrointestinal

Complication Based Ratings

Procedure/Condition

In Hospital

Gallbladder Removal Surgery

As Expected

Mortality Based Ratings

Procedure/Condition

Mortality In-Hospital Mortality within 30 days

Bowel Obstruction

As Expected

Colorectal Surgeries

Worse than Expected

Esophageal/Stomach Surgeries

As Expected

Gastrointestinal Bleed

As Expected

Pancreatitis

As Expected

Small Intestine Surgeries

As Expected

Neurosciences

Mortality Based Ratings

Procedure/Condition

Mortality In-Hospital Mortality within 30 days

Cranial Neurosurgery

Better than Expected

As Expected

Stroke

Better than Expected

As Expected

Orthopedic

Complication Based Ratings

Procedure/Condition

In Hospital

Hip Fracture Treatment

As Expected

Hip Replacement

Worse than Expected

Total Knee Replacement

As Expected

Prostate Surgery

Complication Based Ratings

Procedure/Condition

In Hospital

Prostate Removal Surgery

Better than Expected

Transurethral Prostate Resection Surgery

As Expected

Specialty Excellence Awards

Prostate Surgery Excellence Award™

2019

Pulmonary

Mortality Based Ratings

Procedure/Condition

Mortality In-Hospital Mortality within 30 days

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

As Expected

Pneumonia

As Expected

Spine Surgery

Complication Based Ratings

Procedure/Condition

In Hospital

Back and Neck Surgeries (without Spinal Fusion)

As Expected

Spinal Fusion

Better than Expected

Specialty Excellence Awards

Spine Surgery Excellence Award™

2018

Vascular

Complication Based Ratings

Procedure/Condition

In Hospital

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

As Expected

Carotid Procedures

Better than Expected

Peripheral Vascular Bypass

As Expected

Specialty Excellence Awards

Vascular Surgery Excellence Award™

2019, 2018

Data Source

Patient Experience

Patient experience measures tell you how patients felt about the care they received at the hospital. These measures are based on the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Patients who gave a rating of 9 or 10
5% lower than the national average

Would definitely recommend
5% lower than the national average

Location

Trident Medical Center

9330 Medical Plaza Dr, Charleston, SC 29406

Call

Directions (843) 797-7000

9330 Medical Plaza Dr

Charleston, SC 29406

Directions

(843) 797-7000