Southside Regional Medical Center

Southside Regional Medical Center
Geography
Location	Virginia, United States
Services
Emergency department	Level III trauma center
Beds	300
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Virginia

Coordinates: 37°10′56″N 77°21′35″W / 37.1823°N 77.3597°W

Southside Regional Medical Center is a 300-bed ^[1][2] hospital near the Petersburg, VA tri-cities, VA area. The hospital was originally started in 1948 by the city of Petersburg, but was sold to Community Health Systems (a conglomerate based in Tennessee) in 2003 ^[3][4][5] and reloacted. Its current president is Michael J. Yungmann ^[2] (the former CEO of Lake Wales Medical Center in Florida, a site also owned by Community Health Systems). The hospital is desingated as a Level III Trauma Center by the Virginia Department of Health. ^[6]

Hospital rating data

The HealthGrades website contains the latest quality data for Southside Regional Medical Center, as of 2016. For this rating section three different types of data from HealthGrades are presented: quality ratings for twenty-two inpatient conditions and procedures, thirteen patient safety indicators and the percentage of patients giving the hospital a 9 or 10 (the two highest possible ratings).

For inpatient conditions and procedures, there are three possible ratings: worse than expected, as expected, better than expected. For this hospital the data for this category is:

• Worse than expected - 7
• As expected - 15
• Better than expected - 0

For patient safety indicators, there are the same three possible ratings. For this hospital safety indicators were rated as:

• Worse than expected - 2
• As expected - 10
• Better than expected - 1

Percentage of patients rating this hospital as a 9 or 10 - 67% Percentage of patients who on average rank hospitals as a 9 or 10 - 69%^[7]

School of Nursing

SRMC has offered nurse training since 1895.^[8][9] Since January 2005, the hospital has also offered online nursing training^[9] including bachelor's degrees ^[9] that is used by other Community Health Systems hospitals, including Chestnut Hill Hospital in Philadelphia, Pottstown Memorial Medical Center in Montgomery County, and Jennersville Regional Hospital and Phoenixville Hospital, both in Chester County.^[10]

References

1. "About Us". Srmconline.com. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
2. Williams, Robin (2010-07-03). "Lake Wales Medical Center's CEO Headed to Virginia". TheLedger.com. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
3. "Concerned Citizens Of Petersburg". Concop.org. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
4. "The Virginia Times". The Virginia Times. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
5. "Community Health signs pact to purchase Virginia hospital". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. 2003-01-15. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
6. "Virginia Trauma Centers". Virginia Department of Health. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
7. HealthGrades website, http://www.healthgrades.com/hospital-directory/virginia-va/southside-regional-medical-center-hgst2c7cc8b6490067 .
8. "Our Schools". Srmconline.com. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
9. "Nurse training moves online - Philadelphia Business Journal". Bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
10. "Nurse training moves online - Philadelphia Business Journal". Bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2012-09-29.